There is a test for EB.

http://www.healthline.com/health/eps...test#Overview1

Is PN a symptom of EB?

From this site I think it can.

http://www.healthline.com/health/per...athy#Overview1

The other site I gave says EB can cause infectious mononucleosis 35% to 50% of the time in adolescents and adults.

Viruses and their possible involvement in the development of MS is an ongoing research subject.

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Wha...ses-MS/Viruses


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I've read that before as far as MS goes.

Epstein Barr virus--
 

--AKA "everybody's virus" in that at least 95% of us have been infected by age 35 and will show certain antibody titres to it for life (like all the human herpes family viruses, EBV is not eradicated, but held in check by a proper immune system, generally lying dormant in the nasopharynx unless "reactivated" in times of immune compromise), has been implicated in some neuropathies, both in initial infection and reactivation scenarios.

The mechanism is thought to be molecular mimicry (which is thought to be behind a lot of autoimmune reactions); the pathogen has a shape very similar to some bodily tissue, and since much of the immune antibody reaction in done by shape--think key in lock--an immune system activated by such a pathogen may attack anything with a similar shape, including actual body tissue.

Viruses are not the only culprits here; there is strong evidence for certain neuropathies, particularly acute ones such as Guillain Barre, having a bacterial "infectious prodrome". In the case of Guillain Barre, a number of cases are known to have followed infection by Campylobacter jejuni and Haemophilus influenzae.

See:

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/antibody/gbs.htm

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/nother/infect.htm

http://neuromuscular.wustl.edu/senso...html#sfpnacute

http://powerhealthtalk.com/epstein-b...-the-facts.htm

I recently watched this on EB virus. Very timely for this thread. I also like all the references that are included under the video.

Brutal lightning strikes
 

Emporer Palpatine struck again last night. I was laying in bed. Thankfully the meds took the edge off enough I got some sleep.

At work I "looked like ****" according to a blunt, though friend category co-worker. She was right. Stressful morning. No hot water so no shower. My leg muscles need that blast. The mile pilgrimage from parking to work was... methodical.

I put in two hours, grabbed some comfort food and ambience and headed home. If tomorrow is similar I'm calling in. This is no worse than moderate on any scale I'd imagine, but it is crushing me. I have this sort of electric sensation in my calf/ankle area when I was on no and lower dosages of Lyrica. This location is brutal. That is the best way to describe it.

Surviving, not thriving,

Jon

Depends how severe your Shingles was, how long before you got treatment. For me, i had shingles when i was 20, it took me 7 days too late to get acyclovir, so i had permanent scarring,numbness,hypersensitivity, and the occasional jabs of pain in that specific dermatome. I also had meningitis for that whole 7 days as well. Neuralgias are much more severe than neuropathies.

For people with active shingles.... the immune system really
gets used up fast... When I had shingles, first I developed a cellulitis at the site on my arm, then I started the Acyclovir
and a few days later developed pneumonia (with a 103 degree fever) which required Zithromax.

So it is possible to get another infection on top of shingles. Be watchful and report any unusual fever etc, to your doctor. The shingle lesions can become infected with Staph, also.