Thursday, December 24, 2009

Can you get mono from someone who had mono 2-3 weeks ago by sharing a same glass that has been washed?

I recently used a glass that was used by someone who had mono. They had mono 2-3 weeks ago and has since then not had it. The glass was washed through the dishwasher, and I was wondering if I might of have contracted it through the glass that was shared.





Could you also contract mono from someone who has had it before but currently does not?Can you get mono from someone who had mono 2-3 weeks ago by sharing a same glass that has been washed?
mono is a virus, so I would think that handwashing would be enough. Had you thought you caught something bacterial, I would say no...endospores are pesky little suckers...they live through almost anything. Mono is more direct contact, ie. saliva, etc. That's why it's called the kissing disease.Can you get mono from someone who had mono 2-3 weeks ago by sharing a same glass that has been washed?
Mono is a virus, so antibiotics won't do a thing except potentially stop secondary infections (not the best use of a weakening resource!). However, mono does last for weeks or months, so your friend may still be infectious. The washing should have killed any virus that was on the glass, but any sharing of liquids at all between you and them (or anyone else with mono) may infect you.





In terms of your second question, it depends on how long ago they ';had it';. If it was like your previous friend - 2-3 weeks ago - then yes, as the infectious period hasn't passed. If it was months to years ago, you should be fine. The person is generally completely immune to the virus and will never spread it to you.
Someone normally has mono for up to a six weeks! That's how you got it. Even though they don't show signs..they still have it. The antibotics got rid of the symptoms only...they can't kill the actually virrus.





You can also get it from having strep throat...the antibiotics not treating it or you not dealing with it...and then it can turn into mono. Mono is a SUPER strep.





You can also have it and not have a sore throat. When I got it...I had just a plain ole sore thoat....took antibiotics and went away...developed another sore throat but this felt different...I also had lymp nodes so big you could see them when I turned my head...and was super tired...that was it.. the sore throat was no worse than draining allergies...the first one was way worse. I got a blood test and it was mono...I took strong antibiotics and the symptoms were gone/sore throat...the tiredness lasted for a whole month. I could stll give it to someone even though I showned no signs execept tiredness. I tell you what I had never been so tired in my life. That sucked big ones.





You get mono the same way you do a sore throat...execept if it turns into mono from a previous untreated sore throat.
Mono is caused from a virus. Once you get the virus it never goes away. So even if someone has had mono 2-3 years ago they still have the virus. However, you can only get mono from direct contact with saliva. So if the glass was washed there is no reason to think the mono came from that.

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