Epstein Barr Triggers

How many times have you heard about something called Epstein Barr virus or monoreactivation? You've wondered, why do people get reactivation? I thought mono. You got it once and it was done. Well, mono. Epstein Barr is a virus in the herpes family, like hsv. Cold sores or genital ulcers, like chickenpox, or shingles like HHV6 or CMV. It's just one of the many herpes viruses. And what happens is when you get exposed to these, they kind of hang out in different parts of your body. Epstein Barr tends to hang out in B cells or part of your white blood cell, lymphoid tissue. HSV and shingles tend to hang out in neurological tissue. And then CMV and some other ones like HHV6 tend to hang out in your red blood cells. What can make these reactivate? And this is a tricker because stressors can do this. Trauma, mold, exposure, poor sleep. This is actually just a list of some of the reactivation triggers. Anything that can affect your immune system, gut issues, dysbiosis, other things like Covid can actually activate reactivate Epstein Barr. So knowing these can be helpful to minimize your risk.