MONONUCLEOSIS, Epstein-Barr virus or kissing disease is an illness caused by a virus that infects certain blood cells.The symptoms typically begin with a headache and fatigue and develops to include fever, sore throat and enlarged lymph glands. Less common symptoms of kissing disease are abdominal discomfort and reduced appetite.
Epstein-Barr virus is a very common infection that sometimes presents without symptoms. After the first infection, the virus remains in the person’s body for life and is periodically shed from the mouth, nose, and throat region. In less developed countries, exposure is more likely in early childhood. In developed countries, the age of first exposure may be delayed to older childhood and the young adult age. For this reason, it is sometimes called the “kissing disease”.
After the initial infection, the EBV virus remains in the body for life and is intermittently shed from the mouth, nose and throat region.
People usually complain of a general feeling of being unwell or malaise, with general muscle aches and a sore throat. Glands in the body are also usually swollen, with the most common area of swelling being around the neck.
Treatment for kissing disease is usually symptomatic because there is no specific treatment for the disease.
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