a mamin -“Lethargic is not the word for it!”
CMV is from the Herpes family. I found this under Shingles from the Doctor’s book of Home Remedies, which is chicken pox reactivated, also the Herpes family. Maybe it can help:
“Give yourself a boost. Both your immune system and your nerves will benefit from extra doses of vitamin C and vitamin B-complex, says dermatologist John G. McConahy, M.D., of New Castle, Pennsylvania. He advises his shingles patients to take 200 milligrams of vitamin C five or six times a day to build immune power and a vitamin B-complex supplement to regenerate and rebuild nerve cells. (Of course, don’t take this or any vitamin therapy without your doctor’s okay and supervision.)
Dr. McConahy also tells his patients to take a multivitamin tablet that contains zinc.
Try lysine. A number of studies show that the amino acid lysine can help inhibit the spread of the herpes virus. Not all studies on lysine point to that conclusion, however.”