Re: releif!/Epstein-Barr

[Guest guest]

Yes, it is true the Epstein-Barr lies dormant in the system and

doesn't go away. One of the (many!) tests they ran to determine why

my white cell count is high was the Epstein-Barr panel. I was

postitive for having had the virus (but I'm not sure when I had it...

it went undiagnosed), but there was no active infection at that

time. Once you have it, you always have some of the antibodies (or

whatever) in your system. I may have chronic reinfections, which

could be the cause of much of my fatigue, but I'd need to redo

the " active infection " blood test to determine if it has flared up

again each time I suspected it. My doctor also told me that the

proverbial " they " now think that the Epstein-Barr virus is not as

highly correlated with CFIDS as originally thought, and I believe he

said there is research going on in this area. One of his collegues

in the doctor's office is a specialist in CFIDS, so I trust this

information.

Anyway, I gues what I am trying to say is that if you do decide to

get tested for Epstein-Barr, make sure they run both panels... to see

if you've been exposed as well as if you have an active infection.

I'm glad that y " just " has mono and not something more scary and

life-threatening.

>

> > From: " @ Home "

> > Subject: releif!

> >

> > Well, has mono. She also has very low potassium and

something else I

> > can't remember....

> > This really makes me mad - he showed us on his computer that

's blood

> > tests have shown mono since October! ...

> > Now, he's doing the tests to find out what virus it is. He

thinks it's

> > Epstein Barr.

> > Also, he thinks she may have had the same UTI for the last year

and a half.

> > Like the medication has never even worked, and she's had this

infection all

> > along.

> >... She will allways be very thin,

> > but right now, she is too thin.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info.

I suppose if there was any possibility of me having it, it would have showed up

in one of the many blood tests I've had done.

I've had many episodes of bieng sick where I could have had it, but who nows

when?

And, I think I read that after a certain age you don't get it anyway.

I may have tested for it though.

I'm gonna concentrate on food now. None of us eat very much, and I'm thinking

we need to start eating more.

I just watched a show about food, and the way people used to eat - like before

all this fatty fast food was around, seams like a good way to go.

Gotta fill my family up on good, wholesome, food.

meat, potatoes, and such. We are all too skinny anyway.