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EBV and autoimmune diseases
I saw this and my thought was "I KNEW IT!" When I first got this damn virus in 2022, the labs showed that EBV had been reactivated. This is a major breakthrough, although there is still no "cure." Maybe now the science and medical communities will work on trying to come up with help for all of us. The last sentence of this article mentions Long COVID, PEM/CFS even though this is about Lupus. I believe they are ALL connected.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scientists-trace-lupus-to-one-of-the-world-s-most-common-viruses/ar-AA1QpwhX
The actual study is here but some may not have access to this publication
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.ady0210
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@diverdown1 this is pretty exciting! I’ve had ME/CFS. for 40 years that was initially triggered by an acute EBV infection. The virus attacked my nervous system from the beginning and I have also developed autoimmune Axonal Polyneuropathy in addition to ME/CFS. I’ve always known that EBV was the culprit.
Let’s hope something wonderful comes from this for all of us!
Thanks for sharing!
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2 Reactions@db72 Thank you for sharing!
Having had mono, 40 yrs. Ago; the EBV laid latent for 35 yrs. Until Covid reactivated it 2020. Since have chronic fatigue and migraines. Over the past 5 yrs. Managing the long Covid, pacing, tried LDN, numerous supplements and diets. Still hoping EBV goes quiet again some day! More research is needed, hopefully something will “switch the EBV effect off” and stop interfering with the B cells. Staying positive and hopeful!
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Same thing happen to me and it was a fluke! I was suspicious I had mono back in 1992 two of my kids had it. Lived on an army base I was so sick , my throat covered in pussthey called it ulcers. I kept saying I don’t think it’s the flu that’s what they were telling me! My intuition is very strong, m currently a reiki master healing touch practitioner and I use it in my work it’s amazing how strong it is, anyway I asked for mono test they agreed and I never got results because they couldn’t find them😡 I always knew it was positive. Well here we are in 2025 my gp offered MMR antibodies test to make sure I was covered there was question for some people, and last minute I asked her to throw in the Epstein Barr , well low and behold it was positive flagged because off the charts 399, my other was good. So that’s how we pursued the long Covid testing because I kept saying I think that’s what I have and the dormant Epstein virus was woken up, well just got my results last week I have long Covid, chronic Epstein bar! My Covid number was 5001 😳😳 they say anything over 1000 in spike protein positive. I’m starting low dosage natraxone 😳 I hope it will help. No energy makes it hard to plan anything just have to see how I feel that morning , and excising makes it worse, that’s making me depressed 😡🥲 good luck !
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Also I would do a parasite cleanse.
@tsusalis Health food store? I am not sure what to get. I have psyllium husks that an alternative doc suggested for gut health.
@diverdown1 hi !
Look at the company now you can do a simple drops in water . Also natures sunshine , my supplements are coming from fullscript what my doctor put me on. I see her Feb we are going to talk about a parisite cleanse she said she had a good one, but in past I just did drops of green black walnut wormwood complex by now , taste bad but suck it up. I told a friend about it after her last Covid because she had so much fatigue she felt better . I hope this helps .
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1 Reaction@tsusalis Trials began in 2019 on Long Covid for dipyridamole (DIP), a safe drug with favorable and broad pharmacological properties. Trials show promise for preventing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) reactivation.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166354219303304