Comments on: Treating Mononucleosis – Skin Rash http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/ Natural treatments for mononucleosis and epstein barr virus Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: admin http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-11284 admin Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:19:49 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-11284 Hi Jo, The skin rash with mono is normally seen in the acute, initial stage of the infection and wears off within a couple of weeks. In some people the rash can appear after antibiotics, particularly if the virus is still active. I would recommend your sister gets off any antibiotics, replenishs her gastrointestinal flora with some probiotics and eats a pure, fresh food diet. The use of a topical cream like calendula or aloe vera may be helpful. Elizabeth Hi Jo,

The skin rash with mono is normally seen in the acute, initial stage of the infection and wears off within a couple of weeks. In some people the rash can appear after antibiotics, particularly if the virus is still active. I would recommend your sister gets off any antibiotics, replenishs her gastrointestinal flora with some probiotics and eats a pure, fresh food diet. The use of a topical cream like calendula or aloe vera may be helpful.

Elizabeth

]]> By: Jo http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-11278 Jo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:04:16 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-11278 My sister had mono about 6 months ago and she has this rash and it will not go away ..Shes 18 and is devastated she has tried creams antibiotics and still nothing ... My ? Is how ling does this rash usually go on for ?? My sister had mono about 6 months ago and she has this rash and it will not go away ..Shes 18 and is devastated she has tried creams antibiotics and still nothing … My ? Is how ling does this rash usually go on for ??

]]> By: admin http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-11176 admin Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:39:19 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-11176 Hi Libby, Sometimes itchiness can come from the liver being involved in mono. I would recommend you take some natural anti-inflammatories like vitamin C, zinc, ginger, fish oils and turmeric. Drinking plenty of pure water, following an alkaline diet and doing some dry skin brushing may also help. Lemon juice in warm water on rising or a gentle liver cleanser would be advisable. Best Wishes Elizabeth Hi Libby,

Sometimes itchiness can come from the liver being involved in mono. I would recommend you take some natural anti-inflammatories like vitamin C, zinc, ginger, fish oils and turmeric. Drinking plenty of pure water, following an alkaline diet and doing some dry skin brushing may also help. Lemon juice in warm water on rising or a gentle liver cleanser would be advisable.

Best Wishes
Elizabeth

]]> By: Libby http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-11173 Libby Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:21:40 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-11173 Hi, I've had mono for about two weeks now, and one of the new things that's started in the past day or two is that I'm itchy all over, especially my feet. I don't have a rash or any bumps yet, so I'm not sure if this is related, but it's driving me crazy and keeping me up all night! I can't seem to get it to stop. Any suggestions? Ive tried different lotions, but thats it. Thanks! Libby Hi,
I’ve had mono for about two weeks now, and one of the new things that’s started in the past day or two is that I’m itchy all over, especially my feet. I don’t have a rash or any bumps yet, so I’m not sure if this is related, but it’s driving me crazy and keeping me up all night! I can’t seem to get it to stop. Any suggestions? Ive tried different lotions, but thats it.
Thanks!
Libby

]]> By: admin http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-10813 admin Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:08:27 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-10813 Hi Alex, Yes the viral rash commonly seen in mono usually appears in the initial, acute stage of the infection although I have had patients who experience the rash at a later stage. In the longer term mono can compromise liver function so seemingly safe drugs and foods can cause a reaction. I would be drinking lots of fluids and adding some anti-inflammatory foods like fish oils, ginger, turmeric, vitamin C and zinc into your regime. If the rash persists, then using a gentle soothing cream like paw paw or aloe vera extract may help. Elizabeth Hi Alex,
Yes the viral rash commonly seen in mono usually appears in the initial, acute stage of the infection although I have had patients who experience the rash at a later stage. In the longer term mono can compromise liver function so seemingly safe drugs and foods can cause a reaction. I would be drinking lots of fluids and adding some anti-inflammatory foods like fish oils, ginger, turmeric, vitamin C and zinc into your regime. If the rash persists, then using a gentle soothing cream like paw paw or aloe vera extract may help.
Elizabeth

]]> By: Alex http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-10812 Alex Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:04:54 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-10812 I have mono, and am currently on the mend. My sore throat has been healed for weeks, and my bouts with fatigue are few and far between. But over the past couple of days, I have noticed something of a skin rash developing on my back. Raised skin and bumpy, but not particularly itchy, and only a very light shade of red. Today, it spread to my face a bit. I know that the mono is still very much in my system, but most of the websites that I've read say that rashes are more common during the preliminary stages. What am I currently experiencing? Side-note: I took a Claritin D 24-hour Allergy pill this morning, and have a sketchy history with the pill in the past. Never developed a rash because of it, but I wouldn't be surprised if I am experiencing an allergic reaction. Thanks, Alex I have mono, and am currently on the mend. My sore throat has been healed for weeks, and my bouts with fatigue are few and far between. But over the past couple of days, I have noticed something of a skin rash developing on my back. Raised skin and bumpy, but not particularly itchy, and only a very light shade of red. Today, it spread to my face a bit. I know that the mono is still very much in my system, but most of the websites that I’ve read say that rashes are more common during the preliminary stages. What am I currently experiencing?

