"Not again!" I thought as we got the blood test reports back from the doctor. Sure enough, the blood test confirmed that my son, Eric, had yet another confirmed case of mononucleosis, commonly referred to as mono, the kissing disease. This virus is jokingly referred to as the kissing disease because it can be spread by saliva. Mono is no joking matter.
A person can have it, show no symptoms, (if lucky) and yet pass it to another person. In the beginning, this disease can be mistaken for a flu as all they initial symptoms are there---fever, aches, tired, nausea. Along with it can come swollen glands, loss of appetite and a feeling of exhaustion. Some describe the feeling as so severe that you are unable to get out of bed. This condition alone led me to believe he had mono again. Although, not usually noted, I have noticed that if you are prone to developing mono, it is usually acquired during stressful periods.In both cases, Eric developed mono after facing mid terms or finals when he was in college. It could have simply started with something as simple as drinking from the same glass as someone who had the disease and he got it.
This disease can put you right out of commission for weeks, as it did in his case. If he attempted to do anything, he got sick, and the best thing for him to do was simply sleep. There is no cure for mono. It will run its course on it's own, usually lasting up to four weeks. The only thing you can do is treat symptoms as they occur such as taking ibuprofen for aches and pains, eating something nourishing to keep up your body supplied with food.
There is always a small risk that complications can occur with damage done to your spleen. Antibiotics are of no use in mononucleosis, as this is a virus, not a bacterial infection, so the best you can opt for is to treat the symptoms as they arise and sleep it off, making sure that you at least drink lots of juices.
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