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I'm going to tell you a story
of something that happened
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to my college roommate
when I was a freshman.
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Um, so they weren't feeling very well.
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So, they ended up
leaving class a little bit early,
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so they could head back
to the dorm and get some rest.
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Um, they said they had a sore pharynx.
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They were abnormally tired.
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The glands in their neck
and armpits were a little bit swollen.
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Um, they also
had a temperature of 100.6°F.
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Um, decreased appetite
and white spots on their tonsils,
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and then they
had muscle aches and chills.
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Um, the next day they felt worse, so I
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took her to the urgent care clinic.
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When they checked, they pressed
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on her belly, and said that
her spleen was enlarged.
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And they had an idea
of what might be causing the symptoms.
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But just to be sure,
they ordered a blood test
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for Epstein-Barr virus.
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The test came back positive,
and they determined
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that they had
what's called "the kissing disease."
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They ended up feeling much better,
within a few weeks.
