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HSV 2 Oral transmittion
21 y/o female here. I saw my PCP for what I thought was recurring yeast infections, and we ran blood work for a few things. Everything came back negative except for a low positive of 1.28 value of herpes IGm.
I am in a monogamous relationship for 5 years and we had 6 month seperation, where I then performed unprotected oral on a male for no more than one minute.
The exposure was on 11-27-16 and I had the blood work done on 12-28-16.
Around 12-10-16 I was getting vaginal itching, then a couple days later had flu like symptoms (swollen glands in neck, achy muscles and sore throat). Symptoms were not accompanied by lesions and went away a week later.
Then on 12-24-16 I went into ER with painful urination and vaginal flushing. Still no lesions and they did a cervical exam and doc said there was no lesions inside cervix as well. Treated it as a yeast infection, but when the gram stain results came back 3 days later no yeast was detected or BV.
Then on 1-09-17 I was seen in ER again for very similar symptoms (painful urination, abdominal discomfort, itching, and white discharge). Yeast came back positive. Again no lesions.
Questions:
1. Did I get hsv 2 genitally from the unprotected oral in November?
2. Should I get tested again in February?
3. Could this be a false positive from flu or strep? I had both around time of testing.
4. Symptoms seem to consist around time before period, could this be a hormonal imbalance issue? I do experience dry vagina and painful intercourse due to dryness ever since I started birth control a couple years ago. I got off of it last year because of this but the issue never got resolved.
I am in a monogamous relationship for 5 years and we had 6 month seperation, where I then performed unprotected oral on a male for no more than one minute.
The exposure was on 11-27-16 and I had the blood work done on 12-28-16.
Around 12-10-16 I was getting vaginal itching, then a couple days later had flu like symptoms (swollen glands in neck, achy muscles and sore throat). Symptoms were not accompanied by lesions and went away a week later.
Then on 12-24-16 I went into ER with painful urination and vaginal flushing. Still no lesions and they did a cervical exam and doc said there was no lesions inside cervix as well. Treated it as a yeast infection, but when the gram stain results came back 3 days later no yeast was detected or BV.
Then on 1-09-17 I was seen in ER again for very similar symptoms (painful urination, abdominal discomfort, itching, and white discharge). Yeast came back positive. Again no lesions.
Questions:
1. Did I get hsv 2 genitally from the unprotected oral in November?
2. Should I get tested again in February?
3. Could this be a false positive from flu or strep? I had both around time of testing.
4. Symptoms seem to consist around time before period, could this be a hormonal imbalance issue? I do experience dry vagina and painful intercourse due to dryness ever since I started birth control a couple years ago. I got off of it last year because of this but the issue never got resolved.
First I want to clear up a few things. In the absence of lesions those are not hsv symptoms. Sounds like you had a flu virus.
The igm test is useless and low false positives are very common. Absolutely no std or herpes expert recommends them. Even the ultra conservative CDC does not recommend the igm test for herpes.
Next, the odds of contracting hsv from giving oral sex is extremely low, extremely low. I repeated it on purpose.
You also would not have any vaginal symptoms from an oral exposure
Here's my advice. Completely disregard the igm test results. If you feel the need to retest then do so three months after exposure with an igg blood test only. I really don't see the need to from a medical standpoint but I realize the tail spin a positive test can cause.
I hope this helps. I spend a great deal of time on this forum dealing with false igm test results. I can't say that I remember anyone testing positive at a later date with the igg. There are many experts trying to get that test removed from the herpes testing menu.
The igm test is useless and low false positives are very common. Absolutely no std or herpes expert recommends them. Even the ultra conservative CDC does not recommend the igm test for herpes.
Next, the odds of contracting hsv from giving oral sex is extremely low, extremely low. I repeated it on purpose.
You also would not have any vaginal symptoms from an oral exposure
Here's my advice. Completely disregard the igm test results. If you feel the need to retest then do so three months after exposure with an igg blood test only. I really don't see the need to from a medical standpoint but I realize the tail spin a positive test can cause.
I hope this helps. I spend a great deal of time on this forum dealing with false igm test results. I can't say that I remember anyone testing positive at a later date with the igg. There are many experts trying to get that test removed from the herpes testing menu.
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Why are false positives so common? Is the test picking up on past chicken pox or mono infections? Or just any viral infection?
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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.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
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.
