The kissing disease
2007-06-12 14:13:38 · 10 answers · asked by haleybabe5256 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Mono can be spread through contact with saliva, mucus from the nose and throat, and sometimes tears.
2007-06-12 14:16:08 · answer #1 · answered by tsoto_soto 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
U can get mono when u are kissing a lot of people within a short period of time. U can also get it if u share eating untensils and drinking from the same glass. The symptoms of mono include painful swallowing, severe body aches etc. and it maybe confused with strep. A throat culture is usually required. There are no antibiotics for mono. The doctor will say to stay away from others cuz its contagious. They will also tell u to eat and drink with seperate untensils until u get better. Look it up to know more about it.
2007-06-12 21:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mono is Extremely contagious. It is called the kissing disease because most people get it from saliva. You can get it from drinking or eating after someone, not just kissing.
2007-06-12 21:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
EBV is transmitted through direct contact with virus-infected saliva. Intimate kissing or sharing drinking glasses are the most common routes of transmission. The majority of people with mono are most likely to transmit it just prior to feeling ill. This is called asymptomatic shedding and accounts for the majority of the disease's transmission.
2007-06-12 21:39:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously from kissing someone who has mono. The virus is transmitted through saliva in mouth-to-mouth contact, but can probably be contracted through other close contact with someone who has it, or through objects used by an infected person.
2007-06-12 21:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yuove answered your own question. It is transmitted via kissing. You can also contract it by sipping thru a straw from another persons drink...it is in the saliva. The other person's saliva sinks to the bottom of the can/glass/whatever, and when you sip thru the straw, you are actually sucking up the germ.
2007-06-12 21:19:23 · answer #6 · answered by Debbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well my friend was in the hospital from mono i think that u get if from kissing old people...... well thats what he said
2007-06-12 21:18:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
kissing, drinking after someone with it, eating after someone with it. using their mouth pieces of sports etc... anytime you come in contact with their saliva you can catch it.
Robin
2007-06-12 21:26:34 · answer #8 · answered by ♥♥♥♥Rebel Racin' Gal♥♥♥♥♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
by kiissing people or drinking after a sick person or even coming in contact with them
2007-06-12 21:16:22 · answer #9 · answered by Carlie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the same way you catch a cold.
2007-06-12 21:18:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