HSV1 & 2

I just got my results from the lab today and I tested positive for HSV 1 and HSV 2. I have never had any type of symptoms and I had unprotected sex four months ago. The numeric reading for my HSV 1 IgG test is 5.439 and for the HSV 2 IgG is 1.877 and I am very concerned. I am going to my doctor tomorrow but I want to know how serious this is. I've been crying all morning and don't know what steps to take next.

[guiltguy]

Hi Barbie,

your HSV2 result is not so convencing but IGg test is 95% accurate.Most of the time HSV2 doesn't show any symptoms.I would recommend you to test again for HSV2.

Hope your test came negitive.

[gracefromHHP]

your hsv2 igg is a low positive and needs further testing to confirm your status.

how long prior to testing had you last had sex?

did you have symptoms that led to testing or was this a routine herpes test for you?

do you have a regular partner?

grace

[barbie37]

Thank you Guiltguy and Grace! I went to anylabtestnow to take all the std tests and the nurse said I should come back two months later to see if the numbers lowered? I though herpes doesn't go away? I'm at the doctors office to see what he says. And I had unprotected sex 4 months ago and got tested now because I had unprotected sex last week and he was concerned that I might be pregnant or have something because I was honest with him and told him about my ex so that's why I decided to get tested and unfortunately I am positive not only for herpes but for hepatitis b. I'm just praying its a mistake because I don't know how I can get through this

Thank you for your help! This website really helps!  

[tedabell]

Hi this is tedabell when I first found out that I had genital herpes I was devastated, ashamed, confused, angry everything in the book. I felt unwanted and I was always stressed and didn't know how to deal with this news. I prayed and hoped that it was something else but when my outbreaks didn't go away with other treatments that I was using for genital warts I knew it was something else but I didn't want it to be herpes. April 2010 my results came back as positive for HSV2 I was terrified. I didn't know how to tell my partner at the time it was very difficult. I found support on med help and I take my medication regularly and I got a whole of my virus much better than before. Barbie don't let it take control of you get a grip on this and move on with your life.

[barbie37]

Hi Tedabell. I feel exactly the same way! I just got out of the doctors office and he prescribed me some medication. I was praying that it would be a mistake but its not. I'm very blunt and told my partner I have it and I am hoping he didn't catch it because I would just feel awful. I feel unwanted and mad at the guy who I was with before but what's done is done. I never thought I would have herpes it sounds so dirty and disgusting and I don't consider myself to fit in those categories. But you're right I have to face reality and be strong.
Thank you so much for the support it really helps a lot!  

[tedabell]

Hello Barbie I think about this virus all the time and wonder sometimes why me if I could change the hands of time. I sometimes back track the last partner that I was intimate with and say to myself he could of gave me genital herpes but then again I don't know for sure. But I know who my partners were and how often we had intimate relations. On the other hand my regular partner could of transmitted the virus to me. At the time we were having intercourse a lot and it was unprotected. I met him in March 2006. At the time I was only having sexual relations with him only and I never saw anything abnormal on his privates but a couple of years later I did they looked like pimples to me and I asked him about it and he said that it was nothing. On the other hand I began to be intimate with another person at the same time we were having relations but that wasn't all time like my regular partner.I had 4 partners and I contracted the virus in August 2008.I can't say that my regular partner gave me the virus because I was messing around with three other guys but I did see something different on my regular partners privates.

[Mistakeguy789]

Barbie37,

I completely understand the direction you are going.  While I don't know Hepititis (hepatitis) I can talk about HSV.  I think that you really should listen to grace.  Have you ever had an igg type specific HSV blood test before?  Chances are you haven't.  There is a point in which we say that a result may come back as a low positive.  In this case we advise follow up confirmatiory testing using the western blot which is the gold standard in HSV testing.  

Your partner should be tested as well at this point.  There is no way to know if you A) have HSV B) Didn't get it from your current partner or your past partners.  Nor will you know sadly when you got HSV if in fact you have it.  Getting your partners tested is a step in the right direction for knowing your own status.


To you both.  HSV isn't a sex killer.  Yes you have to be more upfront with your partners and yes you have to be more careful.  But taking the proper precautions can lead to a great and healthy sex life.  If you take daily supressive therapy and avoid sex during obvious symptoms your partner has a 96% chance of NOT getting HSV a year.  If your partner can't accept you for who you are then are they really worth your time?  Think about getting in a fight with them.  Will they understand that you are who you are?  The virus doesn't chance who you are.  Just isn't worth it.  People may not like the risk.  That is fine.  But some guys out there will.  There are Herpes dating sites and lots of things out there.  But lets find out if you in fact have it or not.

[barbie37]

Thank you for you comments. The doctor said the hepatitis was nothing, thankfully, and I took 8 std tests which included HSV1 and 2 I'm not sure if its specifically for hsv but that's what I turned out positive. The results do say IgG and the doctor prescribed me some medication called acyclovir although I have no symptoms or outbreaks of hsv. My partner is taking the tests asap but I feel it destroyed our relationship :(

Thanks again I feel better with the support you guys give..

[Mistakeguy789]

I would do as grace advised and suggested.  Be seen to get the western blot done if your partner comes back negative.