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Anyone else have multiple autoimmune diseases?
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@diverdown1
I'm sorry to hear you are living with Long COVID. Another virus, Epstein-Barr, changed my life for good. I have had PTSD twice in life, as a child and because of an earthquake where I had a near death experience and was out of my body for a split second looking down at the destruction of my home. Within weeks of that I became ill and it was the onset of Sjogrens, RA, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and also cancer. There is the story of stress and trauma in my background. I thought it would be a matter of healing psychologically. Instead I was introduced to living with chronic disabling illness ever after.
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Hi, I got EBV virus in Feb of 2024. Ever since I have episodes of malaise, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, muscle aches, and red bumps on my skin, mainly on the face and head. Chills, but no fever or night sweats. Recently, I've got episodic nausea in addition to all other symptoms. Does this sound like reactivation of EBV?
What kind of treatment did you receive for EBV?
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@jw9 I am so sorry to hear that. I understand trauma. When I got sick with Long COVID, one of the things that did show up on my labs was the reactivation of Epstein-Barr. I believe there is a definite correlation between Trauma, EBV and the autoimmune diseases, and wish that I was a scientist and could study that. I am in social work, so I asked this question on the Long COVID Mayo page as well. I have to get ready but will elaborate further later. Thank you for your reply. You are obviously a resilient person. I hope today goes good for all who read this.