with said he did not have any STDs, but who knows. Five days later, I went and got an STD screening. My Herpes IgGs were negative, so I did not have preexisting HSV 1 or 2. But the Herpes IgM was positive. Now I'm terrified.
After reading this forum, I see that the IgM test is unreliable, so I regret getting it. Meanwhile my course of action is to not have any sex
Does anyone know how often the false positives happen for the IgM test? How likely is that to be the case and how likely is it that I DID contract HSV 1 or 2?
Neither person I was with had any visible sores, oral or genital, that I noticed. I also have not noticed any on myself in the past 3 weeks, but I know that most people never have symptoms anyway so that's small comfort.
Should I abstain from kissing too? Wouldn't it be possible for me to transmit HSV-1 now? assuming I have it, then I must have gotten it from someone who was asymptomatic so I could still pass it on if I was asymptomatic?
Also, what if I had a cervical outbreak? Is there any way to tell? What kind of discharge
I am sure you are fine!!! Stop reading the internet. IGM = Waste of Money. You are not likely to contract herpes from what you said so unless you have any physical symptoms which you would of had by now, you are fine!!!!!!