What is cytomegalovirus?

Cytomegalovirus is an opportunistic infection that may be life-threatening in affected immunocompromised patients. It is a human herpesvirus type 5 and may cause retinitis, esophagitis, gastritis, and colitis.

How do members experience cytomegalovirus?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with cytomegalovirus*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for cytomegalovirus*

*Data from patients with cytomegalovirus, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with cytomegalovirus*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Valcyte)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
cytomegalovirus (1)

*Data from patients with cytomegalovirus, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has cytomegalovirus on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 3
30s 27
40s 28
50s 42
60s 27
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 56
Female 87