Fibromyalgia Support Group
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hi...
i was just wondering if anyone has been dxed withother autoimmune\immune dysfunction illnesses such as RA..Lupus..MS..CFIDS..Sjogrns..IBS..Crohns..Scleroderma..Diabetes...thyrroid disorderrs..and well over70 more. if you have what came first? the fibro or the other stuff?
also...has anyone been told what may be the nasty little instigater that started it all for you? i have been told it was a extrremely hiiigh viral load of EBV.....not mono but the virus coming out of domanvy. ended up with lotsa otherr viruses because of the EBV incliding HHV-6 and Cytomeggaloviruuss.
just sayimf.....as the kids say! let me know as it wod be interestting to kmow...for fuuture research study.. ok...gotta try to slleep......Irisj
i was just wondering if anyone has been dxed withother autoimmune\immune dysfunction illnesses such as RA..Lupus..MS..CFIDS..Sjogrns..IBS..Crohns..Scleroderma..Diabetes...thyrroid disorderrs..and well over70 more. if you have what came first? the fibro or the other stuff?
also...has anyone been told what may be the nasty little instigater that started it all for you? i have been told it was a extrremely hiiigh viral load of EBV.....not mono but the virus coming out of domanvy. ended up with lotsa otherr viruses because of the EBV incliding HHV-6 and Cytomeggaloviruuss.
just sayimf.....as the kids say! let me know as it wod be interestting to kmow...for fuuture research study.. ok...gotta try to slleep......Irisj
I personally do not have those other disease (and in answer to your other question, I had a horrible case of mono as my trigger, so the Epstein Barr Virus was present in me as well.)
But with regard to your first question, one of the prevailing theories about fibromyalgia is that there are two types: Primary Fibromyalgia and Secondary Fibromyalgia. (FYI: I am not a doctor, but this is coming from a conversation I had w/my rhuemetologist a couple weeks ago.) The difference between the two is: "Primary fibromyalgia is a term given to fibromyalgia that occurs for no apparent reason whereas secondary fibromyalgia has an identifiable cause." (For more info, see: http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/p/primary_fibromyalgia/intro.htm and http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/s/secondary_fibromyalgia/intro.htm ) So people with fibro tend to have a lot of co-morbid conditions, such as the ones you described, and in some cases (where the person has secondary fibro) can be the cause of the fibro symptoms.
-YB
Fibro first, MCTD 2nd. But I too have had the EBV battle for years. It goes dormant then not.
T