icbt07 said...
I'm not being mean or sarcastic. I was just wondering if there is a possible connectioin to the herpes virus and MS. It seems in the herpes forum, there are individuals who have been infected with herpes for a number of years, and now those individuals are having MS symptoms. So, I was wondering if there was a possible connection.
There are a number of different herpes viruses, and most adults have one or more lurking in their system somewhere. You can read about
herpes here:
http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/virol/herpes.htm
If you're on a herpes forum, you know this. And you know that asking a question as specific as you did, you're likely to get the kind of response that was given to you -- either you'll be ignored, or told we're not answering.
There is no known cause of MS. There are lots of areas being explored, including some connection between herpes and MS, or other infections and MS, or environmental factors, or viral factors, or a whole bunch of other things. So it is not now known if there is any connection. It likely is coincidental that "those individuals are having MS symptoms" who also have an active herpes infection.