Can HSV1 cause an EBV Outbreak?

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Tom - 13 Apr 2005 02:31 GMT

I have been calming down on the genital outbreaks, and seem to be getting
some aborted outbreaks where no blisters developed. I recently noted that my
spleen seems to be hurting and I have been noticing more swollen glands all
over the body especially the neck, but also upper back, inner elbow, arms,
legs, bottom of left foot and places like that. I don't have any fever which
is usually associated with mono, and I already had my primary outbreak of
mono when I got it at the age of 27. but I know that I have EBV and I
thought I heard somewhere that if you have HSV and EBV, it is possible that
the HSV can cause an EBV outbreak because they are both herpes viruses. Does
anyone know about this and think that the symptoms I am now getting (swollen
glands and spleen pain) sound like that is happening?

Thanks,
Tom

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M.L.S. - 13 Apr 2005 17:43 GMT

>I have been calming down on the genital outbreaks, and seem to be getting
>some aborted outbreaks where no blisters developed. I recently noted that my
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>anyone know about this and think that the symptoms I am now getting (swollen
>glands and spleen pain) sound like that is happening?

Hi Tom,

My first thought is to say, no, it's impossible, but I'll just say
that as far as I know it's impossible. Never heard of it before.
Yes, both EBV and HSV are from the same family of viruses, but as
far as I know they have nothing to do with each other, kinda like
certain human families. ;-)

Maybe the EBV is reactivating on its own, but I would think that
that, too, would be one of the rarer happenings to be related here.
Still, with your history of equivocal test results, extended pain
and outbreaks, maybe the EBV is giving you more trouble than it
gives most people, too.

Not much help, I know, but it's all I got.

Take care,

Mike

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Grant - 13 Apr 2005 20:17 GMT

I personally don't feel that your hsv would kick off an ebv episode. But I do
believe, 100%, that the same factors that are giving you such awful hsv
outbreaks are the same factors that would cause your ebv to flare up.

ar

>I have been calming down on the genital outbreaks, and seem to be getting
>some aborted outbreaks where no blisters developed. I recently noted that my
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>Thanks,
>Tom

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Tom - 13 Apr 2005 22:58 GMT

Okay thanks everyone,

I guess that's a safe bet. I have noticed that taking a larger dose of
Lysine (2000 mg per day) seems to have helped both problems in terms of
lessening the swollen gland and spleen pain and other symptoms associated
with herpes. Some of this could also be the neuralgia that is lingering from
the HSV and could take a long time to go away, like maybe a months...

Tom

> I personally don't feel that your hsv would kick off an ebv episode. But I do
> believe, 100%, that the same factors that are giving you such awful hsv
> outbreaks are the same factors that would cause your ebv to flare up.
>
> ar

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