Biarritz13
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Page 960, Fig 88-4, does it look like a crimson crescent?
There is no crimson crescent there at all. And it is a dog!
I know it's a dog (with bartonella) but I thought the red marks were similar to crimson crescents.
I notice that some people's crimson crescents are located exactly on the palatoglossal arch, and other people's (like yours) are located just slightly forward from the palatoglossal arch. My crimson crescent (shown in the first post of this thread) is also located slightly forward from the palatoglossal arch.
Is there a difference between the shape/location of the Cremson's crescent caused by CVB vs other virus ?
Dr Chia said to me: "One patient who had 5 biopsies of the throat because of persistent sore throat tested positive for enterovirus protein in the posterior tongue tonsils but negative in all the other ares of the throat including the red areas."
Too bad we don't have more pictures.
done! I did it the best I could... I also can't think very clearly, but at the same time, some times, like this, I have racing toughs and I can't quite control them@lauluce, could you please break you above post into short paragraphs of 3 or 4 lines, with one line in-between each paragraph. Lots of ME/CFS patients, including me, have neurological issues that make it hard to read large blocks of continuous text. Many thanks.
As i said, at the same time I had "canker sores", I think that's the term... they where "holes" in my hard palate that didn't close for months or even more that a year, even today the're scars where they where.
wathever the case, I think some sort of infection was taking place... I wish I could some day know wat it was. Certainly I could because there's still something wrong with my throat, actually is hurting at the same spot in the same way that18 years ago when what I described in my post happened. I just wished something like virus tests for biopsies where a common thing...That does not sound like herpangina. The mouth ulcers in herpangina heal after around 10 days. Ref: 1
Certainly I could because there's still something wrong with my throat, actually is hurting at the same spot in the same way that18 years ago when what I described in my post happened.
uhm, good question, regarding sensations sometimes precision is hard to achieve. Basically, what hurts is the back of the throat (posterior pharynx wall), extending upward to what would be the upper limit of the pharynx. I marked the spot on the attached picture with a red ellipse. The sensation is a mix of a not too strong pain (weaker than what you would feel with a full blown common sore throat) and a burning sensation that is what bothers me the most. What is stranger is that this sensations extend to the scalp on a somewhat opposite side of the affected area of the pharinx wall, marked with a blue circle in the picture. It's some sort of "referred pharesthesia", and curiously the scalp sensation can be momentously relieved by rubbing the area with my hand. It has been with me for 18 years. Anybody has this or something similar?Can you be more specific ? How is it hurting, where ? Is it a wide area, a small, restricted one ? Is it itching, burning, or just hurting ?
uhm, good question, regarding sensations sometimes precision is hard to achieve. Basically, what hurts is the back of the throat (posterior pharynx wall), extending upward to what would be the upper limit of the pharynx. I marked the spot on the attached picture with a red ellipse. The sensation is a mix of a not too strong pain (weaker than what you would feel with a full blown common sore throat) and a burning sensation that is what bothers me the most. What is stranger is that this sensations extend to the scalp on a somewhat opposite side of the affected area of the pharinx wall, marked with a blue circle in the picture. It's some sort of "referred pharesthesia", and curiously the scalp sensation can be momentously relieved by rubbing the area with my hand. It has been with me for 18 years. Anybody has this or something similar?
Is that the drug that has been found to be useful for people with ME and high EBV antibody titers?I don't have a sore throat but I have a small itchy spot for years in the left pharynx area. It is not burning or hurting. Most of the time, I do not notice it.
A few years ago, I tried Valtrex and after a few days, a small ulcer took place at the same spot. It was painful to swallow. So I stopped Valtrex, and within a few days, it came back to normal. I guess I have an herpes infection in this spot. It is not enlarging, apparently, with time.
Is that the drug that has been found to be useful for people with ME and high EBV antibody titers?
I wish I coulkd try one of those one day, my herpes simplex II antibody titer is extremely high, despite just regarding igg antibodies. Perhaps that's whats infecting my throat after allYes, Valtrex (valaciclovir) is an antiviral that is more or less useful for EBV. Some people say it helps a lot, other don't or can't tolerate it. I don't use it because I can't tolerate it anymore.
Dr Lerner prescribe it a lot to his patients.
Famvir (famciclovir), which is another antiviral for some herpes virus, is usually more tolerable.