co worker has Mono

I am annoyed coz she sits beside me and I don't want to get it from her. She also has bronchitis.

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I'm not sure how easily you can catch mono from someone.

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through saliva that's why the call it the "kissing disease"

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She is coughing all over the place.

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She's in work with both mono and brochitis? That's really irresponsible, you can get a lot of people sick that way. When I was working I hated when really sick people would come in.

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Actually I don't think that bronchitis is too easily catchable either.

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Mono could be spread through coughing. Its very rare but could be done.

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Before you've been on antibiotics for 3 days bronchitis is definately communicable. I passed it to my brother through coughing back in high school.

ETA: and I gave my hs boyfriend mono, but that was through the traditional way.

Message edited 12/5/2005 4:36:35 PM.

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I am not to worried about the bronchitis but I am not happy about the Mono. I had it many years ago and I don't want it again.

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I thought once you had mono that it always stays in your system. Are you worried about it waking up so to speak?

Use lots of Lysol or alcohol wipes! And don't let anyone use your phone/computer/pens/etc!!!

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ya its usually the one time thing

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I know if they test you it will always show up in your blood work. If I cant get it again then thats great.

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its called epsteinbar when you get mono a secondtime. my mom had when i got married it triggered it and it still stays in her system sometimes my nephew had mono last year and we figured he got it from my mom! i never had it.(knocking on wood).

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Mononucleosis is an illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpesvirus family. Similar symptoms and illness are sometimes caused by cytomegalovirus, which is also a member of this family of viruses.

EBV is transmitted through the saliva. Young children can be infected from the saliva of playmates or family members. Adolescents with the virus can spread EBV through kissing (hence its once popular name, "the kissing disease"). Epidemic outbreaks in hospitals and workplaces have occurred.
Mono is a self-limiting disease; symptoms usually go away on their own within 2 to 4 weeks. The fever and sore throat usually subside after 2 weeks, but the enlarged lymph nodes and spleen can persist for a few more weeks. In some children, especially teens, fatigue and weakness may last for weeks, and occasionally months.

Contagiousness:
EBV is contagious - it is transmitted through the saliva of an infected person by coughing, sneezing, and kissing. Susceptible people should avoid contact with those known to have active mononucleosis; the virus can continue to be excreted in saliva and repsiratory secretions for months. In general, strict isolation procedures or special precautions are not needed. People with recent EBV infection should not donate blood.


I found the above and i would be ****** off is someone was coming into work with it

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Also you can get Mono 2xs..as well as chicken poxs
it is rare but it happens..
A friend of mine got it twice in college

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Come to think of it my best friend had mono 2 times

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I would be so ticked off about that. Irresponsibility ( I need a head shaking icon here)

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It is contagious. When I was a child, I caught it from a girl whose mom was friend's with my mom. I rarely saw the girl, but after she "was better", she came over one day to visit. I caught it from her and that was only from being in the same room together.

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dont kiss her

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WTH is she doing @ work?? I'd be ****** too!