Some results are in, more to come. Don't worry, I'm not contagious.
So, I tested positive for the Epstein-Barr virus (mono (cronic mono), but not full blown, if that makes sense), Herpesvirus 6, and also CMV. And we all know that I'm dealing with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) along with fibromyalgia like symptoms. I'm really glad I kept searching for a doctor that would keep searching. I think to many people give in to the pain meds and then their main issue continues to go unnoticed until it wrecks havoc on their body, and they end up with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, strokes, etc, etc.
The herpes 6 virus is a virus that everyone has in them, but some poeple are genetically pre-disposed to have a higher viral load of it in their system. It usually only shows up in childhood as rashes, swollen glands when stressed, lower immune function, frecuent infections (strep, ear) etc. Then, whether is timming or stress that triggers it, for some reason it shows intself later in life (from what I've read it's usually in the 20's or 30's) For whatever reason now (probably due to stress) it has reared it's ugly head full blown into my life. The symptoms include Chronic Fatigue Syndrom, fibromyalgia, lowered immune system, and other infections. Because this infection had been in me for a long time, a whole 28 years, it has already effected and done some damage to my kidneys (stage 2) and heart. Which I'm working on now that I'm aware of the root of it.
The next step.........this week I'm taking some natural goodness stuff to boost my immune system, then next week I'll start an antibiotic to get this stuff out of my system. It may take awhile since it can hide out in bone marrow, etc. I'm taking some immune system stuff first because my doctor doesn't want to put any more stress on my kidneys and heart by being on the antibiotic (which kills the bugs, but then the bugs dump out toxins). I've already done EKG's on my heart, but I'll be going in to a specialist to get an ultrasound done on my heart in the next few weeks. I also have a full 4 hour glucose test scheduled for Feb 10th. On a side note: my hernia is the least of my worries right now, I'll take care of it some other time.
Below is information from an article that talks about the correlation between CFS, ESV, and HHV-6. I'm going to post more as I find out more, for you guys, but also for me to have information I need, where I know where it is.
"Antibody Responses to Epstein-Barr Virus, Human Herpesvirus 6 and Human Herpesvirus 7 in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
To test for an association between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and infections with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7), antibodies to these viruses were tested in the serum from three groups of individuals: (1) 10 CFS patients with chronic fatigue beginning with a clinical pattern of acute infectious mononucleosis [IM; true chronic IM (CIM)]; (2) 10 CFS patients whose illness did not start with acute IM (non-CIM), and (3) healthy controls. High EBV antibody titers were demonstrated in most patients. Antibodies to ZEBRA, a product of the immediate early EBV gene BZLF1, were detected in the serum of CFS patients at a higher frequency than in healthy controls. Antibody titers to HHV-6 and HHV-7 were also higher in the patients with CFS than in the controls. These results are consistent with the view that CFS patients may have reactivations of EBV, HHV-6 and HHV-7."
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Thanks for reading.
PS: We're moved back into our house downtown, it's still for sale and we're going to do some more work on it to make it sellable.
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