 [ Symptoms ] i had mono when i was younger so i guess i still have the epstein barr virus could that have caused my pleurisy  i was recently admitted to the er for severe stabbing neck and chest pains and extreme shortness of breath all tests came back normal the diagnosis became possible pleurisy but i did not get a whole lot of answers about what could have caused it the dr did ask if i had ever had mono and i said yes but then he changed the topic so i did research and saw on some pages that epstein barr virus could cause pleurisy is this truelikely  thanks [ Disease ] it usually happens when the physiotherapy was not progressively increased or physiotherapy was done intermittently weakness is due to muscles not being conditioned to presurgery levels you need to increase the level of exercises start jogging cycling and training with weights doing this for one month properly will get you back to presurgery levels probable diagnosisligament with slight weakness regarding follow uprevert after a month to an orthopaedician and traumatologist online    > <link>