Hi, I'm not sure about the specific correlation between mono and joint pain, but I'll tell you my expereience with mono. I had a severe case of it in 1991. I was 17 years old, and was in bed for 3-4 months straight. Even after I got 'better' I still relapsed several times over the next 2 years, and I am certain that my immune system was permanantly damaged. I still get weak and tired very easily, and I'm 34 now. When I contracted mono, I also developed jaundice, hepetitis, respiratory fection, anemia, bronchitis, & enlarged spleen. I lost about 10 pounds. No appetite at all. The doctor told my parents that I was in the rare 'danger zone' of mono where I could actually die.. After it was winding down and I was starting to feel a bit better, the doctor told me I had developed something called Chronic Fatigue Syndrone, for which there is no cure. (Basically just means you get tired and run down a lot more than average person). For the most part, I am better now, though I developed TONS of allergies/sensitivites that I'd never had before after the mono went away. Some have subsided over the years, but many have not. I do have a lof of issues with joint and muscle pain in my neck and right shoulder/arm, ..I've been to plenty of docs and they don't know what is wrong with me.. I suppose it could be related...

At 16 I developed a severe case of MONO.Took two months and not being able to eat causing a 20 lb weight loss.After recovering I found myself severly tired.At the age of 61 I found that I could no longer work and at 61 was diagnosed with CFS, Fibro., Psoriatic Arthritis (both skin and joints) which has caused my pelvic bones to fuse together and lower spine. Also have trigger fingers and this sucks. Everything hurts from head to toe and my entire body feels bruised from the Fibro. I cannot walk without crutch canes, need a lift chair and hospital bed and cannot even lift my legs to get on a scale. All vitals are like I am 20 but the pain I experience 24/7 is sometimes unbearable and the bummer is I cannot tolerate pain medication and am scared to death to try epidorals and IV meds. that may or may not work.I just was given a med. to try that I am tolerating but does not seem to be working.I will increase the dosage per the doctors instructions and see how that works.I also have nerve damage in my left arm and shoulder has the psoriatic Arthritis and needless to say I am on Disability and need help to do my housework. I contribute this to Mono and over exerting my body beyond what it was capable of. Just pray you don't turn out like me. Has been working on me since the age of 16 and now almost 64 and can do very little. Try not to get this Mono. I got it from someone in High School that used to drink my soda when I did not know it and her brother had it but not her. In the early 60's it was only known as the kissing disease and know to be gotten by soldiers. I did not kiss a soldier and my boyfriend at the time did not catch it from me nor did my friends or family. Stay well.