Although, last week I was tested for EBV and CMV, and my blood-work came back positive for IgG and IgM in the EBV test. As a result, I do have a reactivation of the Epstein Barr Virus, which initially I had back in 2003. My next appointment is tomorrow with an Infectious Disease Doc and hopefully the treatment he recommends will be effective against this virus.. The crazy thing is Ive had this reactivation of the EBV for almost a year now and this past year has been the worst year of my life.
If you are going to have blood drawn anyways - why not get tested for hsv while you are at it? Sounds like you could use the peace of mind if nothing else.
Your eye symptoms don't sound like herpes related. Sounds more like a viral infection or allergies.
No need to test for cmv since you aren't pregnant and since most adults have it anyways. At this point it would no longer be an active cmv infection anyways so there's really no point to testing for it.
If a female is the recipient of oral sex on the day discomfort begins, later an ulcer develops (PCR tests neg for HSV, CMV, etc) but serum IgG test is positive (5) for HSV2, (Neg for HSV1 & HIV neg) what are the chances the partner could develop HSV2 orally? What is the latest that symptoms could appear? (Partner has swollen nodes on day 15, no mention of oral ulcers or sore throat.
I'm sorry you're going through this.
First, did you get treated with Ganciclovir? That's a medication for cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is in the herpes family of viruses, but it's herpes simplex, the STD we all think of.
https://www.cdc.gov/cmv/overview.html
If you were given that in your urethra, via catheter, I have no words for that. That's meant to be given intravenously, like through an IV.
My husband just had a blood test for CMV, IGG came back high at 4.31 the test was for CMV (IGG, IGM). Should we be concerned? Should he have follow up tests? His IGM came back <0.90. And I was tested and my numbers were Negative.
Does this mean he has herpes or some other STD?
Please help. Very perplexed.
OK WELL I HAD A TEST BACK IN APRIL 08 WITH A TEST OF HERPES VIRUS 1 IGG DETECTED AND IGM NEGATIVE OK SO NOW I GOT TESTED FOR CMV IN SEPTEMBER 08 TEST RESULTS CAME BACK POSITIVE CMV IGG AND IGM DETECTED I AM 15 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I AM 100% HAVING THIS BABY NO DOUBT.I AM REALLY WORRIED THOU BECAUSE ALL I GET BACK IS THAT HERPES AND CMV ARE REALATED INFECTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION???
1 ARE THEY BOTH THE SAME JUST AS BOTH HAVE COME UP DIFFERENT NAMES??
I have been tested for mono and CMV, but the doctor has yet to give me my results and mono has came back negative 3 times. They had also found that my thyroid levels are low, so they are sending me to a endocrinologist. I am just curious on what else they may test me on. My symptoms include fever (usually around 103), tiredness (I sleep up to 18 hours a day and even when I wake up, I am still exhausted) and fatigue.
This symptoms are driving me crazy.. I dont know if I have mono or cmv.. I tested for mono 3 weeks ago and came back negative. However cmv has almost the same symptoms as mono. Most of the symptoms have disappeared, but I am scared that I have infected someone..Went to the dr and told me not to worry about it... I try not to think about it but I dont want any of my family to get sick because of me...
I do have a decent amount of experience with cmv though. Cmv is a virus that almost everyone contracts as a child and carries antibodies for. The issue with pregnancy is if you have an active infections, not if a blood test shows you have antibodies for it. If you were newly infected during pregnancy or have a low enough immune system that can actually allow the dormant virus to become active again then it is a concern because it can cause things like blindness and deafness.
I just got the results of a blood test yesterday. I was tested for CMV, Epstein-Barr and HIV. I was told that my CMV and Epstein-Barr levels were high. I was also told that HIV antibodies were undetectable, thank God! Unfortunatly, I am still worried about possible HIV infection because my doctor was not able to clearly define the relationship between CMV, Epstein-Barr and HIV.
2) so, once you have had CMV are you infectious with this for life and can spread to others who have not had exposure before ?
3) If a primary CMV coinfection existed with primary HIV would the illness likely before quite severe ?
4) Does CMV have the potential to delay a HIV seroconversion (produce false negative results inside 3 months) ?
I hope someone can help me answer these, thanks in advance.
1) Unborn babies when maternal infection occurs during pregnancy for the 1st time (reactivation of old CMV is VERY rarely problematic).
2) Organ transplant recipients
3) HIV patients or other severely immunodeficient people.
4) Premature infants if infant is CMV- and mother CMV+. Measures are to be taken to prevent transmission through breast milk, till the infant´s immune system is strong enough to handle the infection.
Healthy aduts can forget the topic. That´s what I was told by a doctor.
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