<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> On Mon, 3 Apr 1995, J. Murray wrote: > the observation that CD may become apparent after a viral infection is a > common phenomenon in many autoimune diseases as well as GI inflammatory > states. I have seen 2 cases of inflammatory bowel that occurred after an > attack of CMV ( a common and usualy very benign disease in healthy > people. This could be related to the non-specific stimulation of the > immune system or a more specific incutement of a reaction to a host ( > patient ) protein leading to disease. The example that has been suggested > in CD is Adenovirus 12. see multiple references under KAgnoff M. I got a copy of Kagnoff's "Evidence for the role of a human intestinal adenovirus in the pathogenesis of coeliac disease"...as I remember, he took specimens from patients in London & LA, analyzed them & found human adenovirus serotype 12 in the vast majority of the samples. He did not find any evidence of that virus in cultures from patients suffering other bowel diseases (Crohn's & diverticulitis, I think, were the compared to diseases). The stumbling block I've had all along for myself is I think I had the "wrong" virus for the disease, as I am asymptomatic for diarrhea. And my symptoms parallel what people call chronic fatigue. There are probably so few of us asymptomatics around, nobody's had a chance to get us together & do a survey to see if we also have adenovirus 12. It's like I'm taking a step back & am looking at this as an auto-immune dysfunction triggered by more than one virus, and each viral infection has its own set of symptoms. I guess we need more asymptomatics represented here, eh? Bec [log in to unmask]