This is a topic that we could probably talk about all day long - from about 100 different angles - but it is very interesting news.
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered that mice with a herpes virus infection seem to have better resistance to bacterial infections. The long and short of it is that the presence of the herpes virus in the bodies of mice seem to put their immune system in “on guard” mode - ready and able to fight intruders. The herpes virus in mice is very similar to the one in humans, so this is potentially a significant finding. [source]
The questions arise as we try to fight and eliminate the herpes virus, which has infected a reported 50% of the population (and I truly expect the real numbers - unreported - will show a tremendously higher percentage). This virus doesn’t show any symptoms in a tremendous number of people who have it, doesn’t appear to do any long term damage to the body systems and if it isn’t making people sick and IS helping to combat other potential problems - is it a bad thing?
What do you think? I think more research on this topic is definitely needed myself. It doesn’t look like the herpes virus is going anywhere anytime soon - it comes in so many different flavors (herpes simplex I and II, chicken pox, shingles and many other lesser known forms), and we haven’t gotten anywhere with it so far - perhaps we can learn to embrace it. Who knows?
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6 responses so far ↓
Luanne // May 22, 2007 at 11:45 am
lol - I think more people should definitely embrace it Christina. Ah, we meet again my friend
Hope all is well.
Christina Jones // May 22, 2007 at 2:08 pm
You are everywhere Luanne - but I guess I am too. Good to see you here, and thanks for saying hi!
Luanne // May 23, 2007 at 5:01 pm
lol - and we thought the internet was sooooo vast. I have google alerts set up for herpes for my herpes blog and I just KNEW I knew that name Christina Jones
I feel like we’re old buddies LOLOL
Christina Jones // May 23, 2007 at 9:56 pm
LOL Agree totally - the internet can be a surprisingly small world.
Always great to see you!
herpesgirl // Jan 28, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Yes, it is true. I knew this from a herpes community
Kara // Mar 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Hello : I have shingles from having had chicken pox at age 28. I caught CP from kids at a daycare center on campus. It was my work study job. I had told my boss I never had CP as a child. But they forgot and I was at work for just a few hours before I realized the kids were sick. A couple yrs later I broke out w/shingles during midterm exams - due to stress.
I’ve been wondering if Oxygen might hold the key to a cure or at least a natural means of better control. I know there are issues such as the “waste” oxygen would leave behind. However there must be a way to deal w/this issue. Someone who knows much more than myself. Maybe RNA or Mitochondrial (sp?) DNA holds the answer?
The idea is to raise a person’s Ph to 7.4 cuz a virus cannot survive in an oxygen rich enviroment.
What do ya’ll think? Be well - Kara
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