Mononucleosis?
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I've had MONO before. Kissing someone who has it is not the only way to contact it. Sharing a drink, meal, or simply touching something infected then touching your mouth/lips afterwards, are all possible ways to catch it. For example if someone who has mono was biting their nails and holding to a handle on a bus, then you hold on to that same handle which still has their saliva on it. Basically, you can catch it if you come in contact with infected saliva, but it does not have to be through kissing.
As far as treatment, its a virus, so antibiotics don't work. I was only prescribed Vicodin to help with the pain. I was in a lot of pain. My neck was extremely sore and swollen. It hurt really bad just to swallow food or drink anything. I lost a bunch of weight because I couldn't eat due to the pain. I basically took the recommended dose of vicodin and tried to sleep as much as possible. After about 2 weeks, the pain subsided and I got better.
You'll have to rough it out for a week or two, then it gets better. Don't worry. Though I do recommend you see a doctor if it doesn't get better after a few weeks, in case its not mono. In case you have step throat, its not even as bad as mono, though the symptoms are very similar.
As far as treatment, its a virus, so antibiotics don't work. I was only prescribed Vicodin to help with the pain. I was in a lot of pain. My neck was extremely sore and swollen. It hurt really bad just to swallow food or drink anything. I lost a bunch of weight because I couldn't eat due to the pain. I basically took the recommended dose of vicodin and tried to sleep as much as possible. After about 2 weeks, the pain subsided and I got better.
You'll have to rough it out for a week or two, then it gets better. Don't worry. Though I do recommend you see a doctor if it doesn't get better after a few weeks, in case its not mono. In case you have step throat, its not even as bad as mono, though the symptoms are very similar.
Thanks fellas.
After reading some of your guy's experience with mono, I honestly don't think I have it. I mean my sore throat really ain't that bad. I can swallow and it's not unbearable. I've been eating like a sav too. It's only the left side of my throat that hurts and only my left side lymph node that's swelling a bit. I don't have swelling behind my ears and neck.
I have something though, but I'm not completely sick.
BTW, I think the sicc is a good place for medical advice cuz I know some of you fucks are dirty. haha
After reading some of your guy's experience with mono, I honestly don't think I have it. I mean my sore throat really ain't that bad. I can swallow and it's not unbearable. I've been eating like a sav too. It's only the left side of my throat that hurts and only my left side lymph node that's swelling a bit. I don't have swelling behind my ears and neck.
I have something though, but I'm not completely sick.
BTW, I think the sicc is a good place for medical advice cuz I know some of you fucks are dirty. haha
Mono doesn't mean anybody was fuckin' around. You can get mono by sharing a soda, a joint, a cig, a cigar...any activity in which saliva can be passed from one person to another.
I had mono and never knew it. Had the same shit, swelling in my neck and a sore throat. Doc tested me for mono and said I already had it...turned out to be tonsillitis and I had to get the shit taken out.
I had mono and never knew it. Had the same shit, swelling in my neck and a sore throat. Doc tested me for mono and said I already had it...turned out to be tonsillitis and I had to get the shit taken out.
Yeah maybe it's tonsillitis or strep throat. I've had strep throat once.
My tonsils don't hurt that bad though and it's only the left side. When I had strep, I remember that shit hurting a lot more. The thing I'm worried about more is my left side lymph node, that shit is swollen. Not super swollen, but it's swollen. So my left side is the only side that's bothering me. If it doesn't cure up by wednesday, I'm going to the doc on Thursday.
My tonsils don't hurt that bad though and it's only the left side. When I had strep, I remember that shit hurting a lot more. The thing I'm worried about more is my left side lymph node, that shit is swollen. Not super swollen, but it's swollen. So my left side is the only side that's bothering me. If it doesn't cure up by wednesday, I'm going to the doc on Thursday.