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ia cmv same for herpes

  dr told me its cold sores
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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
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cmv is not the cause of cold sores.  cmv and hsv are completely different viruses.

You can google cmv for more info.

grace
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