Got some blisters under my lips (not on the lip though) about two weeks ago. Went to the doctor and did a viral culture and the result came back as HSV 2+. I was shocked since I have never had unprotected sex except with my current partner who has tested several times(in years) for HSV2 and all came back negative but HSV1 as positive. Moreover, I have never had any similar outbreaks either orally or in genital area.
Therefore, after 9 days after the outbreak, I went back to my doctor and asked for blood test for STD as well as HerpesSelect test. Confusingly, the result came back today with HSV1 positive and HSV2 negative. Now I am really confused about how to interpret the result. I mean what is the probability that 1.)my partner and I both have not had any genital outbreak for 4.5 years and 2.) my first outbreak in under the lips (cultured as HSV2) but not genital 3.) all of my partner's blood test results are HSV2 negative and 4) my blood test came back as HSV2 negative and HSV1 positive?
My question is that is it too early to do the HerpesSelect test? That is, I am not sure if 9 days after outbreak will give high enough antibody to be detected.