Chronic Inflammation and hhv8.

When did Chronic inflammation and hhv8 first become known?

It has been said that the Human Herpes virus 8, otherwise known as HHV-8 is closely related to Kaposi's Sarcoma in times past.

It has been said that back in the 1980’s there was a large amount of bisexual and gay men that came down with Kaposi's Sarcoma. This had been known as a rather rare form of skin cancer that was mainly found in Africa and the Mediterranean. Once these cases were looked into, the discovery of Aids (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) and the virus call HIV were found.

A purple discoloration on the skin is generally the first sign of the cancer called Kaposi's Sarcoma. In more sever cases these spots can be found on a person’s internal organs. Generally, this is not a fatal illness but it can be very debilitating and can actually disfigure people.

When the Aids epidemic started, doctors thought that was another infectious cause in addition to HIV that also causes KS. It wasn’t until 1994 that the infectious virus that was found in all biopsies of KS was named human herpesvirus 8 which is also called Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-KSHV.

This virus is part of the family of human herpesviruses which also includes shingles, chicken pox, herpes simplex 1 and 2 as well as mononucleosis.

After HHV-8 was given its name researchers discovered that it was found in all types of tumors from Kaposi's sarcoma even those that were found before the AIDS epidemic.

Many people that have been diagnosed with HHV-8 show no symptoms at all therefore they are not aware that they have it. It is scary to think that you can be infected with something and not realize it.

When a person has health issues such as being infected with HHV-8 their body has a natural response from their immune system which activates the inflammation response. The problem with chronic inflammation and hhv8 is that a person’s immune system will weaken over a period of time due to the inflammation it is dealing with.

It is important to keep the chronic inflammation under control. If you suffer with chronic inflammation and hhv8 then it is important to use whole foods to help your immune system control the chronic inflammation it is under going.

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