for the first time with a new partner, I developed two seperate lesions on my buttocks area. They both were on the same side. It also burned when I urinated and I began to devolop some slight itching
in my genital area. I finally went to the doctor to get eveything checked out. The doctor did a blood test and the results came back positive.
He said that a score below .99 meant negative and anything above that meant I was positive. My score was around 4.5 he said. I've been doing research and some say an IGM test is worthless, while some say its good for testing for early exposure, which is what my doctor told me. I have never had any symptoms of herpes before. I contacted my partner and he siad that he was tested and his came back negative. He gave unprotected oral sex
to me on two occasions. So wouldn't this mean that if I ave had herpes for a long time and never knew it...wouldn't i have surely given it to him? Also does my high IGM score mean I have been infected for awhile. I have had other sexual
. And I had a two month break between him and my partner before him. I am trying to pinpoint when and where I got the virus. The doctor tested me exactly two weeks after I had sex. Would this be too soon to have such a high level of antibodies? I am getting tested for IGG in about a month hich would a little over two months after the possible exposure.
The herpes igm test is a bad test overall and should never be used. A + igm is meaningless. http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/248394 is a prior post by HHH on the expert forum that nicely explains why the igm herpes test isn't worthwhile.
At this point you need to get a type specific herpes igg blood test to see what your status is. If it's completely negative, repeat it in a few months to see what it shows then. If you get a return of genital symptoms, be seen immediately for a lesion culture and typing.
You will probably never figure out when you contracted genital herpes and from whom. Believe nothing a partner tells you unless you see their igg blood test results with your own eyes. It doesn't matter who you got it from anyways since it appears that you are no longer with anyone - what's important is knowing what you have for future relationships.