What Is Kissing Disease?
4. Diagnosis
A physician makes an initial diagnosis based on a physical assessment of your symptoms and how long you have had them. The doctor may also order a rapid antibody test to determine if you have the EBV antibodies. The results of this test come back quickly. However, if you are in the first week of the illness, it is likely not enough time has elapsed to detect antibodies.
If the rapid test comes back negative, another type of antibody test may be needed. It is a more sensitive test, but it takes longer to get the results back. It is also possible that your doctor will order a white blood cell count to see if your counts are abnormal, which would suggest an infection.
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