3.08H IGG HSV2

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN MY POSITIVE RESULT FOR THIS TEST WITH. A 3.08H. I last had sex in March and have not had any symptoms. Will I likely have future outbreaks and should start antivirus meds? My doctor says that I harbor the virus and that no symptoms means I was exposed to the virus. He says unless I'm having sexual activity an or any symptoms this isn't necessary. Also, what test can determine when you were exposed? Are my stats indicative of maybe having an outbreak that I may not have realized? Last year this test was negative so I know this is newly aquired.

[franklinandbash]

Let Grace respond about your results. I will answer what I know. Your result is a low positive.   There is no test to show when you were infected but if you were it would have to be within the past year as your older test was negative(I'm assuming you had the same type of test done.). It is possible to have an outbreak and not notice it or pass it off as something else. As I said Grace will better help you with the results and other questions

[gracefromHHP]

your hsv2 igg is a low positive but it needs confirmed with further testing to know if it's a false positive or not. Your provider can order a herpes Wb or a biokit hsv2 igg blood test for you to confirm your status.   http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Herpes/low-positives---confirmatory-results/show/1097724#post_5968138  is an ongoing post we have on the low positive issues to read through to better understand this issue.

you'll need to wait until july for confirmatory testing if you last had sex in march too in case this is a newly acquired herpes infection for you.

grace

[voce]

I really appreciate you information. I signed up for a payment type of doctor question/answer and they did not provide me with any of this information. They told me since I had high level of antibodies that this is what may be suppressing my outbreak. I'm just curious, what other types of outbreaks can you have rather than just sores or lesions? I don't recall fever only bacterial cough that cleared up with antibiotics. I am positive I got it this year from someone with a major blistering eye infection that was probably herpes. Is it also true (this MD ont he web told me) that if you are asymptomatic that doesn't mean you always will be and that at anytime you can have an outbreak. There is no medication to curb transmission just help suppress outbreaks?

[gracefromHHP]

not many folks have herpes in the eyes to  be honest. even less adults have hsv2 in the eyes - it's almost always hsv1 in adults.  

most folks who have hsv2, have no idea that they are infected until tested. One study showed that in a bunch of folks who tested + for hsv2 but swore that they had never had symptoms of it, with proper education, 80% of them were able to start recognizing signs of recurrences from that point forward.  if you confirm your status as being +,  only time will tell if you will start recognizing signs of recurrences or if you are part of the 20% asymptomatic group. the important thing to remember is that regardless of if you recognize ob's or not, if you are infected, the virus is periodically active to transmit to a partner.  

seek out confirmatory testing and go from there :)