rarely you get a mild case of hepatitis, again untreatable
and, yes, you can very rarely get an inflamed spleen. But knowing what it is doesn't prevent that and you still can't treat it. Alleviation of the symptoms are the same as they would be for anything with the symptoms - NSAIDs, painkillers, fluids. Knowing it's mono doesn't help you one bit with any of those.

I know that to you this seems madness, because you've been brought up with a healthcare system that would have tested, but the only single advantage to testing is that you know. It doesn't help you, it costs a fortune and as it's an antibody level test it's inaccurate and massively open to interpretation.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 17:20, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Oh, yes
that's what my boyfriend got. Hepatitis from the mononucleosis! When we got to Spain he had developed it already. Maybe it was more than a month, then.

Well, I think if he had been told to rest and not move until he was well, he wouldn't have developed the hepatitis. Maybe not. They told him to keep going to work as normal, and he was probably spreading it around too. I only got mild symptoms and got over it quickly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 14 Apr 2011, 17:23, Reply)

yeah, see this is the difference
between the systems. I don't understand why you need to be TOLD to rest if you are ill. Or, more specifically, why you need to know what's wrong with you to have to rest. Not having a go at your boyfriend, again, obviously that's just what you are used to. It just seems really obvious to me.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 17:26, Reply)