Hi Grace retired but anything below 1 is negative is tested 3months post exposure.
what is nagitive range for igg and igm test for hsv
0.76 igm test range for herpes is fine
Can you determine if a person has HSV 2 by testing them for HSV 7 Igg/ igm antibodys IFA test?
What does 1:320 mean on the hsv 7 reference range?
I am concerned about the same situation. I tested for STDs after breaking up with my latest boyfriend. STDs came out negative. However, IgM (short-term) was "extremely light positive, almost undetectable". IgG came out negative.This test was done four months after initial intimacy. Is that enough time to detect herpes virus? Will my body eventually make long-term antibodies, where I will test positive for IgG? Thank you for your time!
you don't need any specialist dear, you just need your providers to update their herpes testing knowledge!!!
as was already correctly pointed out by 2 previous posters, you don't have herpes. you don't need more testing. you might always test + on the igm and your providers are erring greatly in continuing to give you the information they are. you actually have a valid malpractice case against them all which is reason enough for them to update their herpes testing knowledge!!
grace
Anyone with similar situation or advice?
When I confronted my midwife about the accuracy of the IgM blood test, she referred me to a specialist.
My last encounter with someone that *could* have been positive was in January of 2011. (I have since married.) Would that be long enough to know for sure that I am negative? My husband does not care either way. I, however, would like to know for my own sanity. I have never had an outbreak or any symptoms that would lead me to believe that I do have herpes. Just the blood work. I am going to request a IgG specific with lab values to see if the numbers have changed since my last draw. Until then, from what you can see, can I consider myself negative?
Yes. I am a married woman, and I only have one partner. My partner is negative for all STDs including herpes.
I have google'd a lot and seen that the IgM is unreliable, that's what is so concerning. Why are they still doing it? Why are they telling me over and over that I have it...
After two years, I would have developed some long term antibodies (IgG)... correct?
The IgM is flawed for diagnosing herpes and should not be drawn based on the CDC 2010 Herpes testing guidelines. Tell your doctor (and your midwife) to read them!
Your IgG tests are repeatedly negative, that is assuming your testing was done 4 months post encounter. Equivocal is negative if enough time has passed to test (4 months) as well.
Do you have a regular partner? Have they been tested to know their herpes status? Unless you've had different partners, no need to continually retest.
Hello,
IgM does not indicate recent infection; that just shows that whoever is informing you of this is themselves misinformed about herpes testing. For some who are infected with HSV, the body continues to produce IgM occasionally in response to the virus.
Also, IgM is a very unreliable test. Typically you are advised to disregard it entierly and focus on the IgG results.
Google a bit more about it and put your wife's mind at ease. :)