could someone get mono even if they haven't kissed or took a drink from somebody else?

Answer 1

Yes,sometimes mono can be dormant in your body for months until you start feeling the symptoms. It happend to me and i didnt kiss anyone, or drink from others drinks. The best way to find out if you have mono is to see a doctor, and theyll take a blood test.

Answer 2

One thing that most people do not know about Mono is that there are two different types of people: the carriers and the catchers. A carrier will never have it or show any symptoms and a catcher cannot transmit it. You are genetically predisposed to being a carrier or a catcher. It cannot be changed.

Among the catchers, there are those that get a severe case, to the point of their spleen swelling up along with their lymph nodes, and accompanied by high fever, vomiting, and extreme fatigue.
Then there is the group who show only a mild discomfort similar to a cold.

Once it is caught, it will always be in your body, because it is a strain of the herpes virus. After the initial effects of mono have gone away, the virus goes dormant. If the person becomes malnourished or extremely fatigued, they will develop a milder set of symptoms than the first time, because the virus becomes active again. Then it passes and goes dormant until the next time.

Since it is only passed by bodily fluid exchange from a carrier, people who get it but don't know how, have come into contact with the remnants of a carrier's bodily fluids. This usually happens when they have touched something that has the virus on it, and of course didn't realize it, and then transmitted it to their mouth from their hands. That's why it is so important to always wash your hands after you have touched something in public before you ever put them on your face or mouth.

Answer 3

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Infectious mononucleosis (also known in North America as mono, the kissing disease, or Pfeiffer's disease, and more commonly known as glandular fever in other English-speaking countries) is a disease seen most commonly in adolescents and young adults, characterized by fever, sore throat, muscle soreness and fatigue (symptoms of a common cold or allergies). It is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), which infects B cells (B-lymphocytes), producing a reactive lymphocytosis and the atypical T cells (T-lymphocytes).

The virus is typically transmitted from asymptomatic individuals through blood or saliva (hence "the kissing disease"), or by sharing a drink with friends/family, eating utensils, being coughed on, or being in close proximity of an infected person when they cough or sneeze. The disease is far more contagious than is commonly thought. However, in rare cases a person may have a high tolerance to infection[citation needed].




The disease is so-named because the count of mononuclear leukocytes (white blood cells with a one-lobed nucleus) rises significantly. There are two main types of mononuclear leukocytes: monocytes and lymphocytes. They normally account for about 35% of all white blood cells. With infectious mononucleosis, it can become 50-70%. Also, the total white blood count may increase to 10000-20000 per cubic millimeter.

Answer 4

Yes. Mono is caused by one of several different viruses that enter your body just like the common cold. All that is required is exposure to the virus. Most people flush these out of their systems no problem, but if your immune system isn't particularly strong, you're malnourished, you're already sick, or you're run down, or sometimes just because your body misses the virus, you come down with mono. My sister has been home with mono for three weeks and nobody she hangs out with has it, it just attacked her body.

Answer 5

Yes, Mono is extremely contagious even after the infection has ran it's course their are periods when mono manifest again and sheds from the throat.

Answer 6

it is called the kissing illness, because that is the easiest way to get mono, but you can get if in many different ways

Answer 7

Yes. It can pass in lots of ways, though generally some bodily fluids must come in contact.

Answer 8

YES THATS HOW YOU CATCH MONO