I have Chronic EBV. I was diagnosed 19 yrs ago during a pre op.It was pretty bad that they had to reschedule my surgery ( hand surgery) for 3 months later.12 yrs ago just after my 2nd child(months after birth), I developed a sharp pain on the base of my head in one spot. I had a CT and was told to immediatley go to ER there appears to be bleeding on brain. At ER I had an MRI , that showed NOTHING ?!?! , my doctor had the resutls read by 3 other radiologists and found nothing. The pain subsided . After 1 yr after same birth I developed numerous - 10 - 15 small pea sized nodules up and down ankles. They were biopsied , benign so doctors pushed it aside with an , I dont really know. About 2 yrs after the same birth , my salivary gland swelled and was extremley painful , my Family doctor said it could be an infection and gave me antibiotics that took about 5 days to work and 8lbs lighter cause I couldnt eat . This salivary gland happened 3 x's after. 6 weeks after my 3rd child, I was napping. I woke up with extreme pain and swelling in my fingers.From the day of napping until today (5 yrs later) I have had the following : vision problems(eye doctor said the nerves in my eyes are very large but thats it) headaches, dizziness, severe joint pain, rib cage pain, terrible nodules up and down chins as well as top of feet .I had an MRI done about 2 yrs ago and was told there appeared to be 2 lesions (same spot as pain amny yrs before) I had an MRI done again - NOTHING !?!?! - Chest xrays.. nothing, blood tests by rhumetologists showed (only once) elevated sed rate , but neg on everything else . last yr I had blood work done again to find my EBV was so badly elevated my doctor was concerned and put me on a healthy diet with viatmins. I get B12 shots every 2 weeks and have for the past 3 yrs .
So finally my question . Could EBV cause all these crazy symptoms ? Could MS be an underlying factor but not diagnosed yet ? Is it true that EBV has a link with MS ?