Side-note: I took a Claritin D 24-hour Allergy pill this morning, and have a sketchy history with the pill in the past. Never developed a rash because of it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I am experiencing an allergic reaction.

Thanks,
Alex

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-10671 Elizabeth Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:40:56 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-10671 Hi Matt, Yes I agree that many people get stuck in the conventional medicine loop. The body has a wonderful self-healing mechanism if given the chance. I'm sure your chiropractic knowledge will help. Keep us posted on how you go. Elizabeth PS. I do a weekly blog on natural healing plus the occasional Youtube video, podcast and ezine article when time allows! Hi Matt,
Yes I agree that many people get stuck in the conventional medicine loop. The body has a wonderful self-healing mechanism if given the chance. I’m sure your chiropractic knowledge will help. Keep us posted on how you go.
Elizabeth
PS. I do a weekly blog on natural healing plus the occasional Youtube video, podcast and ezine article when time allows!

]]> By: Matt Monetti http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-10670 Matt Monetti Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:33:27 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-10670 Thanks for your prompt reply! It's music to my ears! I intend to go along with your recommendation and move back out of the medical paradigm where one problem leads to another through interactions (side effects) that most are not fully aware of or tend to understate. It's too easy, and profitable for the medical and pharmaceutical establishments, to remain in the medical world once you've landed there. I know better and still there I was. I can't tell you how many websites I searched where one after another story was "I have this similar rash and the doctors treat it several different ways without success and none could reveal an underlying cause". I'm so thankful I found your website and am convinced that this is how I came to be in this predicament. I hope that others will arrive at your page and find it as helpful and avoid additional complications. My wife is a chiropractor, we live through chiropractic philosophy but in rare emergent cases seek medical advice. The power that made the body heals the body! Medicine can only hope to alleviate the symptoms with minimal consequence elsewhere while the real healing is delivered through innate intelligence. The life force will serve us best when we treat our body as the temple it truly is! Do you have any other means of publicizing your knowledge in this area (FaceBook, email, ...)? I would like to stay in touch and see that others are aware! Thanks Again!! Thanks for your prompt reply! It’s music to my ears! I intend to go along with your recommendation and move back out of the medical paradigm where one problem leads to another through interactions (side effects) that most are not fully aware of or tend to understate. It’s too easy, and profitable for the medical and pharmaceutical establishments, to remain in the medical world once you’ve landed there. I know better and still there I was. I can’t tell you how many websites I searched where one after another story was “I have this similar rash and the doctors treat it several different ways without success and none could reveal an underlying cause”. I’m so thankful I found your website and am convinced that this is how I came to be in this predicament. I hope that others will arrive at your page and find it as helpful and avoid additional complications. My wife is a chiropractor, we live through chiropractic philosophy but in rare emergent cases seek medical advice. The power that made the body heals the body! Medicine can only hope to alleviate the symptoms with minimal consequence elsewhere while the real healing is delivered through innate intelligence. The life force will serve us best when we treat our body as the temple it truly is! Do you have any other means of publicizing your knowledge in this area (FaceBook, email, …)? I would like to stay in touch and see that others are aware! Thanks Again!!

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-10665 Elizabeth Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:04:39 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-10665 Hi Matt, Thanks for your post. Sorry to hear of your rash. It does sound like it may be a side effect of the amoxicillin. I would recommend you do a few days of a gentle cleansing diet based around fresh vegetables, fruit, quality protein, healthy fats and lots of pure water. If you have not already, I would add some probiotics like acidophillus and bifido bacteria into your diet to replensih the healthy gastrointestinal flora. Some of the anti-inflammatory foods like ginger, turmeric, fish oils, vitamin C and zinc would be worth including. When the itch appears you could try a warm oatmeal bath or try a topical ointment like aloe vera or paw paw. I hope you start to feel better soon. Elizabeth Hi Matt,
Thanks for your post. Sorry to hear of your rash. It does sound like it may be a side effect of the amoxicillin.

