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Chances of Having HSV-2
All,
This question is mainly directed towards Dr. H. Hunter Handsfield because most of my research came from his posts. I recently had unprotected sex with someone a little over a month ago. Since then I have not had sex for about 6 months. I read that IgM tests are completely useless because they cannot distinguish between the two types of herpes but I had one done and it came back equivocal at 0.96. I also read a post by Dr. Hansfield concerning couples with one being HSV-2 positive and the other one is not. He said that it is about a 3-5% chance that the negative member get infected with HSV-2 during a year of having unprotected sex. So my question is...
If I had my IgM come back at 0.96 (equivocal) and I did not see any signs of an outbreak with this person I recently had unprotected sex with shouldn't my chances of not having HSV-2 be pretty good since there is only a 3-5% chance of transmitting between a HSV + and HSV - couple?
Even though the IgM is considered useless wouldn't it prove useful in this case in determining that I did not catch anything from my ex-girlfriend?
Thank you for everyone's support on this forum, this is such a blessing to have these questions answered and have a community so supportive.
cbr
This question is mainly directed towards Dr. H. Hunter Handsfield because most of my research came from his posts. I recently had unprotected sex with someone a little over a month ago. Since then I have not had sex for about 6 months. I read that IgM tests are completely useless because they cannot distinguish between the two types of herpes but I had one done and it came back equivocal at 0.96. I also read a post by Dr. Hansfield concerning couples with one being HSV-2 positive and the other one is not. He said that it is about a 3-5% chance that the negative member get infected with HSV-2 during a year of having unprotected sex. So my question is...
If I had my IgM come back at 0.96 (equivocal) and I did not see any signs of an outbreak with this person I recently had unprotected sex with shouldn't my chances of not having HSV-2 be pretty good since there is only a 3-5% chance of transmitting between a HSV + and HSV - couple?
Even though the IgM is considered useless wouldn't it prove useful in this case in determining that I did not catch anything from my ex-girlfriend?
Thank you for everyone's support on this forum, this is such a blessing to have these questions answered and have a community so supportive.
cbr
already gave you my opinion the first time you asked these questions in your other post.
grace
grace
this is not the doctor's forum. you have to pay to post there. Hunter never comes here.
grace
grace
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
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STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
