Hi, All... I've posted here many times before so I won't get into the torrid detail that so many of us, unfortunately, have. But, I did find something new in my most recent blood work that presented an interesting question and possible hypothetical. My blood work shows a herpes simplex 1 IgG indicating a past infection. I remember as a child getting many nasal and mouth cold sores. Fast forwarding many, many years now. Two years ago I had a horrible virus followed by the onset of body wide neuropathy. Though the virus has been linked to neuropathy, the body wide nature of mine is extreme. Possibly, maybe... could the prolonged nature of my battle with another virus and a lowered immune response have activated the herpes? Until this most recent blood work, I didn't even know I had had it, but I have read that it can lie dormant and later reactivate in nerve cells/axons... am I right? Does this seem like a possible, logical explanation, or am I just reaching?