An August, 2009 Denver Post article mentions a study where a strong correlation was found between developing multiple sclerosis (ms) later in life and people that had mononucleosis (mono) as teenagers.
That study was published in the January 2007, Archives of Neurology, and concludes that “The risk of multiple sclerosis is increased in persons with prior infectious mononucleosis, regardless of sex, age, and time since infectious mononucleosis or severity of infection. The risk of multiple sclerosis may be increased soon after infectious mononucleosis and persists for at least 30 years after the infection.”
Click here to read the Denver Post article.
Click here to read the Archives of Neurology study abstract.
