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Originally Posted by dshue
Hey --
mrsD, thanks as always for all the information. There is alway more of it, and more relevant at that, than a lot of doctor's visits. You should come up with a fee schedule...
Anyway, I looked into the Herpes angle (oh, and I, oddly, didn't have chicken pox until I was 24), and after extensive, really extensive, blood testing, the only red flags that came up were my C3d Immune Complex at 71, and then in retesting at 42. My HSV-1 IgG Ab came in at 4.24 and then 3.82. But my HSV-2 IgG Ab was 0.03, and then 0.06. The docs I've had look at these tests have thought there was nothing there to pursue.
With respect to those first numbers, I've been taking Valtrex as needed. Can't say it's made any difference.
With the above, is there anything else to consider, or do you thing I'm in the clear?
Thanks again
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Looks like you had herpes simplex 1 and 2 tested, but not
the herpes zoster? They are all different, you know.
When you say prn Valtrex... how exactly do you use it? If you don't take enough for long enough, the zoster never goes down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_zoster
Also you can try l-lysine 2 grams a day to see if that helps.
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