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Mononucleosis. Dec. 2003 – Jan. 2004 Melinda Tessier. What Is Mononucleosis?. Mononucleosis is when you have a fever, sore throat, headaches, white patches on the back of your throat, feeling tired and not being hungry. Here are some of the symptoms:. www.entnet.org/images/ snore.gif.
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Mononucleosis Dec. 2003 – Jan. 2004 Melinda Tessier
What Is Mononucleosis? Mononucleosis is when you have a fever, sore throat, headaches, white patches on the back of your throat, feeling tired and not being hungry.
members.xoom.virgilio.it/Aidsimaging/ mono/mono1.htm Another Way: Showing A Swollen Gland
How Is Mono Spread? It’s usually spreads through kissing and by coughing.
www.notmuch.com/Features/Interview/ int-091298.html Coughing Kissing
How Is Mono Diagnosed? The test used to diagnose mono is called “Monospots Test” Sometimes blood tests are needed when results of the Monospots test aren’t clear.
Check Blood Cells for Mono Tiny Mono Spots www.cat.cc.md.us/.../labmanua/ lab18/images/monopos.jpg
Can Mono Be Cured? No! But mono will go away on it’s own.
How Is Mono Treated? The main point of treatment is to relieve your symptoms. The following list includes tips for treatment…
Rest Drink plenty of fluids If you have a sore throat, gargle with salt water or have a frozen “Popsicle” You may want to relieve pain and fever by taking either Tylenol,AdvilorMotrin
Do You Need Antibiotics? No Penicillin is no help to mono.
Badly Infected Gland home.teleport.com/~bobh/ InfectiousMononucleosis.htm
The swollen gland is starting an infection members.xoom.virgilio.it/Aidsimaging/ mono/images/mono2.jpg
The 3 Websites I Used Were… Google – It helped me with my information and my pictures. Familydoctor. org – Find more information. Kidsheath.org - Find additional information.
The best website was Google