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Done Surgery To Get Rid Of Branchial Cleft Cyst In Neck. Have Fatigue Syndrome. Is It Linked To Epstein Barr Virus?

I had branchial cleft cyst in neck as a child and had 4 surgeries to remove it finally and was successful....however, later in life, can the Epstein Barr Virus be linked back to this as I have fatigure syndrome and have been told I have a virus so could the cyst have been viral-linked and that virus just laid dormat in my system all my life and then led to these other health ssues I have now?
posted on Sat, 16 Nov 2013
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Branchial cleft cyst is due to remaining tissue during embryonic development where as EB virus is a herpes virus which usually causes disease in persons with low immunity. There is no link between the cyst and the virus but there might be a connection between chronic fatigue syndrome and EB virus. There have been studies which show that patient suffering from EB virus infection may develop chronic fatigue syndrome in the long run.
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Done Surgery To Get Rid Of Branchial Cleft Cyst In Neck. Have Fatigue Syndrome. Is It Linked To Epstein Barr Virus?

Hi, Welcome to HCM. Branchial cleft cyst is due to remaining tissue during embryonic development where as EB virus is a herpes virus which usually causes disease in persons with low immunity. There is no link between the cyst and the virus but there might be a connection between chronic fatigue syndrome and EB virus. There have been studies which show that patient suffering from EB virus infection may develop chronic fatigue syndrome in the long run. Thanks.