Struggling with EBV Reactivation
First off, I didn’t know this virus what something that could reactivate until last week. My initial infection happened when I was a teenager and truly don’t recall it being too bad.
Now I’m 30 yrs old and over the years have had physical issues, a lot of random pains and lab tests results have been slightly off. A lot of my issues involve fatigue and was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in 2022. However I’ve had many GI issues that required CT scans. After I was diagnosed last week with EBV reactivation, I looked back at my 4 scans where they note imaging of my organs. My spleen and liver have been enlarged in 3 of my last 4 scans in the past 7 years. Does this mean this virus just keeps reactivating? This last year I’ve have 4 different short lived upper respiratory illnesses. All started with a sore throat, headache, and crushing fatigue.
I’m currently past the sore throat/Upper respiratory symptoms that I was ill with for 4 days. Now I’ve been sleeping upward to 12-16 hours a day with ease. I went to the ER because my doctor simply wasn’t returning my phone calls and needed to know if it was safe to return to work. I got a scan of my spleen and it’s on the upper limits of normal in terms of size so I was cleared. I don’t know what the hell to do though given I work in construction and heard pushing physical limits can cause setbacks? I feel defeated and drained of energy, I’ve got no answers, I’m on google on all my waking hours to see how I can treat the fatigue so I don’t miss out on a months salary. If there’s anyone that can speak to this or any advice please let me know. Anything will help!!! Thank you!