Mononucleosis

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Mononucleosis

• "The Kissing Disease"

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What is Mono?

•   Cytomegalovirus (CMV) / Epstein-barre virus
  (EBV).  
•   Contagious transmitted by saliva
•   EBV is one of the most common human viruses in
  the world
•   Often founded in between the ages of 15 and 17
•   Illness occurs in 2 out of every 1,000
  adolescents

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What are the symptoms?
Develops between 4 and 6 weeks    after
infection and generally last 2 to 4 weeks A
loss of apetite A severe sore throat,  fever,
and swollen lymph nodes (glands) in the neck
area. fever from 102 F-104 F
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Diagnosis
Mono is confirmed by blood tests.  (Mono-spot an
d heterophil antibody tests) Mono-spot Clumping
of horse red blood cells by mono antibodies
presumed to be in a person's serum.
Heterophil Looks for antibodies (proteins
produced by the immune system to counter the
virus) that possess the unique ability to cause
clumping of red cells taken from sheep's blood.
Blood tests may show an increase in one type of
white              blood cell (lymphocyte). 
Detectable until the second or third weeks of the
illness.
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Complications...
Can affect
Blood - Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (destruction
of red blood cells) -Thrombocytopenia (decreases
the number of platelets, which assists in blood
clotting.) -Granulocytoplenia (deficiency of
white blood cells)    
Spleen -Ruptures during the second or third week
of illness Nervous System - Cranial nerve
pasies "Bell's palsy" (A temporary form of facial
paralysis ) -Seizures -Meningitis
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Complications
Can effect Liver -Hepatitis (inflammation of
the liver)   Heart ? -Pericarditis (inflammation
of the membrane that surrounds the heart) -
Myocarditis (inflammation of the middle layer of
the heart wall)   Lungs -Swollen tonsils
difficulty breathing.
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Mortality
Rate is aound 1 out of 100. The illness is
usually self-limited passes common viral
illnesses resolve. Treatment is directed toward
the relief of symptoms. Antiviral drugs have no
significant effect on mono and may actually
prolong the course of the illness.  Occasionally,
Strep Throat occurs in conjunction with mono and
is best treated with penicillin, erythromycin and
ampicillin.
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Prevalence
 In this the term prevalence refers to the
estimated population of people who are infected
by mononucleosis each year. In 2002, it was
found that about 95 percent of adults of the age
group 35-40 years had been infected by
mononucleosis in the United States. When
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection occurs during
teenage, in 35 to 50 percent cases it causes
infectious mononucleosis. In 2005,
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infects more than 98 of
the world's population. The Epstein-Barr Virus
(EBV) causes infectious mononucleosis in 90 of
the cases.
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Works Cited
MedicineNet.com http//www.medicinenet.com/infecti
ous_mononucleosis/article.htm eMedTV  http//kids.
emedtv.com/mono/complications-of-mono-p2.html
Boston.com /www.boston.com/news/science/articles/
2008/10/06/why_is_there_no_vaccine_against_infecti
ous_mononucleosis/ Google  http//www.google.com/
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