BioSil 8/5/03 12:04 PM WROTE: > Can anyone help me here - an actress/singer who has had glandular fever all > her life - started taking cs and has come down with a real serious dose of GF > - every lymph node aching apparently as is every gland. **************************** Hi Yevonne,
please excuse this tardy response to your request for help - I was waiting for more knowledgeable list members to respond, but I will offer what little I have learned here. First, it does sound as if the CS is working too well, as evidently does happen - - a HERX reaction you called it. If that is the case, and if I remember correctly, the right approach is to discontinue taking CS for a few days, and then resume with smaller, or maybe less frequent doses and see if slowly increasing frequency / dose will help the body avoid such a reaction. The prognosis is, as I have read, not encouraging. - - - - - - - "Glandular fever (or infectious mononucleosis) is a viral infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. The incidence is around 50 per 100,000 persons per year with a prevalence of 1 in 1,000 in the 15-25 age group. The incubation is long , lasting four to seven weeks and is spread through the air and also by kissing. Before the common symptoms occur there may be a 'flu-like illness for one to two weeks. In the majority of patients the infection consists of a fever, sore throat, fatigue, and swollen cervical (neck) glands. Other symptoms include headache, abdominal pain and muscle weakness. Symptoms last for two to four weeks and, in a minority of patients, can last for many months. 5% of patients develop symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome. The main treatment of the condition is rest and avoidance of strenuous exercise. Once you have had the infection, immunity is life-long. " The above I found at: google.com - glandular fever as the search words. There is a lot of information there. I hope that this is some help to your friend - - please keep in touch with the list about any progress. Jack Dayton -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
