picante
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I've had CFS / myofascial pain / Hashi's / MCS since I had reactivated EBV 22 years ago. Recently a doc at the state employees' clinic suggested some antibody labs.
Results from Oct. 10, 2014:
EBV Ab VCA, IgG U/mL [0 - 17.9] 600.00
EBV Early Antigen Ab, IgG U/mL [0 - 8.9] 133.00
EBV Nuclear Antigen Ab, IgG U/mL [0 - 17.9] 51.90
Mononucleosis Test, Qual [0 - 0.5] No
These antibody levels seem extraordinarily high. Do others with CFS have them this high? I have no prior tests to compare them to, and I don't know the implications of any of these 4 tests.
Today I ran across this on Wikipedia: "Latent EBV in B cells can be reactivated to switch to lytic replication. This is known to happen in vivo, but what triggers it is not known precisely. In vitro, latent EBV in B cells can be reactivated by stimulating the B cell receptor, so reactivation in vivo probably takes place when latently infected B cells respond to unrelated infections.[10] In vitro, latent EBV in B cells can also be reactivated by treating the cells with sodium butyrate or TPA."
In late August I started taking sodium-potassium-butyrate to mop up ammonia in my gut. Is there a connection?
Thanks, I'm lost on this one.
Julie
Results from Oct. 10, 2014:
EBV Ab VCA, IgG U/mL [0 - 17.9] 600.00
EBV Early Antigen Ab, IgG U/mL [0 - 8.9] 133.00
EBV Nuclear Antigen Ab, IgG U/mL [0 - 17.9] 51.90
Mononucleosis Test, Qual [0 - 0.5] No
These antibody levels seem extraordinarily high. Do others with CFS have them this high? I have no prior tests to compare them to, and I don't know the implications of any of these 4 tests.
Today I ran across this on Wikipedia: "Latent EBV in B cells can be reactivated to switch to lytic replication. This is known to happen in vivo, but what triggers it is not known precisely. In vitro, latent EBV in B cells can be reactivated by stimulating the B cell receptor, so reactivation in vivo probably takes place when latently infected B cells respond to unrelated infections.[10] In vitro, latent EBV in B cells can also be reactivated by treating the cells with sodium butyrate or TPA."
In late August I started taking sodium-potassium-butyrate to mop up ammonia in my gut. Is there a connection?
Thanks, I'm lost on this one.
Julie