OK WELL I HAD A TEST BACK IN APRIL 08 WITH A TEST OF HERPES VIRUS 1 IGG DETECTED AND IGM NEGATIVE OK SO NOW I GOT TESTED FOR CMV IN SEPTEMBER 08 TEST RESULTS CAME BACK POSITIVE CMV IGG AND IGM DETECTED I AM 15 WEEKS PREGNANT AND I AM 100% HAVING THIS BABY NO DOUBT.I AM REALLY WORRIED THOU BECAUSE ALL I GET BACK IS THAT HERPES AND CMV ARE REALATED INFECTIONS I HAVE A QUESTION???
1 ARE THEY BOTH THE SAME JUST AS BOTH HAVE COME UP DIFFERENT NAMES??
2 WHATS THE POSSABILTY OF HAVING MY BABY WITH A DEFECT BECAUSE OF THESE VIRUS?
3. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I GOT BOTH VIRUS BUT I HAVE A CLUE SHARING OF LIPGLOSS WITH MY MATE
BUT NOT SURE IF SHE HAD THE VIRUS ?
4 COULD MY HUSBAND AND CHILD OF 5 HAVE IT NOW THAT I AM INFECTED?
PLEASE HELP GIVE ME AS MUCH INFORMATION I NEED IT!!
REALLY WORRIED
cmv is not the cause of cold sores. cmv and hsv are completely different viruses.
You can google cmv for more info.
grace