How Does Herpes Hide From My Immune System?

Unless you are a medical student or serious geek, data you run across while researching how herpes hides from the immune system will probably make your brain spin and put your emotional nerves on edge. The following is just one example.

 

"HSV evades the immune system through interference with MHC class I antigen presentation on the cell surface, by blocking TAP or the transporter associated with antigen processing associated induced by the secretion of ICP-47 by HSV. TAP transports digested viral antigen epitope peptides from the cytosol to the endoplasmic reticulum in the host cell, allowing these epitopes to be combined with MHC class I molecules and presented on the cell's surface. Viral epitope presentation with MHC class I is a requirement for activation of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs), the major effectors of the cell-mediated immune response against virally-infected cells. ICP-47 prevents initiation of a CTL-response against HSV, allowing the virus to survive for a protracted period in the host (Wikipedia.com)."

 

The previous quote says that herpes hides under a protective shell of immunoglobin, a class of proteins present in the serum and immune system cells, which function as antibodies. Because of this, the virus can spread from one cell to another without coming into contact with antibodies. 

 

Phrased another way, the immune system can't attack the herpes virus and kill it because the virus has cloaked itself under a shell of protein that the immune system cannot attack. This protective shell or coating is covered in a substance known as a biofilm. 

 

 

Biofilms

 

Biofilms are gel-like substances that form physical barriers around areas of injury or illness in the body, attaching themselves to proteins, sugars, heavy metals, and harmful substances to keep these things from spreading. But here's the thing. Harmful viruses (like herpes), bacteria, and fungi can form their biofilms for self-protection, which is how herpes hides from the immune system.

 

Biofilms are also resistant to antimicrobial medications. Furthermore, every time a generation of biofilm faces medication, they pass this information on to consecutive generations. If a particular drug doesn't work the first time, it's unlikely it ever will. 

 

Besides being near-impossible to treat, biofilms have other downsides when they become invasive. Biolfilms interfere with nutrient absorption, create plaque (dental and arteriosclerotic), protect co-infections (bacterial and fungal infections), and hide cancer cells. The herpes virus can even hide under bacterial and fungal biofilms. 

 

Biofilms require very little oxygen and nutrients to survive but cause mineral deficiencies, such as Calcium, Magnesium, and Iron. Worse, they pump out toxins (mycotoxins) and interfere with the body's ability to detoxify. Because of this, biofilms can cause excessive histamine and inflammation levels in the body.

 

Biofilms alert microbes that hide under them to weaknesses in the immune system, which is why you break out when you are under excess stress. Stress weakens immunity, signals the biofilm, and triggers herpes to reactivate.

 

 

Where Herpes Simplex Virus Biofilms Hang Out

 

Stress, antibiotics, and The Standard American Diet (SAD) encourage biofilm communities. Herpes Simplex Virus biofilms can hide in the nasal passages, mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, duodenum (the suspensory muscle, the dividing point between upper and lower digestion), cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, urethra (male and female), anus, rectum, and genital area. 

 

 

Symptoms & Conditions Associated With Biofilm Communities

 

 

There are no allopathic medicines for treating biofilms, but there appear to be certain nutrients in natural foods, herbs, and supplements that can separate the biofilm from the virus. 

 

 

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