Viral implications and treatment

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Hey all, it's clear that for many people their autonomic issues started after an illness, usually a viral one. I also think that dysautonomia that starts in pregnancy is not always caused by blood volume/expansion issues but by a reactivation of a virus since the immune system goes down when you're pregnant. (This is so that the woman's body doesn't reject the embryo/fetus.) I just came across this article by chance https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30281036 . It's titled "Restoring antiviral immunity with adoptive transfer of ex-vivo generated T cells". It's only an abstract but from what I can gather they are working on eliminating viral infections (even dormant ones) not by using anti-viral drugs but by creating specialised anti-viral T-cells and then transferring them into patients. T-cells are specialised blood cells that fight and destroy pathogens. (On a lighter note, if you want to learn about the different types of cells in your bloodstream and what they do I highly recommend watching the anime Cells At Work!)

I'm very excited because I feel that my issues started with my immune system becoming compromised during my short-lived pregnancy and I'll be watching this research with interest.