Herpes causes heart attacks

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Home@Desk - 01 Mar 2004 05:25 GMT

Hi, I just read on the internet that herpes can cause
heart attacks! Now I have NEVER read this or heard
this before. Did I miss something or is this just
bogus fud on that site?

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Tim Fitzmaurice - 01 Mar 2004 07:57 GMT

> Hi, I just read on the internet that herpes can cause
> heart attacks! Now I have NEVER read this or heard
> this before. Did I miss something or is this just
> bogus fud on that site?

My guess is that its a garbled communication about cytomegalovirus which
IIRC is able to infect in the heart area and potentially cause a
cardiomyopathy of some kind. That virus is a memeber of the herpesvirus
family, not what most people think of when they say or hear 'herpes'

Got a source?

Tim
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M.L.S. - 01 Mar 2004 12:47 GMT

>Hi, I just read on the internet that herpes can cause
>heart attacks! Now I have NEVER read this or heard
>this before. Did I miss something or is this just
>bogus fud on that site?

I've heard of it causing heart aches, but never heart attacks.

Herpes is also known to trigger all kinds of false claims. ;-)

Mike

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