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My doctor did complete blood work because I complained of being tired. The results are ebstein barr, (IGM) of 0.05 negative and (IGG) of 6.27 positive, and an ANA TITER of 1:160. She prescribed FAMVIR 500mg for 7 days. I had no Idea what this was, so I went to the net and found you!I read many of the Q&A's on you site and decided to write. I've never had mono or anything in this catergory diagnosed before. The only thing I know of is yeast infections. I'm 45 yrs. old and had the same partner all my life. How could I have this? how did I get it?
Thank you,
Maria

Follow Ups:

• Re: ebstein barr maria 05:09:59 6/10/02 (1)
  • Re: epstein barr (How to look at the solution.) Archive. Walt Stoll 06:54:49 6/11/02 (0)
• Re: epstein barr (Archive.) Walt Stoll 08:14:40 6/08/02 (0)
• Re: ebstein barr Venakt 16:25:37 6/07/02 (0)

In Reply to: ebstein barr posted by maria on June 07, 2002 at 15:10:57:

Dear Dr. Walts

I was very healthy person with lots of energy with age of 40 years. My physical activities included are trecking, every day one hour yoga since 20 years, running 20 miles a week, always eating whole grain food, organic vegetables, raw fruits. No alcohal, no sugars, no smoking etc,.

But 8 months ago I had one time sexual encounter (including deep kissing) with a 25 years old woman with whom I met through internet. After wards I developed gradually chronic symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, muscle sore, not feeling freshness, burning of tounge, redness of tounge, bumps and lesions on the tounge, eyes burning, redness of eyes frequently, sinusitis, muscle pain and joint pains etc. Later she told me that she is having same symptoms since two years and she does not know the cause. So it is pretty clear that I got it from her and she accepts it. Her doctors do not know either what she has.

I ran to a dozen diffrent doctorts incuding 4 infectious specialists , two allergy specialists one candida specialist and immunologist,. They performed several tests all of them are normal. HIV-0,1,2; HSV 1, 11, HTLV - 1 and2, hepatitis B, and C , Gonohrrhea, chlamydia, syphilis are normal. performed several times of WBC with diffrential. and normal.
but in the begining of the exposure I had slightly elevated ALT, bilurubin, protein , and CPK. They all are normal now.

One candida specialist put me under 3 months of yeast eradication program and told me that I may got some severe mycoplasma infection so candida took opprtunity. Any way I took continued 6 months of Candida eradication. But not much cure. Probably candida is gone but my symptoms are not gons.

The Mycoplasma specific PCR tests of blood for diiferent species came negative. But general mycoplasma PCR test fron one lab came posuitive and other lab came negative. Antibody tests of Mycoplasma came negative.

My EBV test results are: EBV VCA IGM: Negative (.54 titer), EBV VCA IGG: Poitive: (1.39) and EBNA IGG: Positive (5.5).

1.0 or highr is considered as positive.
So in my case test result reads as past infection. The test was done after 4 months from the exposure. The girls's EBV test also indicates she has past infection only. All the doctors told me that this was a past infection and not bothering anymore since EBNA is positive. But recently one infectious specialist says that my problem is chronic EBV and the girm whom i exposed is also suffering from chronic EBV. when I contacted other doctors they disagreed with him and says that my symptoms are not due to EBV.

Abnormal recent tets resullts are: natural killer celles are below normal level also elevated IGG subclass 3. CD4 count is pretty normal.

what could be my problem? what infection I got from that girl? Why her doctors can not find any thing in her when she has symptoms?
Do you think I am suffering with chronic EBV?
If not can you suggest anything? Nothing is there for me to change diet habits because I always has good eating health habits.

In Reply to: ebstein barr posted by maria on June 07, 2002 at 15:10:57:

Hi, maria (& Venakt)

A very large % of people with mono never know they have it.

Chronic EBV is not related to the virus but to the basic immunity of the person carrying the quiescent virus in each of their cells. See the archives about EBV and about viruses.

let us know what you learn.

Walt

In Reply to: ebstein barr posted by maria on June 07, 2002 at 15:10:57:

Dr Stoll, thank you for answering. So, my problem is that something caused the ebv to become active? After reading the archives I still don't feel I'm any closer to an answer. I'm taking Femvir 500mg twice aday, 1000mg Omega-3,800mcg Folic Acid, and 100mg Niacin, all doses prescribed by my doctor. Then I broke out in terrible hives, when I called to tell her,all she said was OK then stop taking everything and take 50 mg of Benadryl every 6 hours, and call me if you don't fell better. So, now what?
maria

Follow Ups:

• Re: epstein barr (How to look at the solution.) Archive. Walt Stoll 06:54:49 6/11/02 (0)

In Reply to: Re: ebstein barr posted by maria on June 10, 2002 at 05:09:59:

Maria,

That "something" was your immunity dropping below the threshold needed to keep the EBV under control in your cells.

SO, the solution is wellness! Without this, a year from now you will still be "treating" this and no closer to a normal life. That is about when the wellness would have certainly cured you.

Let us know how you do.

Walt