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How To Treat HHV-6?
How is Hhv-6 treated in 65 year old female with chronic illness? I stumbled on on this website today. I need information on how to proceed. I am a 65 year old Caucasian female. I had (according to mother) measles that broke out internally causing fever, 2 grand mal seizures and a month of recuperation when I was five years old. I was diagnosed with MS at 21 years, which disappeared after a few months until I was 56. My main symptom is ataxia and extreme fatigue. When it reoccurred at 56 it is secondary progressive. Soon after second diagnoses I got shingles and my internist prescribed 800 mg acyclovir three times a day. Miraculously my ataxia almost disappeared. As of today, I have to take it to keep my ataxia at bay. At 63 I was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. I have had a double mastectomy and six months of chemo. At 30 years old I was diagnosed with shingles on my face. Since then I have had several reoccurrences. Presently, I have been lethargic and feeling under the weather. Mild sore throat, headaches, etc. My nose has had a little discomfort with a slight tickle for most of the past two months. Two days ago I finally looked inside of my nasal passage to see if there was something. Above the nostril there is s large patch of blisters that have increased. Needless to say, I m a little miserable. I m looking for solutions. As I said in beginning, I stumbled on this website. There were several possible correlations. I m just needing to know, that if this is the basis for all my health issues, is there any help? Thank you for your help,
Mon, 21 Sep 2020
Hi,
If I am assigned to treat you, I will prescribe symptomatic treatment: Acetaminophen [325-650 mg] ones on fever [Tylenol] and adequate hydration is very important. For antivirals, start levels of HHV-6. DNA levels in serum are needed. [this will tell medication to start or not like risk benefit ratio.
Gargles with warm water or Betadine can be done [throat swab can be used for testing]. Re-occurrence of disease due to low immunity can be tackled by
a] Diet should include maximum fruits, vegetables, salads and no caffeine, non-veg, alcohol, smoking should be used [avoid these]
b] Use sukshm yoga and breathing exercise [join art of living i.e breath meditation workshops online] these are proved to be very helpful to prevent recurrence and increase immunity. It can reverse many of your above problems also
c] Multivitamins can be taken few days [Supradene]
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sunny Madar, General & Family Physician
If I am assigned to treat you, I will prescribe symptomatic treatment: Acetaminophen [325-650 mg] ones on fever [Tylenol] and adequate hydration is very important. For antivirals, start levels of HHV-6. DNA levels in serum are needed. [this will tell medication to start or not like risk benefit ratio.
Gargles with warm water or Betadine can be done [throat swab can be used for testing]. Re-occurrence of disease due to low immunity can be tackled by
a] Diet should include maximum fruits, vegetables, salads and no caffeine, non-veg, alcohol, smoking should be used [avoid these]
b] Use sukshm yoga and breathing exercise [join art of living i.e breath meditation workshops online] these are proved to be very helpful to prevent recurrence and increase immunity. It can reverse many of your above problems also
c] Multivitamins can be taken few days [Supradene]
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sunny Madar, General & Family Physician
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