Re: Question About Mono


<maxjsteele@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1173845765.849581.254240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
i found out that someone I had began kissing three weeks ago and
stopped kissing one week ago has mono. I do not remember ever having
it, though I have possibly been exposed to it as a child (I'm 23). I
understand that I would not yet be symptomatic, and that there is very
little I can do. I'm getting a physical monday, and will be tested
then for mono (will the test even be acccurate?), but have another
date this weekend i want to make out... my question is how contagious
am i now? technically i do not know that i have mono so i don't
know,...
thanks
mjs

I think you are somewhat contagious to very contagious if you have the virus or not contagious if you don't have the virus.

Kids often get the virus, but don't get symptomatic. So they never know they have it or had it. It takes 4-6 weeks for symptoms to show up. It appears to take a few weeks to become positive for the antibody tests, so you won't know for sure that you didn't get the virus for several weeks, probably about seven.

Two sources of information are wikipedia and the CDC.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/ebv.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononucleosis

The CDC says this: "Symptoms of infectious mononucleosis are fever, sore throat, and swollen lymph glands. " and "Most individuals exposed to people with infectious mononucleosis have previously been infected with EBV and are not at risk for infectious mononucleosis. In addition, transmission of EBV requires intimate contact with the saliva (found in the mouth) of an infected person. Transmission of this virus through the air or blood does not normally occur. The incubation period, or the time from infection to appearance of symptoms, ranges from 4 to 6 weeks. Persons with infectious mononucleosis may be able to spread the infection to others for a period of weeks. However, no special precautions or isolation procedures are recommended, since the virus is also found frequently in the saliva of healthy people. In fact, many healthy people can carry and spread the virus intermittently for life. These people are usually the primary reservoir for person-to-person transmission. For this reason, transmission of the virus is almost impossible to prevent."

Basically, if you have had the virus, you may be passing it on to others forever, at least now and then.

I don't think you can do anything about it.

Jeff

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