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Did you know you can fall ill because of kissing?
No matter how unusual it sounds, but the kissing disease, or the so-called mononucleosis, can have dangerous consequences.
Join us on Facebook! Serious symptoms because of a single kiss Can you imagine that you suddenly have a high temperature, headache, sore throat, swollen lymph glands and muscle pains? Or in other words, can you imagine that you have all the aforementioned because of a single kiss that caused the disease called mononucleosis. The disease is transmitted from one person to another in saliva, in most cases by kissing. It’s caused by the Epstein-Barr virus...Did you know you can fall ill because of kissing?
The Kissing Disease – Mononucleosis
When kissing passionately, we exchange a lot of saliva and sometimes a virus as well, such as mononucleosis.
What is mononucleosis? Mononucleosis is another virus disease caused by herpes viruses, that is, the Epstein-Barr virus. The reason for the name is that it generally spreads through saliva. Mononucleosis is most common in the teenage years and youth. Mononucleosis may lay dormant for a longer period of time and it develops when the immune system of the body is weak. This usually happens due to the overtired body, difficult practice or stress. Treatment of...The Kissing Disease – Mononucleosis
The Signs And Symptoms of Mononucleosis
Mononucleosis or the kissing disease is transmitted by saliva and it most often occurs among young people between 15 and 25 years of age. Read about the signs and symptoms in the article below.
How can you get infected with mononucleosis? Mononucleosis is mostly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus which is found in saliva of most people during one part of their life, but not everybody gets infected. The virus is transmitted by saliva and that is how the kissing disease got its informal name. The virus can also be transmitted by using the same glass or spoon which was already used by somebody else. Virus can be present in saliva of the infected person even...The Signs And Symptoms of Mononucleosis
