Treatment for glandular fever, overweight, tiredness?
Patient: I have two straines of glandular fever, over weight and get tired easily. Found out I have a high level of allergy to certain grasses. Also found out the cancer runs in the family. My mum mum died with pancrease cancer, my dad died of aggressive cancer which started as a turmour in the bial duct, an uncle with pancrease cancer and an uncle with prostate cancer. Unable to loose weight, I eat right and exercise and hour per day and my house has 14 steps. Doctor: Hi,Welcome to HCM.I understand your concern regarding losing weight and staying healthy. Glandular fever is caused by a virus which usually is self limiting but this virus has the tendency to stay dormant in the body and can get reactivated when the persons immunity is low. You should target at keeping stress levels to minimum and take healthy diet to maintain a strong immune system. Exercise definitely will help. You have to calculate the number of calories you can eat per day and start a regular exercise which can be done everyday. Please do not expect to lose weight suddenly, slow weight loss is easier to maintain later. Weight loss of half a kg per week is ideal. Predisposition to cancer in the family may increase the risk of cancer for you. Routine health check ups will help you to deal with that. Allergy triggers have to be identified and avoided.Thanks.