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Infectious Mononucleosis
Also Known As: Glandular Fever; Mono
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Connected health information
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Linked signs and symptoms
20Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Appetite Loss (Anorexia)
- Cough Dry
- Diarrhoea (Diarrhea)
- Dizziness
- Face Swollen
- Fatigue
- Fever (Raised Body Temperature)
- Headache (Cephalgia)
- Liver Enlarged Or Tender
- Lymph Nodes Neck Swollen
- Lymph Nodes Swollen (Glands)
- Mind: Depression
- Mind: Disorientation
- Muscle Aches
- Muscle Weakness
- Night Sweats
- Pain Abdominal
- Shakes
- Skin Rash
- Throat Sore (Pharyngitis)
Linked drugs / medications
0No linked drugs are listed yet.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
8Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Conservative management
1Lifestyle changes
5Behavioural changes
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
22These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Concentration
- Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Concentration
- Blood Uric Acid Concentration Test
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Glucose Concentration
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration
- Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Differential
- Cholesterol Concentration
- Cholinesterase (Serum Acetylcholinesterase, Pseudocholinesterase)
- Eosinophils Count
- Epstein Barr Virus Serology Test (Serology for Infectious Mononucleosis, Human Herpes Virus 4, Glandular Fever, Kissing Disease,
- erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- Ferritin Concentration
- Fibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products, FSPs, Fibrin Breakdown Products, Fbps)
- Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT) Concentration
- haptoglobin (Hp) concentration
- Lactate Dehydrogenase Concentration
- Lymphocytes Count
- Monocyte Absolute Count
- Plasminogen Activity
- Porphyrins Concentration
- Urine Porphyrin Concentration
- White Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Biological markers/agents
25This visual map shows biological markers/agents reported as increased or decreased with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
21- Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 30–125 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 40–110 units/LLinked diagnostic testsAlkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Concentration
- Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 10–25 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 10–35 units/LLinked diagnostic testsAspartate Aminotransferase (AST) Concentration
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeukocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–5 /µL; 1y - 6y: 0–20 /µLLinked diagnostic testsCerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Differential
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Total ProteinReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 15–45 mg/dL; Child (< 10y): 15–70 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration
- Cholesterol (Total)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 75–180 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y): 0–190 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCholesterol Concentration
- Coproporphyrin (Blood)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 0–60 µg/24hrs; All, Male: 0–95 µg/24hrsLinked diagnostic testsPorphyrins Concentration
- Epstein Barr Virus Serology (Specific Antibodies for Human Herpes Virus 4)Reference range exampleAll: 0–1 NegativeLinked diagnostic testsEpstein Barr Virus Serology Test (Serology for Infectious Mononucleosis, Human Herpes Virus 4
- Erythrocyte Sedimentation RateReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 0–20 mm/Hr; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 0–15 mm/HrLinked diagnostic testserythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
- FerritinReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 7–140 µg/L; Adult ( > 16y), Female: 18–160 µg/LLinked diagnostic testsFerritin Concentration
- Fibrin Split ProductsReference range exampleAll: 0–1 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsFibrin Degradation Products (FDPs, Fibrin Split Products
- Gamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 6–30 units/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 6–38 units/LLinked diagnostic testsGamma-Glutamyltransferase (GGT) Concentration
- Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)Reference range exampleInfant (0 - 1y): 120–250 units/L; Adult ( > 16y): 100–200 units/LLinked diagnostic testsLactate Dehydrogenase Concentration
- LymphocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 25–40 %; 700–3,500 cells/mm3Linked diagnostic testsDifferential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Lymphocytes Count
- MonocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 3–7 %; 0.1–0.5 million/mLLinked diagnostic testsDifferential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Monocyte Absolute Count
- PlasminogenReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 65–153 %; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 70–120 %Linked diagnostic testsPlasminogen Activity
- Porphobilinogen (Blood)Reference range exampleAll: 0–2 mg/24hrsLinked diagnostic testsPorphyrins Concentration
- Total Porphyrins (Blood)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 4–79 µg/24hrs; All, Male: 9–150 µg/24hrsLinked diagnostic testsPorphyrins Concentration
- Uric Acid, BloodReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 2.5–7 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4–8 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsBlood Uric Acid Concentration Test
- UroporphyrinReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 100–270 nmol/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 100–540 nmol/LLinked diagnostic testsUrine Porphyrin Concentration
- Uroporphyrin (Blood)Reference range exampleAll, Female: 3–22 µg/24hrs; All, Male: 4–45 µg/24hrsLinked diagnostic testsPorphyrins Concentration
- White Blood Cell (WBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–10.5 million/mL; Adult ( > 16y): 3.2–10 million/mLLinked diagnostic testsWhite Blood Cell (WBC) Count
Often decreased
4- CholinesteraseReference range exampleAll: 6–19 U/mLLinked diagnostic testsCholinesterase (Serum Acetylcholinesterase, Pseudocholinesterase)
- EosinophilsReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–3 %; 0–3 %Linked diagnostic testsDifferential White Blood Cell Count Tests, Eosinophil Differential Of Total WBC
- Glucose (Cerebrospinal Fluid)Reference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 65–85 mg/dL; Adult ( > 16y): 50–72 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testsCerebrospinal Fluid Glucose Concentration
- haptoglobin (Hp)Reference range example45–200 mg/dLLinked diagnostic testshaptoglobin (Hp) concentration
Introduction / full article
Infectious Mononucleosis
Summary References
Treatments:
1. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch189/ch189f.html?qt=Infectious%20Mononucleosis&alt=sh#sec14-ch189-ch189f-2502a
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8116521
3. WebMD > Infectious Mononucleosis Last Updated: September 19, 2007
4. Mark H. Beers ... (2006). Beers MH, Porter RS, Jones TV, Kaplan JL, Berkwits M, editors.. ed. The Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy (18th ed.). Whitehouse Station (NJ): Merck Research Laboratories. ISBN 0-911910-18-2.