re: Abnormally Elevated Epstein-Barr Virus Load

May 31, 2004

That is a different perspective on all of this and yes I had this

virus as a teenager hmmm...Anyone else suffer from this virus? I also

remember my grandmother suffering from almost the same exact symptoms

as I do and never being diagnosed with anything.I remember her skin

breaking out in rashes , her arthritis pain, her taking to bed every

now and then and her delusional thoughts at this time ( perhaps

kidney involvement). What we are probably looking at is a genetic

predisposition and then a trigger; be it viral, chemical, or allergen

it triggers the response. This is probably why you see families with

more than one suffering from SLE. The genetics are in play and whammo

the trigger. Perhaps the trigger is mutiple like extreme stress and

then a viral involvement and whammo. I was also reading in a book

last night almost all SLE sufferes suffer from allergies. Wow so we

have the triggers hypothetically narrowed down but we need more

research done to even begin to understand SLE. My grandmother is also

American Indian (Choctow)my rhuemetoligist told me that diseases of

rhuemetology are extremely prevelant amongst the American Indians. In

fact I think I was reading the National Institute of Health did a

research study on Choctow indians and sceledroma.There is so much to

be learned from all of this suffering but I want to learn so the

suffering will stop in my family and all of the other SLE families.I

found some of my favorite Lupus books for sale at Amazon used but so

far I have been very lucky all of the books I have bought were from

01.-3.00 and were in excellent condition. In fact a few looked almost

brand new in condition. I also recieved a lot of information from the

NIH which offers information for free. If you want to learm more the

knowledge is out there.Well you all Have a great Memorial Day and to

all the Soldiers and Vets I want to personally thankyou for your

extreme sacrifice for your country.I stand and salute you today for

caring enough to serve. your friend n

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