AboutNeha Dahiya MD Expertise I can help patients understand their lab report results, help them with queries regarding what pretest preparation is required. How often a follow up test needs to be done. What does a particular tissue biopsy report mean in everyday English. I can explain the biopsy or cytology procedure. I can deal with Histopathology / cytology / clinical pathology and clinical chemistry queries. Helping in this manner will be my contribution to the community.
Experience I am a pathologist and director of clinical laboratory services. I have been a practicing pathologist for last 9 years in a 350 bed multi specialty hospital laboratory.
Organizations Indian association of pathologists and microbiologists.
MIAC - Member International Academy of Cytology
International association of Pathologists - indian division
Indian association of Cytology
Question one of my relative sufferred from acute lymphoblastic luekemia ( type of blood cancer) since last year. he has completed all the chemos and radiation therapy and now undergoing maintainance therapy. but from last 15-20 days he lost his vision day by day and now doctors come to the conclusion that its a viral infection called cmv IgG and Cmv IgM. ellisa test for cmv igG +ve 25.0 au per ml and elllisa test for IgM cmv +ve 2.98 . so my quistion is that will it be curable and ho much time it takes to cure? please give me details
Answer Hello Sandip:
CMV infection is more common in childhood. By young adults most peopel have been exposed to the virus and have some immunity. Generally there are no symptoms or there is fever, fatigue sore throat and swollen glands in the neck. It is self limiting disease.
In people who are immune compromised and those on chemotherapy it is a more serious infection with fever, pneumonia, liver disease, eye etc can be affected.
There is presently no effective treatment for CMV infection. Symptomatic treatment may be provided.
