Do I have mono? Should I be worried I do? My allergies have been bad for about 2 weeks. Finally went to the walk in clinic on Saturday after having a sore throat for a couple days. Also had swollen glands in my neck and my whole head hurt, eyes and ears included. Other than the eyes, none of these symptoms are unusual for me when I get sick.
Doc took strep test, negative. Then he announces, "I think you have mono. There's a lot of it going around." He takes blood, runs a test for mono, inconclusive. Then he says something like, "well that doesn't prove anything bc you might have it and not test positive for another 10 days." He also x-rays my sinuses and says they are clear. He gives me 875 mg of Amoxicillin (2x day) and tells me to give it three days to clear up if it's a mysterious non-mono thing.
I have several concerns. I had a fever yesterday, then spent the whole night/early morning sweating that out. Today, no fever, throat is bearable rather than raging. Eyes and ears feel much better. YANMD, but does that hopefully mean the meds are working on whatev this is? I'm worried because he said take off Monday but how much better should I be feeling Monday to go back to work? If I don't should I go back to the doctor? If it's mono, he can't do anything anyway, right? I don't have a regular doctor, but I guess I could go back to the walk-in clinic and see a different doctor. (I realize there isn't a lot of concrete answers about mono, but if the doctor seems to be guessing, than I'll take yours too.)
Also, I've been dating someone new for a little over a month. She's never had mono that she knows. Have I already exposed her? If they can't tell me if/when I have it, how the hell do I know how long to try to not kiss her because I'm contagious? We were together Friday night, so do we bother at this point?
Thanks for the info guys. Never known anyone with mono so it's all new to me. Oh and I'm 30 yrs old, fwiw.
Doc took strep test, negative. Then he announces, "I think you have mono. There's a lot of it going around." He takes blood, runs a test for mono, inconclusive. Then he says something like, "well that doesn't prove anything bc you might have it and not test positive for another 10 days." He also x-rays my sinuses and says they are clear. He gives me 875 mg of Amoxicillin (2x day) and tells me to give it three days to clear up if it's a mysterious non-mono thing.
I have several concerns. I had a fever yesterday, then spent the whole night/early morning sweating that out. Today, no fever, throat is bearable rather than raging. Eyes and ears feel much better. YANMD, but does that hopefully mean the meds are working on whatev this is? I'm worried because he said take off Monday but how much better should I be feeling Monday to go back to work? If I don't should I go back to the doctor? If it's mono, he can't do anything anyway, right? I don't have a regular doctor, but I guess I could go back to the walk-in clinic and see a different doctor. (I realize there isn't a lot of concrete answers about mono, but if the doctor seems to be guessing, than I'll take yours too.)
Also, I've been dating someone new for a little over a month. She's never had mono that she knows. Have I already exposed her? If they can't tell me if/when I have it, how the hell do I know how long to try to not kiss her because I'm contagious? We were together Friday night, so do we bother at this point?
Thanks for the info guys. Never known anyone with mono so it's all new to me. Oh and I'm 30 yrs old, fwiw.