I have mono, I found out about a week ago,
I have been sick for about 2 months.
Anyway my question is, can mono spread to
someone through sex? If no kissing is
invovled, my husband is worried that he
might get it. And does it spread through
oral sex? I have never had mono before so
I am not familiar with anything about it.
Please help!
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Forum Girl
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Posts: 207 Location: Orlando, Florida
Posted: 11-17-03 20:53pm
Mono, just like many other illnesses, can
be spread through sexual contact. There
is good news and bad news with regard to
mono and your husband. The bad news is
that mono has a 30 day incubation period
so for a month after you have contracted
it, you have no symptoms but you are
contagious and therefore unknowingly
spreading the disease. The good news is
that if you have had symptoms now for 2
weeks and your husband is still symptom
free, the chances that he will also get
sick are probably slim. He should be
showing symptoms by now if he is infected.
It is also possible that your husband is
infected but will never get sick. Almost
everyone on the planet carries ebv
(epstein-barr virus - the source of mono)
in their system but only about half ever
get sick. Your husband could be one of
those people that will just never get sick
from it. More good news is that like
chickenpox, usually once you get mono you
never get it again. I had mono when I
was in 8th grade and in the last year I
have been around 3 people who had/have it
and i'm fine hope you start to
feel better soon - mono sucks.
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hope you start to
feel better soon - mono sucks.