Options For Treating Glandular Fever

Hospital Treatment

Hospital treatment may be needed for patients with glandular fever who develop complications from the illness. Patients who experience a sudden, sharp pain in their left side may have a ruptured spleen and should go to the emergency room. If tests confirm the spleen has ruptured, emergency surgery will be performed to remove the organ. Hospital treatment may also be needed for patients who develop pneumonia, myocarditis (inflammation of the heart), pericarditis (inflammation of the sac covering the heart), meningitis (inflammation of the nervous system), or other serious complications from mononucleosis. Occasionally, this condition can lead to the development of Bell's palsy, temporary paralysis of muscles in one side of the face. The condition can also lead to inflammation of the liver and destruction of white blood cells, raising a patient's risk of infection. These complications may need to be managed in the hospital.

Due to the swollen tonsils that frequently occur withthis illness, patients may have trouble breathing or swallowing, and specialists should investigate these conditions. If patients using antibiotics develop a rash, hives, swollen lips, or shortness of breath, these may indicate an allergic reaction, and patients should go to the emergency room for evaluation.

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