Medical Treatment

Mononucleosis can be treated at home simply by treating the symptoms and with plenty of rest unless complications occur.

• Corticosteroids may be prescribed in rare cases of airway obstruction, hemolytic anemia (an autoimmune process in which red blood cells are destroyed), severe thrombocytopenia (a decrease in platelets, which are clotting components in the blood), hepatitis (inflammation of the liver caused by the virus), and complications involving the heart and nerves.
  
  
• Antibiotics are not used to treat mononucleosis.