The mono test is used to determine if a person who is displaying the symptoms of mono actually has the infection mononucleosis. This is test is commonly ordered alongside a CBC (complete blood count). The CBC is used to check whether the person's white blood cell count is higher than normal and whether a large number of reactive lymphocytes are present.
Mononucleosis is an infection that is caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) which is very common. In fact, up to 95 per cenrt of adults in the United States will have had EBV by the time they are 40 years old. Mononucleosis is more commonly known as the kissing disease. This is because the spread of EBV requires intimate contact with the saliva of the infected person. The kissing disease comes from the fact that a large number of adolescents get infected with mono after kissing someone who already had it. However this is not the only way that mono can be transferred. It can also arise from saliva on children's toys, water bottles, toothbrushes, drinking glasses and even hands.
The mono test is ordered when an adolescent is showing all or a majority of the following symptoms of mononucleosis: Headache, fever, sore throat, swollen neck and armpit glands or an ongoing feeling of weakness or fatigue. Some people may also experience these less common symptoms: A rash, enlarged liver or spleen or stomach pains. The test is conducted after taking a blood sample from the vein of the person's inner arm.
A positive test of mono will show that the person has reactive lymphocytes and a high number of white blood cells in their system, as well as the symptoms of mono.
With the right course of treatment, mononucleosis will usually resolve itself within one to four months. If you experienced the rarer symptom of an enlarged spleen, then your activity may be limited until the organs can return to their normal size.
Mononucleosis is an infection that is caused by the Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) which is very common. In fact, up to 95 per cenrt of adults in the United States will have had EBV by the time they are 40 years old. Mononucleosis is more commonly known as the kissing disease. This is because the spread of EBV requires intimate contact with the saliva of the infected person. The kissing disease comes from the fact that a large number of adolescents get infected with mono after kissing someone who already had it. However this is not the only way that mono can be transferred. It can also arise from saliva on children's toys, water bottles, toothbrushes, drinking glasses and even hands.
The mono test is ordered when an adolescent is showing all or a majority of the following symptoms of mononucleosis: Headache, fever, sore throat, swollen neck and armpit glands or an ongoing feeling of weakness or fatigue. Some people may also experience these less common symptoms: A rash, enlarged liver or spleen or stomach pains. The test is conducted after taking a blood sample from the vein of the person's inner arm.
A positive test of mono will show that the person has reactive lymphocytes and a high number of white blood cells in their system, as well as the symptoms of mono.
With the right course of treatment, mononucleosis will usually resolve itself within one to four months. If you experienced the rarer symptom of an enlarged spleen, then your activity may be limited until the organs can return to their normal size.
