Mononucleosis is a form of EBV which is human herpes virus. Infectious mononucleosis infects 1% to 5% of college students and six months later 10% of those turn out to have chronic fatigue syndrome. Chronic fatigue syndrome makes it super difficult to function generally by making cognition and motion really taxing on the body. Recently, researchers have developed a new scale so that they are able to detect whether people are at risk of having chronic fatigue syndrome before a six month follow up assessment. They found that those who scored high on their test were significantly more likely to later be diagnosed with chronic fatigue symptoms or at least show multiple symptoms of it after six months. This suggests that their new test could be a measure for diagnosing cases that are likely to present with chronic fatigue syndrome later which could help patients to be aware of their condition earlier.

For more information visit: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190320120539.htm

-India Robinson