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Originally posted by astroAPhi
I got mono when I was 16, and I have no clue HOW I got it because I gave it TO my boyfriend.
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Same here. The thing that sucks is that you are contagous (sp?) for like 6-12 months. So you can give it to someone long after you have recovered.
To answer how you can keep getting it: Mono is a virus like chicken pox that once you are infected with the virus it will always be in your system. It is just dormant. If the conditions are right, i.e. your immune system is low, you are burrning the wick at both ends, you can "relapse" and get mono again. (Shingles in the case of chicken pox).
In collage I relapsed almost every year. Luckily I haven't had a relapse in a while. Sometimes the relapse can be worse than the initial infection.