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I got a positive HSV2 test back but..
My life is pretty much over at this point. Been in a relationship 6 years. We split about a month ago and I slept with someone else, who wore a condom. I am extremely cautious so I screened myself at our local Labcorp.
My HSV2 Igg test came back a 4.73
I read something stating that it takes 3-6 months for a blood test to be accurate?
I slept with this guy like 3 weeks ago..
Could this be a false positive? Could this be from my sexual encounter 3 weeks ago or would it be too soon for that to have shown up?
Do I need to get my child tested? Can she get it if I give her kisses? I have no symptoms at all.. I'm just so lost and my life is pretty much done
My HSV2 Igg test came back a 4.73
I read something stating that it takes 3-6 months for a blood test to be accurate?
I slept with this guy like 3 weeks ago..
Could this be a false positive? Could this be from my sexual encounter 3 weeks ago or would it be too soon for that to have shown up?
Do I need to get my child tested? Can she get it if I give her kisses? I have no symptoms at all.. I'm just so lost and my life is pretty much done
The chances this is a false positive is very low. Nothing is impossible but at your numeric value the odds of it being false is a real long shot.
I agree with your Dr. When was the last time your long term partner was tested?
Passing hsv2 from childbirth is so very low that even if you were positive before she was born. I would expect her not to have contracted the virus. Hsv is not a super contagious infection.
You can have another igg bloodtest or better yet have the western blot test from the University of Washington. They will send you a kit. Have your Dr. Draw the blood and send it back to them. It's the gold standard for hsv2 testing and is a more thorough test.
I agree with your Dr. When was the last time your long term partner was tested?
Passing hsv2 from childbirth is so very low that even if you were positive before she was born. I would expect her not to have contracted the virus. Hsv is not a super contagious infection.
You can have another igg bloodtest or better yet have the western blot test from the University of Washington. They will send you a kit. Have your Dr. Draw the blood and send it back to them. It's the gold standard for hsv2 testing and is a more thorough test.
I just don't understand at all.. I've been in a committed relationship for 6 years. I haven't been with anyone but one other person! And it was 3 weeks ago. Which after speaking with a Dr, he said I would have HAD to been infected for a while? But my daughter is clean, they would have noticed that during my pregnancy/her birth!
Is there ANY way this is a false positive?
Is there ANY way this is a false positive?
Hi,
I will try to help. Three weeks would be a little soon to test positive with such a high number. It is almost certainly not a false positive.
Have you tested for hsv2 before this most recent test?
In my opinion you have hsv this infection for awhile which means you probably did not contract it from the partner in question. The odds of contracting hsv2 from a one time protected exposure is so low it's almost zero. The condom protects the female more so than the male actually. You can ask him to test.
As far as your daughter is concernedoing. It's a sexually transmitted infection so she is not at risk. Hsv2 can infect the oral cavity but it is rare. Even if that's where your infection is the odds of everything passing it along are very small. Hsv2 doesn't have many outbreaks as an oral infection and sheds very little.
I hope this helps a little.
I will try to help. Three weeks would be a little soon to test positive with such a high number. It is almost certainly not a false positive.
Have you tested for hsv2 before this most recent test?
In my opinion you have hsv this infection for awhile which means you probably did not contract it from the partner in question. The odds of contracting hsv2 from a one time protected exposure is so low it's almost zero. The condom protects the female more so than the male actually. You can ask him to test.
As far as your daughter is concernedoing. It's a sexually transmitted infection so she is not at risk. Hsv2 can infect the oral cavity but it is rare. Even if that's where your infection is the odds of everything passing it along are very small. Hsv2 doesn't have many outbreaks as an oral infection and sheds very little.
I hope this helps a little.
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