infections throw all the numbers off. High cortisol is stress reaction to fever,
low thyroid occurs when trauma or serious illness, elevated monocytes may mean mononucleosis-- you should get a mono spot test for this.

Mono drags on for a long time. There is fever, sore throat, and fatigue.
Do you have swollen lymph glands in the neck?

If it is mono there is no treatment except support. You might try Cold Eze lozenges, they have zinc and really help with sore throat etc. They sort of affect taste buds for a day or two however, but I get good results with them for viruses.

I hope this passes quickly for you! Take care!

Hi - the tests that I've seen so far were done week before I got sick! But had been feeling very more tired then normal for about a month - so maybe theres something already going on I didnt know about......

Thanks for good wishes

When I was young, I had a severe case of it. For two weeks I had a 104 fever that spiked and crashed and was very sick. I went back to college (it was Xmas) and they did a mono test and I was very positive. Then the sore throat came, after the fever stopped, and they put me off saying it was common and viral.
Well, it was STAPH and I finally made them culture it. Seems that the virus weakens you and you get opportunistic infections any time during the course.

My son's mono 4 yrs ago was much milder. He did not have the fever, but after about 2 weeks of feeling terrible, his throat swelled up. It was May and he had
just come home for the summer, so I sent him to my doctor. She thought mono right away, and did a mono spot...but his throat was a mess. No strep or staph in it but she gave him Amoxicillin and that knocked it out. He was really tired for the whole summer and part of the fall, however.

Mono is very debilitating.

And any severe infection will throw off the blood work for a while.
If you have EBV/mono, your liver functions may go crazy. My son's were terrible for over 6mos, and he had to cancel plans for the wisdom tooth extraction he was planning. Doctor wouldn't let him do it.

My pharmacist got me the answer from the IVIG pharmacist at the manufacturer of my brand.
Inactive vaccines are OK, and don't pose a threat to IVIG effectiveness or reactions. Live vaccines are a no-no tho. Soo measles, mumps and rubella are not to be taken without a 6 month wait after the last IG infusion.
Does this answer the question? I sure hope so... tho for you Kmeb, it's almost moot at this point, isn't it?
Hope you are feeling better - j