my daughter's blood test has just come
back positive for mono. She saw the
doctor today (she's 18 - so I didn't see
him with her) I asked her to tell him that
I think she's looking a bit yellow. She
looks as though she has a light suntan but
usually she's very very white.
She says she asked and the doc just said
her liver function test had been fine.
When she had the blood test she wasn't
looking yellow.
Does anyone know anything about jaundice
and mono? The last time she was this
colour was when she had baby jaundice.
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zenith18
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Japan
Posted: 01-03-06 06:16am
I know this is a bit late, but I too had
mono a couple of years ago. Eb virus,
but complicated by the doctor prescribing
me penicillin. I ended up with
hepatitis, an enlarged spleen and an itchy
all over body rash. I was in hospital
for 10 days and off work for 3 months.
I was very jaundiced and my alt/ast?
Level reached over 1000. I was a normal
colour within a couple of weeks, with just
a bit of yellowing in the eyes.
I may also be allergic to penicillin after
I recently took this for an ear infection
and ended up with swollen itchy hands and
feet (interestingly these were the only
parts that were not affected the first
time I had mono!) I was not allergic
before, but it seems that I am
hypersensitive to many things now whereas
before the illess, I was perfectly normal
and healthy.
My liver levels are also still very
slightly elevated, but was told that this
was nothing to worry about.
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Scottietotty
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 Location: UK
Mono And Jaundice Posted: 01-04-06 10:26am
Hi zenith
hope you're all better now.
After I made that post my daughter got
yellower and yellower. Yes - jaundice.
Without penicillin she developed an
incredibly itchy red rash an ear infection
and a urinary tract infection. Because of
the jaundice she could be given neither
painkillers, nor antibiotics so she spent
an incredibly uncomfortable few days. She
drank loads and loads of fluid and I think
it helped.
Since then she's made a complete recovery
and is back working full time. The last
blood test she had her liver levels were
still slightly elevated but were
definitely going in the right direction.
