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Chances of herpes
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Chances of herpes
by rbd01, May 30, 2006 12:00AM
Dr,
ABout a month ago i had a sexual encoutner with a women and had unprotected sex with her. I got kinda freaked out , and asked her before hand if she had any known stds. She said no and she hasnt had sex in 3 months and she regularlly goes to the obgyn because of yeast problems or something. Something about eating to much dairy.
Any how, i felt some bruning feeling down below the next day of so so i went to 3 differnet doc 2 at 8 days and 1 at 16 days. and they check my tounge, looked for swollen glands and so forth. All 3 checck my penis and found nothing there. all test for clymdia, syphlis, and urinary tract infections came back neg at 9 days. I also took a herpes select test at 16 days and it came back hsv1 4.65 hsv2 .13. igm- not detected. I know igm doesnt mean ****. But anyhow are my chances of catching anything from this one time encounter lessened now. i have no symptoms beside some irratiions but it only appears after masturbation and im sure thats the reason. Not tired or anything like that and no fever. Am i safe to say im ok from this one time enounter. Can i take another herpes select test at 5-6 weeks and will that be pretty accurate? Is my window period shorter due to that fact that i have hsv1. Which i have known because i get canker sores in my mouths since i was 12. My long time girl friend and i are getting back together and she wants to stop using condoms. I havent given in yet and just want to be safe when i do.
ABout a month ago i had a sexual encoutner with a women and had unprotected sex with her. I got kinda freaked out , and asked her before hand if she had any known stds. She said no and she hasnt had sex in 3 months and she regularlly goes to the obgyn because of yeast problems or something. Something about eating to much dairy.
Any how, i felt some bruning feeling down below the next day of so so i went to 3 differnet doc 2 at 8 days and 1 at 16 days. and they check my tounge, looked for swollen glands and so forth. All 3 checck my penis and found nothing there. all test for clymdia, syphlis, and urinary tract infections came back neg at 9 days. I also took a herpes select test at 16 days and it came back hsv1 4.65 hsv2 .13. igm- not detected. I know igm doesnt mean ****. But anyhow are my chances of catching anything from this one time encounter lessened now. i have no symptoms beside some irratiions but it only appears after masturbation and im sure thats the reason. Not tired or anything like that and no fever. Am i safe to say im ok from this one time enounter. Can i take another herpes select test at 5-6 weeks and will that be pretty accurate? Is my window period shorter due to that fact that i have hsv1. Which i have known because i get canker sores in my mouths since i was 12. My long time girl friend and i are getting back together and she wants to stop using condoms. I havent given in yet and just want to be safe when i do.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., May 30, 2006 12:00AM
, May 30, 2006 12:00AM
You clearly have no STD. I base that on the fact that 3 doctors (three, for goodess’ sake!) couldn’t find anything wrong and your tests all were negative. I cannot improve on that level of reassurance. Anyway, the chance is low of catching genital herpes during any particular sexual encounter. So unless you know your partner had herpes, I see no need for further testing for HSV. But if you want to do it anyway, that’s fine with me. If so, I suggest waiting until 3 months after the exposure, not 5-6 weeks; the window period for HSV-2 seroconversion is no different in people with or without prior HSV-1 infection. In the meantime, I think you can safely stop using condoms with your regular girlfriend.
For what it is worth, your canker sores and your positive HSV-1 test probably have nothing to do with one another. Recurrent canker sores are not normally due to herpes; canker sores nad herpes are entirely different conditions.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
For what it is worth, your canker sores and your positive HSV-1 test probably have nothing to do with one another. Recurrent canker sores are not normally due to herpes; canker sores nad herpes are entirely different conditions.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
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