What is cytomegalovirus?
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a very common virus in the Herpes virus. Like 80% of some populations, it is infected with cytomegalovirus and is largely quiet infections, which means that no symptoms appear, although people with silent infections are still carriers. Some people are threatened by developing symptoms from cytomegalovirus infections, including people with a compromised immune system and infants, because infants have poorly developed immunity. Cytomegalovirus attacks the epithelial cells in the upper layer of the skin, causing it to swell and fill with liquid. It tends to appear in the internal and internal organs, and also infamously attacks the eyes and causes damage to sight and sometimes blindness. If the doctor suspects cytomegalovirus infection, a culture for testing the presence of the virus can be performed.
Because the rate of infection of this virus is so high, there is a reasonable chance of having it, but your body kept it at bay. Cytomegalovirus for the first time began to recognize as a health problem in 80., when patients appeared with a number of bizarre infections and bacteria that normally did not show symptoms in healthy people. These opportunistic infections ended up as a key piece of puzzles in the discovery of HIV/AIDS, and to this day cytomegalovirus is considered to be an "indication infection" indicating the presence of HIV or AIDS.
In addition to HIV/AIDS patients, this virus may also occur in people taking immunosuppressive drugs to prepare for organ transplantation and in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. Cytomegalovirus infection can also be a problem in pregnant women, as the virus can cause neurological deficits, hearing problems and eye -friendly problems.
Some silent carriers experience vague symptoms such as fatigue, swollen lymph nodes and enlarged liver or spleen. These symptoms are often so low that the patient never searches for treatment but in some casesIt can lead someone to a physician due to a temporarily weakened immune system, in which case cytomegalovirus can be diagnosed.
There is no cure for cytomegalovirus, although antiviral drugs can sometimes be used to control and reduce symptoms. In humans with severe infection, intravenous drugs may be administered to keep infections under control, followed by oral antivirols at home. Patients who are at risk of cytomegalovirus infections may also be administered by prophylactic drugs to suppress the virus or prevent infection, and encouraged to use good personal hygiene to reduce the risk of transmission.