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2009-10-10 Science & Technology

Virus linked to chronic fatigue syndrome

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 What next??
So anyone know if anything can be done about XMRV?

Can you be tested for it?

I used to have CFS very bad, but now I cope with it OK.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-10-10 09:00|| 2009-10-10 09:00|| Front Page Top

#2 They develop an antidote and they're Scrooge McDuck rich.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-10 14:53|| 2009-10-10 14:53|| Front Page Top

#3 This gives a direction for research, Bright Pebbles. There are no treatments yet, just a test for antibodies.

On the other hand, the Eppstein-Barr virus was implicated in CFS back in the 1980s -- 70% of sufferers were found to be infected with it, only for the researchers to discover that 70% of non-suffering Americans also have antibodies to the virus. Recently it was discovered that the situation is more complex. There are three varients of the E-B antibody: the antibodies of those whose systems defeated the virus, and are therefore no longer infected; the antibodies of those experiencing an acute attack, commonly known as Mononucleosis, or the Kissing Disease; and, the antibodies of those experiencing a long-term, low grade infection which acts as a steady drain on one's energy, and thus a factor in CFS. There is currently no known cure for an E-B infection; all one can do if it goes chronic is to make sure to take vitamins and eat a balanced diet, avoid other infections as much as possible, and not overtax one's strength, lest the E-B flare up into acute Mono, the key symptom of which is acute fatigue.

Or at least that's my understanding of what I was told last autumn. I am not a member of the health-related professions.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-10-10 17:31|| 2009-10-10 17:31|| Front Page Top

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