Cold and dreary winter weather often causes fatigue. But sometimes, the winter blues are really a first symptom of something more serious —mononucleosis or “mono.” While mono has no connection to the ...

The symptoms of mononucleosis and viral tonsillitis—fever, sore throat, swollen glands and white patches in the back of your throat—are similar, often making it hard for a doctor to distinguish ...

Can a person have mononucleosis more than once? Will monospot or heterophile antibody tests stay positive for life? — David Cooper, PA-C, Fayetteville, Pa. Mononucleosis is caused by Epstein-Barr ...

The Medical Mystery in the August 4 issue 1 involved a 40-year-old man who presented with a four-day history of pain in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, accompanied by fatigue, fever, sweating, ...

Athens, Ga. - The University of Georgia's Mark Ebell wasn't impressed with research on infectious mononucleosis when he wrote his first published review on it back in the 1990s. He still isn't--a ...

Perorally administered acyclovir was evaluated in the therapy of acute infectious mononucleosis in a multicentered, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. A total of 120 patients received ...