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Intermittent high white blood count

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Apr 29, 2022 | Replies (6)

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@petunia65

Crazy! I went on my patient portal, and I tested positive in 2018 for EBV. They never mentioned it to me! Even did nuclear scan and heart tests after to try to find cause. Thank you so much. I will pursue further, but it seems to fit.

Is there anything your daughter does to mitigate the symptoms?

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From my understanding there isn’t much to be done. In very rare cases there is what’s called Chronic EBV which can require infusions of immunosuppressants, that type of thing. But that’s rare and extreme. Not sure if taking an antiviral will help. This is a question for your doctor.

My daughter (38) is just mindful of not over stressing or over working. HAH 😅 In the real world that’s impossible of course so it’s basically a matter of keeping on a healthy diet, exercising, getting a good night’s sleep, etc.. But she’s very active in roller derby, exercises and works full time so it may slow her down some days but doesn’t stop her. If she’s really feeling under the weather she’ll pop and advise. In that case it’s a matter of masking symptoms but it helps.

It’s good your doctor was so thorough but it’s sad they didn’t discuss the possibility of the EBV as your symptoms. Curious, are you going to ask him/her about this?