Communicable Diseases Chart - Mononucleosis

Question 1

names for this disease

Answer 1

mono
mononucleosis
EBV

Question 2

mode of transmission

Answer 2

direct contact with saliva or exposure to body fluids (blood and semen)

Question 3

casual agent

Answer 3

epstein barr virus
human herpes virus type 4

Question 4

com and incubation

Answer 4

com may be weeks before symptoms and becomes latent after infection
incubation 4-6 weeks

Question 5

s/s

Answer 5

young children may have mild infection s/s

fever, malaise, headache, anorexia, abdominal pain, painful sore throat, enlarged spleen and liver

Question 6

tx

Answer 6

supportive
steroids for tonsilar swelling and impending airway obstruction, massive splenomegaly, myocarditis, hemolytic anemia
antibiotics are not used bc of nonallergic rash

Question 7

vaccine

Answer 7

no

Question 8

precautions

Answer 8

standard

Question 9

complications

Answer 9

peritonsialr abscess
sinusitis
mastoiditis
neurological disorders
hemologic disorders

Question 10

nursing considerations

Answer 10

antipyretics and analgesics
warm salt water for gargling
bed rest
avoid intimate contact
contact sports and strenuous activity when liver and spleen are normal size
avoid alcohol for 3 mo after liver function tests are normal