A month ago, perhaps? I went through your clinic, and Dr. Taulbee said retest in 16 weeks, which I will do...
This is a very confusing situation. So before this new partner, your only partner was your husband and he tests negative for HSV 2? And you tested positive three times? And the results of your western blot? are they back yet? That is certainly the direction I would guide you to. Let me know.
And yes, your new partner could have HSV 2 if you do but that seems so unlikely. Is his rash just on the head of his penis? Have you seen it?
Terri
A related discussion,
Hsv2 was started.
If I have HSV-1 and HSV-2 and am sexually active with a woman that has HSV-1 and HSV-2 is there a chance that I can catch other strains of HSV-1 or HSV-2?
Does HSV-2 refer to just one single virus, or are there several viruses that can be classified as HSV-2?
Wow, that's definitely a weird situation. You must not shed very often? I got married very young so my husband was my first everything and he doesn't have it (I've seen his labs) so I don't understand the positive IGG's and the indefinite WB. Of course I could have gotten a new infection from this most recent partner. I'll re-test in a few months and see.
You have a case similar to mine. Married 20 years. Separated and I had 2 unprotected encounters with same man - brief - who said he had been recently tested for "everything" and was good. Months later I decided to do testing on myself. No sex with anyone since the 2 encounters months prior. I was shocked to be negative HSV 1 and positive HSV 2 (1.6, 4.2) on Herpes Select and Captia HSV 1 IGG and HSV 2 IGG (not combined). After I tested positive, my husband of 20 years tested negative HSV 1 and HSV 2 as did my friend I had 2 brief encounters with (I saw lab results on both). Western Blot was Positive for HSV 2 and negative for HSV 1. I am asymptomatic. I'm assuming premarital infection from late 80s or early 90s (8 total lifetime partners). The incredulous part is that my husband - we have 3 kids together - is negative after 20 years. I don't understand this situation at all and can empathize with you.....
Mostly where I have seen this particularly is in populations whose origins are from India, have no idea why, but have seen this four times now.
In my opinion, if your husband is negative and you have had only one other partner once, that risk of you being infected is incredibly low. How long ago was that encounter?
Terri
In which populations do you see higher false positives?
I am mixed-race, and my father is Hispanic.
Oh dear, that happens sometimes. I know how frustrating that is.
Let me ask you - what is your ethnic origin? Sometimes we see these higher false positives in certain populations.
Terri
The results were indeterminate for the Western Blot... This is so frustrating.
Let me know the results.
Terri
Thank you for answering. Yes, before this new partner, my only partner was my husband, who tests negative for HSV 1 and 2. I tested positive 3 for hsv 2 times and negative once. I don't know very much more about his symptoms aside from the potential diagnosis. I'm still waiting (anxiously) on the Western Blot...
I'd like to emphasize that aside from this one time encounter with this person, I have never had another sexual partner aside from my husband.