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Originally posted by Sledge
Mononucleosis is a fun disease that gives you what's essentially a week-long nightmare fever. (It can last for months.) It's sometimes referred to as The Kissing Disease because it's primarily spread through oral contact. I'm not sure about this, but I think I've heard you can only get it once, like chicken pox.
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You can only get it once. It is spread through kissing, although it can also be spread by sharing a drink, sneezing, or coughing. Mono can be dangerous because it can cause the spleen to enlarge, and if someone is hit in the back during this time, the spleen may rupture causing the person to be on antibiotics for the rest of their life. There are some people who have had mono and never knew about it, which means they already have antibodies to fight it off, so they won't come down with a more severe case of it later.