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Posted 11/27/2013 10:50 AM (GMT -5)
I had shingles twice before, once visible and once subdermal.

I feel like I have it again - skin hurts, clothes hurt on my skin (same area as the 2 times before), water falling on those areas while showering hurts, area is itching, sometimes hot, noticable increase in fatigue.

I told my dr, and he took a blood sample for a Herpes Simplex Igm test (it is writtenbelow: 'only for immunodefic.'). I don't understand... Shingles is Herpes Zoster, why is he testing me for Herpes Simplex? Or am I wrong?

I hope I'm not being stupid here...

Posted 11/27/2013 12:01 PM (GMT -5)
They might have the same markers/identifiers but from everything I've found on the internet the tests are not interchangeable. You might want to call and ask about the testing.
Posted 11/27/2013 5:28 PM (GMT -5)
Have you ever tried L-Lysine?
Posted 1/18/2014 9:35 PM (GMT -5)
trav, i am starting L Lysine today for a hh6, cmv, eby IGGs all elevated. a LLMD i saw wanted me on valtrex for these levels, but i wanted to take something natural. do you have experience with LLysine?
Posted 1/18/2014 10:51 PM (GMT -5)
I would also ask doc. for Acyclovir. I take it from time to time, and it helps. We Lyme babes and (guys) are prone to viruses.

Margaret
Posted 1/19/2014 1:54 PM (GMT -5)
Funny you should ask, Shelly!! Really!! I was trying to loose some of this lovely weight that Lyme, menopause, and a faulty thyroid has left me with - soooooooo I get this bright idea that I can take things without double checking everything - HA!

I started taking L-arginine and couldn't figure out what was happening to me a couple of weeks later - then I came across an article while trying to research something for someone else that said L-arginine can reactivate EBV!!! shocked Oops!

So I stopped the L-arginine day before yesterday and started back on L-lysine at 1,000 mgs 3 times a day and today I feel human once again!! Woo Hoo!! turn

I've also used L-Lysine when I would go through a period of cold sores (which are caused by the Herpes virus as well), and it cleared them up faster than any other product that I've ever used......and I've used quite a few of them!
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