My son was diagnosis with epstein barr virus when he was 2. i read that he is at a greater risk of cancer now. how much greater is his risk? i'm very worried

Kissing Disease: Research suggests that there is a greater risk of the development of Hodgkins Lymphoma on the order of 1 case per 1000 patients with documented Epstein Barr Virus mononucleosis. Almost everyone becomes infected with the virus at some point in his or her lives, and those infected during childhood rarely become ill. The fact that he was two years old diminishes that risk significantly.

Very unlikely: EB virus will infect the majority of humans at some point in their lives.The older they are when the get it the more disruptive it is to their health.Most will have it in childhood as an unlabeled flu like illness. Consider your kids risk the same as the general population, which is not terribly high.