I'm very confused

[whateverreally]

Well, I'm not going to say I don't have genital herpes. I obviously do because I have been having breakouts for the past 4 yrs, but very infrequently. It was only a year and a half ago however that I found out and got the shock of my life! Even though I'd been having breakouts that long, I didn't realize that was what they were, which was why I went to the doctor. I suddenly became very ill (flu like symptoms) and had a ridiculous breakout. She examined me and found sores or blisters or whatever they're called. She recommended I do the test to see if I had either hsv1 or 2. And I thought to myself "Is she nuts?" How could I have herpes? And voila! the test came back positive for hsv2. Which was weird because I was positive I didn't have genital herpes.

I've NEVER had sex, NEVER! not yesterday, not months ago, not a couple years ago. I really haven't been alive long enough for that. I've never met anyone I wanted to have sex with. I'm a no nonsense believer of no sex before marriage.  And I just never had sex before. Not oral, not intercourse, not any other manipulations of ways to have sex. There's no reason for me to lie about that, I know I have herpes, and you don't know me, so there's no reason to lie to protect my image.

Even stranger than that she says to me that it was a recent infection. I'm like, "what?" that's the second last thing I was expecting her to say. As I said, when I went to her during the breakout, I recognized I'd been having them years before, this one was just extra bad. And I KNOW I didn't have sex at any time in my life ever, let alone just before then. I was even sure I had Behcet's.

I already know what you're gonna say...there's no way to get it other than having sex because the virus dries on contact with air...I've read it all...but you know what, none of that matters to me. Doctors and scientist are discovering new things everyday that they didn't know before. Maybe there's something you guys haven't thought of...because up until now, noone can give me an explanation as to how someone like me who has had little to no contact or relationsip with members of the opposite sex outside of school (i'm very shy), and who is definitely not a lesbian, contracted an STD, without having sex.

Chemical and chemical reactions, bacteria, germs, fluids all these things are unstable things as far as I'm concerned, and I don't see why there isn't atleast some extremely minute way that this virus can be spread other than having sex. I am really dumbfounded.

[gracefromHHP]

Actually I believe you didn't have proper testing done for herpes. I can best help you if you call the clinic this week and ask them to read your herpes blood test results and post them here - ie hsv1 igg 4.9 and hsv2 igg 1. 4 or whatever they are. I also think they probably diagnosed you with the igm test which was erroneous ( that's probably the test result that caused them to tell you it was a recent infection ). There are some false positive issues with the herpes blood testing which is why me seeing the tests you had done and their results is helpful.

I also recommend that you make an appointment to be followed up with a dermatologist for further evaluation.  It's more likely that you have another dermatological condition going on other than genital herpes.

grace

[tracypatzold]

i also think you have something else to. The only way u can get type 2 is from having sex or if u give someone oral sex that has it on there penis/vagina.

I suppose u could of gottin it from a towel that someone wiped off with. I would do a restest on your blood work plus i would suggest u see someone else cause mabye your doctor made a wrong diagnosis.

[gracefromHHP]

No, you will not contract genital herpes from a towel.  

grace