Knowing the Extent of Virus Transmission
Contagious Mononucleosis: Knowing the Extent of Virus Transmission
Mono is a widespread disease, engulfing majority of youth population at some point in their adolescence. Being a viral illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), it is reportedly quite infectious. Due to its rapid contagious nature, it is also termed as the “kissing disease”. It does not dignify that inappropriate kissing can transfer the virus into you, but the quickness of virus to be transmitted through minimal contact with the affected person. It can be picked by routine chores and is not specifically noticed by people. Such daily instances may be sharing food or drinks, touching the infected person, holding the infected person’s utensils, etc. The people who have been affected or even the medical health professionals are considerably skeptical about the fact that for how long mono is contagious. It has always been a qualm whether their condition is still in the stage of contagious mononucleosis or not.
Starting Stage
The contagious mononucleosis hits in even prior to the manifestation of symptoms. The time span before the virus starts the onset of the disease, called incubation period, varies from 4 to 7 weeks. Even within this period, you are highly susceptible to transmit the virus and there are no indications to reflect the contagiousness of mono. You may not be able to spot that you are infected yourself, before you take care of restraining the extent of contact with others. It remains highly contagious within the couple of weeks from the start of symptoms like fever, flu, sore throat, etc.
Ending Stage
As the research expresses, the memory cells within the immune system of the body retains the antibodies against the viral infection for the rest of the life. It is hence very much unlikely that you experience any recurrence of the same illness. Nonetheless, there is a fraction of 1-2% people among the patients that are infected by contagious mononucleosis again. There is no concrete evidence to suggest a specific span of time whereby mono stays contagious after the symptoms have been relieved and treated. However, the severity of contagious nature certainly decreases with the passage of time. In normal cases, it may stay for up to 2 months after the successful treatment and in a chronic case, it may last for 6-18 months
Precautions
There is no specialized measure to gauge how contagious mononucleosis can be and how to prevent it completely. However, there is just vigilance and luck on your part to try these:
Avoid using any razor or toothbrush of anyone
Try to keep your towel solely to yourself
Prevent sharing of food utensils if possible
Do your best to prevent using the same straw for liquids as someone else
Use an effective disinfectant soap stringently
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