My dorm roomate has Mononucleosis (mono), ways to prevent it?
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She is only contagious while she has active symptoms and she will be a carrier for life and she will also have an active episode about the same time every year.  Do not share anything with her and keep lots of clorox wipes and hand sanitizer in the house.  Use good hand washing all the time.
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still getting over mine as we speak!! it last two weeks and started out as bronchitis first (yuck!!)\n\ndrink lots of fluids-colds can dehydrate you quickly and make you feel worse so make sure to drink. water is best-avoid caffeine b/c it will make you more dehydrated\n\n-suck on ice cubes or hard candies if you have a sore throat\n-put a warm mist humidifier in your room at nite to help you breathe better and to also keep your throat from drying out\n-hot tea w/honey is very soothing \n-take nyquil at night to help you sleep\n-don't do too much activity during the day and sleep as much as possible-rest is the best thing to a speedy recovery\n-drink orange juice to help boost your immune system (the vitamin c in it will help to this)\n\nhope you feel better soon
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It is a virus, so it is passed around like a cold.  The best way to avoid it is keeping everything clean and lots of hand washing!
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Its only contagious as long as the person is running a fever. Once the fever has stopped its ok. Besides those with mono are quartined until they are no longer able to spread it. If he had it in January odds are you are safe.
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mononucleosis\n\nn : an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
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Other than washing the hands frequently(this is a must in any case) you can take also other protective measures: open the windows at work or at school, because even if there is a person having flu and you can't avoid it, fresh air that will enter in the room will help to the diluition of the pathogen.\nIt will be helpful also to take orange juice, that contains vit. C and if you can't there are food supplements containing vit. C + Zn in the pharmacies.So, ask your pharmacist about their action.\nHoney, is also a natural antibiotic of our body.\n\nKaterina
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I would seek out a new physician ...preferrably experienced with either internal medicine or ears nose and throat.  Mono is something that just lingers and lingers when the bodies immune system is low.  \n\nI had it for nearly 1 1/2 yrs before my parents finally took me to the DR.  by this time I had my spleen damaged from the illness.\n\nYour body should be very fatigued at this point and you should be zzzzzzz all the time. when I experienced this illness  I was sleeping nearly 18 hours aday, even falling asleep in classes at school.  \n\nSee your Dr.@@@
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mono or a stomach virus...go see a doctor as soon as possible
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Well, since 80% of all infections are spread through direct contact, I'd suggest that you get in the habit of washing your hands frequently and well.  Other than that, maintain a healthy weight through a good diet and exercise; stay away from behaviors clearly linked to increased risk (like smoking), etc.
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Do not listen to the people saying you have to take antibiotics. That is for bacteria. Viruses can not be killed with antibiotics. \n\nYou can not get rid of mono. Once you are infected, you are infected. It is a latent virus. It will always be there, even if you feel okay. I caught it in December and I still have my good and bad days.\n\nAlso, mono symptoms do not present for a few weeks after infection. So if you are showing symptoms now, sounds like a bacterial infection, like strep. Just go to the doctor, and let them sort it out.\n\nTo Courtney: people will secrete the virus in their saliva from time to time, even after they are feeling good. As I said above, it usually takes a month for symptoms to show...and with some people, they don't even know they had mono, because the immune system catches it before it can overwhelm it. It all depends. You could've caught it a couple months after she came down with it and you shared a cup with her or something. It's that easy!