I would recommend you do a few days of a gentle cleansing diet based around fresh vegetables, fruit, quality protein, healthy fats and lots of pure water. If you have not already, I would add some probiotics like acidophillus and bifido bacteria into your diet to replensih the healthy gastrointestinal flora. Some of the anti-inflammatory foods like ginger, turmeric, fish oils, vitamin C and zinc would be worth including. When the itch appears you could try a warm oatmeal bath or try a topical ointment like aloe vera or paw paw. I hope you start to feel better soon.
Elizabeth

]]> By: Matt Monetti http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/natural-treatments/treating-mononucleosis-skin-rash/comment-page-1/#comment-10662 Matt Monetti Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:01:01 +0000 http://www-epsteinbarrvirus.com/blog/?p=108#comment-10662 I am quite likely to have a rash due to complication of taking amoxicillin while I had a viral infection. This webpage makes the most sense, but I hope there is more information available. I had ruptured an eardrum on a return flight in mid December. For days prior I felt under the weather and sub coming to full out weakness fell asleep early on the day before my return. I felt feverish and like I was developing a serious cold. On the ninth day of taking the amoxicillin I developed a very itchy rash. It started behind my ears, but soon after was on my arms and then legs. It continued to spread throughout out my extremities and scalp. My extremities also swelled to the point I could not close my hands and walking was painful. That day I went to a doctor who thought it a allergic reaction to the antibiotic and prescribed methyl prednisone. There was very little relief, so I revisited the doctor who then up the steroid to a more powerful prednisone. I had a low-grade fever on that visit and a cough (I have not taken any of the prescribe second antibiotic or cough syrup but both symptoms seem to have disappeared). The swelling is gone in hands and arms, and greatly diminished in my legs and feet. Benadryl helps relief the itch, but I don’t want to use it to frequently. Unfortunately, none to this treatment seems to relief the rash much. The rash seems elusive. Sometimes its course seems like it just moves from one location to another nearby one, but other times it jumps elsewhere. The rash starts out as bumps and then join to form huge welt-like marks and then as they disappear (if) they become a red blotch before returning to normal. I haven’t had much on my chest, back or face relative to other areas. The most intense itch has been on my hands (mostly palms and fingers, scalps (particularly along the hairline) and feet. At times these areas become painful on palpation which really stinks when you have an intense itch. I must say I felt much better today than previous days, but as I type this evening I feel/see the itch reoccur in some area on my arms and legs and forehead, jaw line and below my chin. I have not taken a medication of any sort in twelve years prior to this by choice and it a significant challenge to my beliefs of healing be in this predicament. Like I said it seems that the information that has been reported on this webpage seems to be the most likely explanation, so I hope that I can get more information on the best course of action and progression. It’s been difficult to get any information at all, but this seems like a good lead. Thank you so much and have a blessed New Year! I am quite likely to have a rash due to complication of taking amoxicillin while I had a viral infection. This webpage makes the most sense, but I hope there is more information available. I had ruptured an eardrum on a return flight in mid December. For days prior I felt under the weather and sub coming to full out weakness fell asleep early on the day before my return. I felt feverish and like I was developing a serious cold. On the ninth day of taking the amoxicillin I developed a very itchy rash. It started behind my ears, but soon after was on my arms and then legs. It continued to spread throughout out my extremities and scalp. My extremities also swelled to the point I could not close my hands and walking was painful. That day I went to a doctor who thought it a allergic reaction to the antibiotic and prescribed methyl prednisone. There was very little relief, so I revisited the doctor who then up the steroid to a more powerful prednisone. I had a low-grade fever on that visit and a cough (I have not taken any of the prescribe second antibiotic or cough syrup but both symptoms seem to have disappeared). The swelling is gone in hands and arms, and greatly diminished in my legs and feet. Benadryl helps relief the itch, but I don’t want to use it to frequently. Unfortunately, none to this treatment seems to relief the rash much. The rash seems elusive. Sometimes its course seems like it just moves from one location to another nearby one, but other times it jumps elsewhere. The rash starts out as bumps and then join to form huge welt-like marks and then as they disappear (if) they become a red blotch before returning to normal. I haven’t had much on my chest, back or face relative to other areas. The most intense itch has been on my hands (mostly palms and fingers, scalps (particularly along the hairline) and feet. At times these areas become painful on palpation which really stinks when you have an intense itch. I must say I felt much better today than previous days, but as I type this evening I feel/see the itch reoccur in some area on my arms and legs and forehead, jaw line and below my chin. I have not taken a medication of any sort in twelve years prior to this by choice and it a significant challenge to my beliefs of healing be in this predicament. Like I said it seems that the information that has been reported on this webpage seems to be the most likely explanation, so I hope that I can get more information on the best course of action and progression. It’s been difficult to get any information at all, but this seems like a good lead. Thank you so much and have a blessed New Year!

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