Does anyone is this group have titanium implants in their body. My son 25 year old son became ill with what drs are saying is chronic EBV his numbers stay elevated. Saw a recent post on another sight about high EBV numbers and people with titanium implants. My son had double jaw surgery 2 years ago and has screws and plates in his jaw. His surgeon said no his constant fatigue, brain fog and blurry vision are not from his surgery but I have a inking feeling it is related. His immune is under attack.

For what it is worth, I had spine surgery March 2017. Titanium rods. In December, I wake up with can only be described as a full blown rheumatoid arthritis flare. Excruciating pain in every bone and joint, except my neck and back. Blood test show negative for rheumatoid arthritis, but positive for Epstein Barr. I'm 61. I've been a Nurse for 40 years. I find it very, very strange that I have not been exposed to mono in forty years of nursing. I have my last appointment with the neurosurgeon March 27. I'll ask him about the immune system and this surgery I had, causing mono.

I'm afraid the your body maybe reacting to the titanium and your getting a false positive of EBV. My son took a different type of EBV test and it came back negative for EBV. There are plenty of people complaining of chronic fatigue and brain fog that have titanium in their body. Scary stuff. Could be causing the immune system to react.

Do you suffer from fatigue, brain fog? My sons vision is blurry. Some people have rashes and pain. Just very strange? My son became ill also about 11 months after jaw surgery.

Interesting. I'll bring it up to the neurosurgeon and the family doctor who is an internist. I already have autoimmune Hashimoto's thyroiditis since I was 30.

Hard to say....I've always been tired and needed a nap in the afternoon, since the age of 13. No blurred vision. Sometimes my eyes burn. No rash. The horrible horrible pain I had in December and January is gone. Still some aches and pains running through my wrists. Just annoying enough to rub it and in a little while it's gone. If not, Naproxen does the trick.