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Posted 8/6/2015 1:51 AM (GMT 0)
Those of you with Lyme are your EBV blood test numbers abnormally high. All my EBV numbers keep testing high. Is this common??
Posted 8/6/2015 4:13 AM (GMT 0)
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Posted 8/6/2015 11:46 AM (GMT 0)
Yes, this is actually very common. (/sites.google.com/site/marylandlyme/tick-borne-diseases/epstein-barr-virus)

The Lyme keeps the immune system low, so that it can't fight off the viruses that we may have, so they have a tendency to flourish. You can take L-lysine (up to 8,000 mgs a day in divided doses) to help control the EBV virus and a couple of other herpes viruses. umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/condition/herpes-simplex-virus
Posted 8/6/2015 12:03 PM (GMT 0)
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Yep........., would have to check it to get the exact #, but mine were roughly 10-20x the upper limit.

Like what was stated above, you can take what Traveler recommended to knock the virus down, you can also take Valtrex if you use ABX.

Once you get Lyme under control your body's immune system will kick back in and be able to keep the EBV under control on its own( once you knock the active infection down to a level that the immune system can handle).

A majority off the population have EBV and it is dormant and/or they do not even know they have it, their immune system just keeps it in check.

Not to scare anyone, but a serious ACTIVE EBV infection left untreated can lead to a number of bad health issues, as well as it has been linked to causing MS.

My brother had Lyme as a child, at that time Drs did not even know what Lyme was.

He also had a high EBV active infection. It was too late by the time Drs figured it out ( years and years) and he got numerous brain lesions and now has Lyme induced MS.

Whether EBV caused it or not there is no way to know, my opinion it was caused by a combo of Lyme and EBV.

SO to wrap things up, EBV is serious and needs to be addressed and kept under control.
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