Mononucleosis Symptoms

Symptoms and signs of infectious mononucleosis or Epstein Barr Virus, known as EBV, appear four to six weeks after exposure to the virus and are:

• Fever
• Sore throat
• Swollen lymph glands in the neck
• Exhaustion
• Sometimes a swollen spleen or problems with the liver may occur
• Rarely there are heart or central nervous system problems.
• Four percent of infected people will have jaundice, yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, but liver tests may be normal.

See this article about infectious mononucleosis for more information. For information about mono in children, check out About.com's guide to pediatrics.

_{Sources: US Centers for Disease Control National Center for Infectious Diseases. Epstein Barr virus and infectious mononucleosis}

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