If your health care provider suspects mononucleosis, a Monospot slide test may also be done. The treatment is similar to that of the common cold. Your health care provider will usually not prescribe antibiotics. You can use analgesics to relieve minor pain. The treatment consists of gargling with warm water.
Some people feel more relief with warm, salty water.
Avoid contact with others until the symptoms are gone. Mononucleosis is an illness that can affect the whole body. There is no specific treatment for it. The effects will last as long as the virus affects the body. Most viral infections last from several days to 2 weeks.