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Is chronic reactivated EBV different from chronic active EBV?

Posted by memecat28 @memecat28, Feb 7, 2018

I was just told I tested positive for all Epstein Barr Virus tests, except for the one that says you were recently infected. I was told I have Chronic Reactivated Epstein Barr Virus, and that I would be referred to an infectious disease doc. I started to research and everything keeps coming up with Chronic Active Epstein Barr, which seems to be a rare form and serious. Are these two forms different?

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suziejane555 | @suziejane555 | Oct 9 4:22am
In reply to @fatigue001 "(Chronic reactivated Epstein Barr virus) is different than (chronic active Epstein Barr virus)? Correct?? Two different..." + (show)
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(Chronic reactivated Epstein Barr virus) is different than (chronic active Epstein Barr virus)? Correct?? Two different illnesses? CAEBV is a death sentence and very rare in the U.S. but drs are calling it that and shouldn’t be ???

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Hi, so I have researched this as I have what I call CAEBV. If you have CAEBV in T or NK cells that's when it's fatal. Usually it's in the B cells, sometimes T in Western Countries. It still can cause different cancers even in B cell. I read if the EBV is active for longer than 3 or 4 month with high viral loads and it keeps reactivating then its CAEBV. Also they look at other markers like HPA axis disregulation, which means you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and may have several other symptoms connected to EBV

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