Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Reactivation in Long COVID

Published 2023-04-07
Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) Reactivation in Long COVID

Your long COVID symptoms may be due to the latent virus reactivation, especially EBV reactivation. Let's review some studies.

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URL list from Thursday, Apr. 6 2023

Stress-Induced Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation - PMC
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8470332/#:~:t….

The prevalence and long-term health effects of Long Covid among hospitalised and non-hospitalised populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis - eClinicalMedicine
www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589…

Investigation of Long COVID Prevalence and Its Relationship to Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation - PMC
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233978/

Positive Epstein–Barr virus detection in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients | Scientific Reports
www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-90351-y

Frontiers | Saliva antibody-fingerprint of reactivated latent viruses after mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 is unique in patients with myalgic-encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.94…

JCI - Chronic viral coinfections differentially affect the likelihood of developing long COVID
www.jci.org/articles/view/163669

COVID isn't just infecting you—it could be reactivating viruses that have been dormant in your body for years | Fortune Well
fortune.com/well/2022/12/26/is-long-covid-chronic-…

SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers reactivation of latent viruses in people with chronic fatigue syndrome
www.news-medical.net/news/20221116/SARS-CoV-2-infe…

Impact of Pre-Existing Chronic Viral Infection and Reactivation on the Development of Long COVID - PMC
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9327632/

Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations | Nature Reviews Microbiology
www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2

Impact of Pre-Existing Chronic Viral Infection and Reactivation on the Development of Long COVID | medRxiv
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.21.2227666…

What Have We Learned about Long COVID? | Columbia University Irving Medical Center
www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/what-have-we-learned-a…

All Comments (21)
  • @rosamundperry
    Thank you... Kinesiologists are aware EBV being set off from covid and vax exposure too.
  • @Kra-ri6fd
    I have fibromyalgia and dormant EBV. After covid in fall of 2021, I experienced a wave of almost unbearable symptoms about three weeks after I recovered from Covid. I was beyond exhausted, my cold sore virus woke up and I had very bad cold sores (I hadn't had even one in years), my skin hurt, my body hurt, it felt like even my bones hurt. Even though I was not hospitalized with Covid, I considered going to the hospital at this point. Everything started smelling like garlic and onions. This has since improved but I still can't smell parts of the mint smells. I told my husband that I felt like I was being spiritually attacked. Like my whole body was being attacked. I felt then that every dormant virus in my body was awake and my fibromyalgia was flaring up like I had never had before. My head hurt horribly. I am sure my eastern barr woke up too. Between the fibromyalgia, eastern barr and long covid....I slept and slept and slept. My kidney function showed a 16 point drop in my next annual blood work in April of 2022. By altering my diet and losing close to 60 pounds I have reversed this damage. I was obese and pre-diabetic and had high cholesterol at the time I contracted covid. This is not the case anymore. But this video just confirmed my suspicions.
  • @benstiller500
    This is such a huge thing, research needs to find cures for EBV/Long Covid. And release EBV vaccine sooner.
  • @sundaymoon000
    S9 basically, my job who forced me to get the vaccination to keep my job basically injected me with EBV.
  • My family has been so sick with this for the last three months. Three of us are so sick. Headaches, soar throats and nausea and it never goes away. The headaches are unbearable.
  • @lauragott2122
    Yes please Dr.Been I also would love to learn more from the extra EBV information. Thank you!
  • @lauragott2122
    That's wonderful to hear that you have such a donation! You deserve it.
  • @jac1161
    Doc, thank you. Look into DesBio homeopathic for this. I'm doing it. I'm a long time longhauler from initial infection, critical are patient who was never admitted since I refused the vent, and then they refused care to me. What a hot mess. Anyway, I did all the flccc protocols for longhaul since I was busy dying and surviving on my own in my house, complete with clots flying through a PFO I had to find later myself too, stroke and seizures, no help. Yes, there is ptsd and yes, I'm talking to a ptsd therapist (good and thankful). I also wanted to ask you if MTHFR plays a role ..I'm pos for the copies.
  • @themadtripper
    The Covid vaccine reactivated my EBV a few years ago and I’m still struggling with it, sometimes it’s terrible and sometimes it’s just feels like the flu.
  • @debrajabs9523
    I tested positive for EBV after Covid and my numbers keep going up instead of down.
  • @luvinmaks
    Proton pump inhibitors actually made my EBV worse with severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome symptoms. I felt like hell.
  • @gravityworks777
    I got Mono in 2010 at age 40 and it morphed into ME/CFS… Since having covid once I fight EBV symptoms weekly. I am on disability. Being out for 3+ hours wipes me out for days. It is frustrating, and fighting all the heavy metals we are bathed and marinated in (which is part of what caused this I believe) i feel like my immune system system will never recover 😏
  • Ive suffered from EBV reactivations on off for many many years. Had Covid in May '22. Got EBV more often since then. 😢
  • @artdoc8562
    I wonder if !vermectin would be effective for treating EBV?
  • @techadsr
    The second paper discussed stated about a 30% incidence for LC. Shouldn't we keep in mind that the study looked at papers prior to Feb 2022. "A systematic literature search was conducted using multiple electronic databases (MEDLINE and The Cochrane Library, Scopus, CINAHL, and medRxiv) until January 2022." I wonder what the incidence of people getting LC from a covid infection is since Jan 2022, considering the trend is generally less serious cases.