kissing dicease - General Health Message Board

icareaboutyou · 09-05-2006, 07:01 PM

here it is
i have been going out with 1 girl and yeah only one
and this summer i was on vacation in Thailand
my gf told me she has mono dicease
and she said im the only one she kisses
but we haven't kissed for 2 months
does that mean she got that mono from me?
it happened a week before i got back in US
i really love her and i do'nt think she was cheating on me
give me advice if that dicease could be from me
thx

Misty800 · 09-05-2006, 07:07 PM

Kissing is not the only way to get mono. Mono is a virus.

Mono which is the EBV virus lives and grows in your nose and throat. Any fluid that comes from these parts of the body, including saliva, tears, or mucus, can be infected with the virus. The virus is spread when people come in contact with infected fluids.

EBV can be spread through intimate contact or sharing of saliva. (A brief kiss on the lips is not likely to spread EBV; it is spread when saliva from an infected person enters another person's mouth.)

You can get EBV if you share a drinking glass or eating utensils with an infected person (through sharing saliva). Eating in a resturant or sharing a drink with someone who is a carrier will cause mono especially if a person's immune system is not good. Mono travels fast in schools due to people drinking from same water fountain and eating in the cafeteria.

Rarely, an infection can occur after receiving blood from a person who is infected with EBV.

Some people carry EBV in their bodies throughout their lives but never get mono symptoms. From time to time the virus can become active and be spread to others. Lifetime carriers of EBV are the most common source of EBV infection.

Bracelet · 09-05-2006, 08:46 PM

Dude, I got mono from a drinking fountain at a flea market in Florida, so you need to relax and quit being so insecure about your girlfriend. She didn't cheat on you, she probably just walked into a sneeze cloud by someone who has the disease.

You'd better watch out though, because you can still get it from her long, long after she has recovered. I had my first case of mono in 1993 and then got sick with it again in 1998. Once you catch mono, it stays dormant in your system, usually forever. But in my case, I had an extreme case of tonsilitis to the point where the virus got activated again. And then just 2 (or was it 3?) years ago, I actually infected my boyfriend with it, and I wasn't even sick with it at the time.

We couldn't understand how he could have caught it, but I read on the Mayo Clinic website that it is entirely possible to still spread the disease even long after you have recovered and it has been dormant for may years. So I infected the guy when I wasn't even sick. Looking back, it's pretty funny that I did because he was a jackass and a loser and I'm glad i got him sick.