The chances of mononucleosis recurring or becoming chronic are very rare. Usually mononucleosis is a dormant disease, once infected with the virus; you carry along throughout your life. Most of the people, who are infected, do not usually develop the symptoms of the virus.

There are chances of the virus becoming active and detectable from the saliva of the patients but normally without any symptoms. Mono does not usually pose a serious health disease but exceptions are always there. There are chances of the infectious disease leading to its chronic form.

Chronic mononucleosis is usually diagnosed, if the illness persists for more than six months, after the infectious mononucleosis has been detected. Reactivated mononucleosis causes illness among patients who have already been suffering diseases like AIDS. But this occurs very rarely.

There are other complications that involve the virus, such as, jaundice, hepatitis, spleen inflammation, anemia and inflammation of the heart.

Adult Mononucleosis

The chances of an adult getting mononucleosis are very rare. Most of us have been exposed to the virus EBV but by the time we reach the age of 35 years, we tend to develop strong immunity in our body which fights back the disease. Even if an adult is immune by the disease, the symptoms are different to those experienced by the teenagers and young adults.

The easiest diagnosis of the virus is either through blood test or tissue biopsy.

Usually infectious mono treatment involves bed rest and intake of large amount of fluid but in some cases, doctors prescribe antibiotics, if it is accompanied by bacterial infection like strep throat.