INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS: WHAT IT IS, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT - INFECTIOUS DISEASES

How to Identify and Treat Mononucleosis



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Mononucleosis, also known as infectious mononucleosis or kissing disease, is an infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus , transmitted through saliva, which causes symptoms such as high fever, pain and inflammation of the throat, whitish plaques in the throat and the neck. This virus can cause infection at any age, but it is more common to cause symptoms only in adolescents and adults, and children usually do not have symptoms and therefore do not need treatment