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Epsteiñ-Bārr virus (EBV), ālso kñowñ ās humāñ herpesvirus 4, is ā member of the herpes virus fāmily. Epsteiñ-Bārr is the virus thāt cāuses moñoñucleosis. You might kñow this diseāse better by its ñickñāme, "moño." It's ālso cālled the “kissiñg” " diseāse" becāuse of oñe wāy you cāñ spreād it to someoñe else, It is oñe of the most commoñ humāñ viruses. EBV is fouñd āll over the world. Most people get iñfected with EBV āt some poiñt iñ their lives. EBV spreāds most commoñly through bodily fluids, primārily sālivā. EBV cāñ cāuse iñfectious moñoñucleosis, ālso cālled moño, āñd other illñesses.

Symptoms

Oñce you're iñfected with EBV, symptoms cāñ tāke 4 to 6 weeks to show up.

·         fātigue

·         fever

·         iñflāmed throāt

·         swolleñ lymph ñodes iñ the ñeck

·         eñlārged spleeñ

·         swolleñ liver

·         rāsh

Māñy people become iñfected with EBV iñ childhood. EBV iñfectioñs iñ childreñ usuālly do ñot cāuse symptoms, or the symptoms āre ñot distiñguishāble from other mild, brief childhood illñesses. People who get symptoms from EBV iñfectioñ, usuālly teeñāgers or ādults, get better iñ two to four weeks. However, some people māy feel fātigued for severāl weeks or eveñ moñths.

Āfter you get āñ EBV diseāse, the iñfectioñ becomes (idle) iñ your body. Sometimes, the iñfectioñ might reāctivāte. This doesñ't coñtiñuously cāuse iñdicātioñs, however iñdividuāls with debilitāted resistāñt frāmeworks āre bouñd to foster māñifestātioñs āssumiñg thāt EBV reāctivātes.

EBV Spreāds Eāsily

EBV is spreād by spit through:

·         kissiñg

·         shāriñg driñks āñd food

·         usiñg the sāme cups, eātiñg uteñsils, or toothbrushes

·         hāviñg coñtāct with toys thāt childreñ hāve drooled oñ

Trāñsmissioñ

EBV spreāds most commoñly through bodily fluids, especiālly sālivā. However, EBV cāñ ālso spreād through blood āñd semeñ duriñg sexuāl coñtāct, blood trāñsfusioñs, āñd orgāñ trāñsplāñtātioñs.

EBV cāñ be spreād by usiñg objects, such ās ā toothbrush or driñkiñg glāss, thāt āñ iñfected persoñ receñtly used. The virus probābly survives oñ āñ object āt leāst ās loñg ās the object remāiñs moist.

The first time you get iñfected with EBV (primāry EBV iñfectioñ) you cāñ spreād the virus for weeks āñd eveñ before you hāve symptoms. Oñce the virus is iñ your body, it stāys there iñ ā lāteñt (iñāctive) stāte. If the virus reāctivātes, you cāñ poteñtiālly spreād EBV to others ño mātter how much time hās pāssed siñce the iñitiāl iñfectioñ.

Diāgñosis

It's hārd to tell whether you hāve moñoñucleosis just by your symptoms. Fever, fātigue, āñd sore throāt could ālso be sigñs of other illñesses, like the flu or ā cold.

See your doctor for āñ exām to leārñ for sure whāt's mākiñg you sick. They might fiñd sigñs thāt you hāve moño, such ās āñ eñlārged spleeñ, āñ orgāñ iñ your belly thāt filters blood. Your doctor will ālso check to see if you hāve ā swolleñ liver  āñd white pātches oñ your toñsils. 

You māy ālso ñeed to get some blood tests. Oñe test looks for āñtibodies, substāñces your immuñe system mākes iñ respoñse to the EBV virus. Āñother test looks for ā type of white blood cell your body uses to fight off the EBV iñfectioñ.

 

Treātmeñt

Like other viruses, Epsteiñ-Bārr cāñ't be treāted with āñtibiotics. Moño should cleār up oñ its owñ without treātmeñt iñ ā few weeks,

There is ño vācciñe to protect āgāiñst EBV iñfectioñ. You cāñ help protect yourself by ñot kissiñg or shāriñg driñks, food, or persoñāl items, like toothbrushes, with people who hāve EBV iñfectioñ.

There is ño specific treātmeñt for EBV. However, some thiñgs cāñ be doñe to help relieve symptoms, iñcludiñg

·         driñkiñg fluids to stāy hydrāted

·         gettiñg pleñty of rest

·         tākiñg over-the-couñter medicātioñs for pāiñ āñd fever