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New Here: Are my EBV labs bad? If so, HOW bad? Thank you!
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i would have thought valtrex or famvir is enough for ebv, valcyte is generally only used for cmv and or hhv6 and requires more monitoring of liver function then other antivirals.
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different labs have different ranges so hard to tell.
some who have had ebv with cmv/hhv6 have found valcyte didnt help ebv nmuch and had to add valtrex to valcyte to get ebv down. i wouldnt try valcyte first maybe later after trying valtrex or famvir
some who have had ebv with cmv/hhv6 have found valcyte didnt help ebv nmuch and had to add valtrex to valcyte to get ebv down. i wouldnt try valcyte first maybe later after trying valtrex or famvir
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I'm more used to the Labcorp ranges as well but I also would try Valtrex before Valcyte. High doses may be required. I'm currently taking 4g/day.
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Another consideration is that most people tolerate Valtrex a lot better than Valcyte. Some really have bad side effects for the first few months on Valcyte, but then others don't. But you do have to closely monitor your liver.
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Another consideration is that most people tolerate Valtrex a lot better than Valcyte. Some really have bad side effects for the first few months on Valcyte, but then others don't. But you do have to closely monitor your liver.
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http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ebv/tab/test has a nice chart showing what the combination of EBV results mean. Yours means reactivation of the virus.
Positive is "bad". Negative is "good". Beyond that, I don't think ELISA testing results (the ones with "<0.91" as normal range) really say HOW bad anything is. Just that the infection is there and it's active.
A higher titer result (expressed as "1:40") might mean a worse infection, or it might just mean more infection in the sample taken. In the case of titers, for some results only 1:160 or higher might be considered positive, such as for testing for auto-immune antibodies. But in the case of EBV, any detection is positive. So your EBV Early AG result might mean either a low concentration of EBV Early AG, or it just means they didn't both diluting further because positive is positive, and how positive it is doesn't matter.
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I use to have a good link but cant find it. But it explains what i have mentioned before and is what my docs uses to help guide him in working out if ebv and or cmv is activated, ie lymphocyte subset tests specifically elevated cd8 t cells which are commonly high in active ebv/cmv. So if one cant get titres or wants more evidence of viral infections then this test will help. We monitored that test for 12 months just incase it was high for a common run of the mill virus and because it was still high and had test positive igg to ebv and cmv( painful lymph glands/fatigue etc) we gave antivirals a run and slowly these cd8 numbers came down. So it proved our point.