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1 Mononucleosis Dec. 2003 – Jan. 2004 Melinda Tessier

2 What Is Mononucleosis? Mononucleosis is when you have a fever, sore throat, headaches, white patches on the back of your throat, feeling tired and not being hungry.

3 Here are some of the symptoms:

4 www.entnet.org/images/ snore.gif

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6 members.xoom.virgilio.it/Aidsimaging/ mono/mono1.htm

7 home.teleport.com/~bobh/ InfectiousMononucleosis.htm

8 How Is Mono Spread? It’s usually spreads through kissing and by coughing.

9 www.notmuch.com/Features/Interview/ int-091298.html

10 How Is Mono Diagnosed? The test used to diagnose mono is called “ Monospots Test ” Sometimes blood tests are needed when results of the Monospots test aren’t clear.

11 Check Blood Cells for Mono www.cat.cc.md.us/.../labmanua/ lab18/images/monopos.jpg

12 Can Mono Be Cured? No! But mono will go away on it’s own.

13 How Is Mono Treated? The main point of treatment is to relieve your symptoms. The following list includes tips for treatment…

14 Rest Drink plenty of fluids If you have a sore throat, gargle with salt water or have a frozen “ Popsicle ” You may want to relieve pain and fever by taking either Tylenol, Advil or Motrin

15 Do You Need Antibiotics? No Penicillin is no help to mono.

16 This Is When Mono Get’s Really Bad!

17 home.teleport.com/~bobh/ InfectiousMononucleosis.htm

18 Here Is Another Way Mono Looks Like With White Spots:

19 members.xoom.virgilio.it/Aidsimaging/ mono/images/mono2.jpg

20 The 3 Websites I Used Were… Google – It helped me with my information and my pictures. Familydoctor. org – Find more information. Kidsheath.org - Find additional information.

21 The best website was Google

22 The End


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