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1. Mononucleosis is a viral infection that is caused by either
the Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus. Many
individuals are exposed to the virus-causing agent while
young yet display little to no indication of infection. The
disease causes signs of intense, prolonged fatigue, fever,
sore throat, weight loss, and lymphodema and is
commonly found to affect adolescents and young adults.
Incubation and length of symptoms can be as long as
several months. Treatment of mononucleosis, therefore,
will be a prolonged affair but the effects of the disease can
be mollified. Also known as the "kissing disease",
mononucleosis can be treated naturally to combat the
symptoms. Treatment of mononucleosis can be done in
the comfort of the home, without medication.

2. To lessen the symptom of mononucleosis, fatigue, all the
person can do is rest. It may be that the sufferer will miss
a lot of work or school, but this is the only thing that can
be done to ease this particular symptom of
mononucleosis. It is recommended that people with mono
admit to themselves that they are tired and need to lie
down and then they have to do just that.

3. Going to a doctor, he will check to see if your lymph nodes
are swollen. Sometimes your spleen or your liver will be
swollen and they will check for that because it can be a
very direct indicator as to if you have mono or not. The
doctor will probably want to do some blood work on you
to confirm if you have mono the kissing disease or not. If
you have a higher than normal white blood count the
chances are that you do have mono the kissing disease.

4. Mononucleosis can often cause a person to have a sore
throat, so it is important that a person gargle a few times a
day to help relieve it. Gargling helps get rid of the bacteria
in the throat and helps reduce the swelling. There are
many things that available for a person to gargle with, but
it is recommended that a person use either salt water or
licorice for the best results.

5. Some of the other self mononucleosis treatments include
throat lozenges and gargling with warm water so that you
can soothe your throat. You need to make sure that you
do not become dehydrated and that you are constantly
drinking fluids. Depending on how sick you are,
determines the amount of rest that you are going to need.
If you are very sick, then you should not do anything that
consists of lots of moving around. One of the worst things
that you can do is to go out and play some sort of contact
sport.

6. When a person has mononucleosis there is danger of the
spleen rupturing. This is because the spleen enlarges due
to the illness. It is for this reason that it is highly
recommended that people with mononucleosis not
engage in any activity such as a contact sport that could
raise the possibility of the spleen being injured. The time
period to remain free of any strenuous exercise is
customarily one month.

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