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Missed parties. Postponed exams. Sitting out a season of team sports. And loneliness. These are a few of the ways that scourge of high school and college students known as "mono" can affect your life. \n\nThe disease whose medical name is infectious mononucleosis is most common in people 10 to 35 years old, with its peak incidence in those 15 to 17 years old. Only 50 people out of 100,000 in the general population get mono, but it strikes as many as 2 out of 1,000 teens and twenty-somethings, especially those in high school, college, and the military. While mono is not usually considered a serious illness, it may have serious complications. Without a doubt your lifestyle will change for a few months. \n\nYou've probably heard people call mono the "kissing disease." But if your social life is in a slump, you may wonder, "How did I get this 'kissing disease' when I haven't kissed anyone romantically recently?" \n\nHere's how. Mono is usually transmitted though saliva and mucus--which is where the "kissing disease" nickname comes from. But the kissing or close contact that transmits the disease doesn't happen right before you get sick. The virus that causes mono has a long incubation period: 30 to 50 days from the time you're exposed to it to the time you get sick. In addition, the virus can be transmitted in other ways, such as sipping from the same straw or glass as an infected person--or even being close when the person coughs or sneezes. Also, some people can have the virus in their systems without ever having symptoms and you can still catch it from them. \n\nTwo viruses can cause mono: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Both viruses are in the herpes family, whose other members include viruses responsible for cold sores and chickenpox. \n\nEBV causes 85 percent of mono cases. About half of all children are infected with EBV before they're 5, but at that young age, it usually doesn't cause any symptoms. If you don't become infected with EBV until you're a teen or older, you're more likely to develop mono symptoms. After you're infected, the virus stays with you for life, but usually doesn't cause any additional symptoms. Still, every now and then you may produce viral particles in your saliva that can transmit the virus to other people, even though you feel perfectly fine. By age 40, 85 to 90 percent of Americans have EBV antibodies, indicating they have the virus in their systems and are immune to further EBV infection. \n\nCMV is also a very common virus. About 85 percent of the U.S. population is infected with it by the time they reach adulthood. As with EBV, CMV is frequently symptomless, and mono most often results when infection occurs in the teens and 20s. Sore throat is less common in people who have CMV mono than in those infected with EBV. \n\nAs another one of its nicknames--glandular fever--implies, perhaps the most distinguishing mono symptom is enlarged glands or lymph nodes, especially in the neck, but also in the armpit and groin. \n\nAnother common mono symptom is fever. A temperature as high as 39.5 degrees Celsius (103 degrees Fahrenheit) is not uncommon. Other symptoms include a tired achy feeling, appetite loss, white patches on the back of the throat, and tonsillitis. \n\n"My tonsils got so swollen they were touching each other in back," says Heidi Palombo of Annandale, Va., who had mono when she was a senior in college. She recalls her throat being "so hot and swollen that the only thing that felt good was ice water." \n\nCold drinks and frozen desserts are both ways to relieve sore throat symptoms. Doctors also recommend gargling with saltwater (about half a teaspoon salt to 8 ounces of warm water) and sucking on throat lozenges available over the counter in pharmacies and other stores. If throat or tonsils are infected, a throat culture should be taken so the doctor can
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"Mono" (mononucleosis) is an infection casued by the Epstein-Barr (EBV) virus. Kissing is just one way of catching the illness. You can also catch it by sharing a straw , eating utensils or drining from the same glass of someone who has mono. It's not a sexually transmitted disease and is only contagious when the person has a fever. I would not consider you lucky, just normal.
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no\n\n\nMono is spread through saliva and is often called "the kissing disease". Although it is not highly contagious by casual contact, avoid sharing food, dishes, glasses, or utensils. Regular hand washing should also be practiced. The virus has been shown to be present in saliva for up to one year. Most cases of infectious mono are without symptoms, with resultant permanent immunity.
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It Would Depend, In Large Part, On Whether you had Mono (a Herpesvirus, EBV) Before (and May Have Seen it as Something Else or Never Realized you Were Sick).  I Think she was Contagious Well Before she had Signs, and Not Terribly Long After she had Signs.
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Okay, my guess is Mononucleosis, or Mono.
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Could be strep throat! \n\nLook at your tounsils- are they inflamed? Is there a foriegn substance coming from them?\n\nI had mono and strep throat all at one time- it was horrible.\n\nHope you feel better! Take Care...Danae
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If she also has a fever go to the dr for a strep test.  if she is a teenager she may have mono--those are the symptoms for mono also.  either way see a dr asap.  Until then lots of liquids, tylenol as needed, usual home methods to relieve the sore throat(such as warm salt water gargles--hard for kids to do but try--throat drops, any thing you usually use.)  Avoid throat numbing sprays or lozenges--they supress the gag reflex in young kids and can cause problems.  Good luck and hope she feels better soon.