Guest guest Posted May 17, 2002 Report Share Posted May 17, 2002 At 09:08 AM 05/17/2002 -0500, TJ Tang wrote: >I was reading a book I have last night, Prescription for Nutritional >Healing, and found this line in there: > >Other possible causes that have been proposed include infection with the >Epstein-Barr virus(EBV), the virus that causes infectious mononucleosis. Although it hasn't been proven to anyone's satisfaction, as someone who had mono and then developed FMS, I strongly suspect there's a viral connection. It would be extremely interesting to test newly diagnosed FMS patients for EBV. I had mono for a long time before I knew it was mono. And the symptoms I had that took me to a rheumatologist were for all practical purposes identical -- I truly believed I had chronic mono (over a year). But while I tested positive for EBV and was told I always would, I no longer had *active* mononucleosis. Since EBV is an extremely common herpesvirus, I wonder if some of us who were never diagnosed with active mono might not still have EBV dormant in their systems. It would be really interesting to know what a test sampling of bloodwork from a broad group of FMS sufferers would reveal. Has a sampling like this been done, to anyone's knowledge? It seems like it should have been. Perhaps we could do a poll of some kind, on Yahoogroups? Simple yes or no -- have you ever been dxed with mono? Then we could informally look at the results in terms of percentage. EBV is no average virus. It would go a long way in explaining the commonalities of these two diseases, IMO. Strictly speaking from my own experience, I can't tell much difference between how I felt with mono and how I now feel with FMS. So many aspects are virtually identical that it boggles me. Best, Em ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Even in nice Mr. son's stories, each boy's life only catches your deepest interest when a pirate is about to slit that sweet child's throat. What makes a story good ain't what makes a person good. " (Allan Gurganus) " Cut a good story anywhere, and it will bleed. " (Anton Chekhov) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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