Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a typical virus belonging to herpes families. CMV may manifest itself in many healthy individuals without their awareness or yet they have it.
Nevertheless, CMV has severe illness effects in individuals who have weak immune systems like transplant patients or HIV patients, or individuals receiving chemotherapy..
At GastroDoxs in Houston, Dr. Rishi Chadha provides expert diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment for CMV infection to protect your long-term health.
He examines chief medical history, evaluates risk factors (e.g. immunosuppression), and completes a clear physical examination.
To differentiate an active infection and a prior exposure and to determine immune response, he orders CMV AB IgM and CMV IgG antibody testing.
In case of suspected GI involvement, he conducts endoscopic analysis using specific biopsy in order to confirm completely located CMV colitis or organ specific disease.
Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
CMV infection is done by the virus when the virus penetrates into your body and replicates. Symptoms are not apparent to many of the people yet it can make the bearer sick when one has a weakened immunity.
The positive CMV IgM test or a major increase in CMV IgG antibody levels generally signals of the current or recent infection.
Yes. Blood tests that measure CMV IgM and IgG antibodies can be done to establish whether an active infection or prior exposure.
A large number of cases are mild or asymptomatic. Symptoms may present as fever, tiredness, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes and in some instances abdominal pains or diarrhea in case the GI tract is affected.
IgG positive means that the person has been subjected to CMV. It implies that you have grown antibodies and can have permanent immunity, but the virus can be dormant.
CMV causes a mild illness in the majority of healthy adults. It may be severe in cases of newborns, recipients of organ transplantation, and those with weakened immune systems.
It is usually treated using antiviral drugs like ganciclovir or valganciclovir and supportive interventions which include hydration and rest.
Yes. CMV remains within your organism in a dormant state and may become re-activated when your immune system is very weak.
The time taken to treat changes according to the patient. A majority of them need 2-6 weeks of antivirals; transplant patients might require extended preventive therapy using agents such as letermovir.
To get the comprehensive information, refer to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
