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Do i, or dont i have HSV-2?
Hello everyone,
These last few weeks have been really stressful because I recently was tested for HSV-2 and only went about it because I didn't know after all the times Ive been tested at Planned Parenthood that they only do two kinds of test when you ask to get tested for everything. I go get tested about two times a year to be safe because I'm off and on with my partner of 2 and half years. Here I am thinking this whole time that planned parenthood is testing me for Herpes as well but that wasn't the case. So I was talking to my friend about it and was confident I wasn't going to be positive because I never have seen any kind of sign I had a infection of any kind but when I did the private testing it came back with results i wasn't to sure how to read out. It says under one column what type of test I took (HSV type 2 - specific Ab, IgG) and in a another column next to it says Result (4.43), and the next column it says in red (HIGH). I was freaked the hell out on the inside but the outside I was in a froze. I read many posts and want to beleive i am only dreaming and this is just a nightmare. I talked to my friend and said i should just get re-tested because it could be a false-negative test. Is this true with the numbers I have in my result? How do I know how long Ive had it? Are there any cures out there a side from here in the states? I done some research and noticed how they say that its the pharmaceutical industry who is not giving a cure because they would lose millions but in other counties they have a cure like in the United Kingdom? Please help!!!!!!!!!!
These last few weeks have been really stressful because I recently was tested for HSV-2 and only went about it because I didn't know after all the times Ive been tested at Planned Parenthood that they only do two kinds of test when you ask to get tested for everything. I go get tested about two times a year to be safe because I'm off and on with my partner of 2 and half years. Here I am thinking this whole time that planned parenthood is testing me for Herpes as well but that wasn't the case. So I was talking to my friend about it and was confident I wasn't going to be positive because I never have seen any kind of sign I had a infection of any kind but when I did the private testing it came back with results i wasn't to sure how to read out. It says under one column what type of test I took (HSV type 2 - specific Ab, IgG) and in a another column next to it says Result (4.43), and the next column it says in red (HIGH). I was freaked the hell out on the inside but the outside I was in a froze. I read many posts and want to beleive i am only dreaming and this is just a nightmare. I talked to my friend and said i should just get re-tested because it could be a false-negative test. Is this true with the numbers I have in my result? How do I know how long Ive had it? Are there any cures out there a side from here in the states? I done some research and noticed how they say that its the pharmaceutical industry who is not giving a cure because they would lose millions but in other counties they have a cure like in the United Kingdom? Please help!!!!!!!!!!
Well one way you can obtain a Westernblot and not have your doctor know is to become a phone client of Terri Warren at Westover Heights Clinic.
I think you're overreading the post shaving dots, you'd have a pretty good idea of cold sores if you had them.
Don't be scared, there is plenty of life after HSV. I'm one who has lived with HSV1 since just after birth and HSV2 since college. Marriage, kids, good jobs, fun friends, good times, wonderful sex - nothing stops you with the right mindset!
I think you're overreading the post shaving dots, you'd have a pretty good idea of cold sores if you had them.
Don't be scared, there is plenty of life after HSV. I'm one who has lived with HSV1 since just after birth and HSV2 since college. Marriage, kids, good jobs, fun friends, good times, wonderful sex - nothing stops you with the right mindset!
Thank you for replying. This forum is so helpful and its scarey being alone when it comes to not being able to just talk to anyone about it because I might lose friends.
I have never had any kind of cold sore on my lip or around it but as for my genital area i never thought twice I had anything wrong but come to think of it when i usually use a razor to remove all my pubic hair i would get what i thought was a razor burn or bumps where the hair start to grow.
Is this a concern and am i over looking this? What kind of test is WEsternblot and can I do It through the private testing? I was wondering when you do private testing does your primary care doctor find out?
I have never had any kind of cold sore on my lip or around it but as for my genital area i never thought twice I had anything wrong but come to think of it when i usually use a razor to remove all my pubic hair i would get what i thought was a razor burn or bumps where the hair start to grow.
Is this a concern and am i over looking this? What kind of test is WEsternblot and can I do It through the private testing? I was wondering when you do private testing does your primary care doctor find out?
A reading at that level is most probably positive. If this doesn't align with your sexual history (that is, if you know all your past partners have been negative HSV2) and there is a complete absence of symptoms, you may want to consider a Westernblot test. It is likely to confirm positive however.
Do you have oral cold sores? If you do, then it is not likely that you would have known when you were infected as the antibodies started acting on the virus straight away. You also have a good immune system that prevents outbreaks.
There is no cure at this time, anywhere. For the time being, daily antivirals reduce your shedding and hence infectiousness thus protecting your partners to a reasonable extent. Vaccines are being worked on such that with some luck, within a decade infected people will be able to have a shot and then have no outbreaks and not be infectious.
Do you have oral cold sores? If you do, then it is not likely that you would have known when you were infected as the antibodies started acting on the virus straight away. You also have a good immune system that prevents outbreaks.
There is no cure at this time, anywhere. For the time being, daily antivirals reduce your shedding and hence infectiousness thus protecting your partners to a reasonable extent. Vaccines are being worked on such that with some luck, within a decade infected people will be able to have a shot and then have no outbreaks and not be infectious.
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