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hsv 2 false positive?

Unprotected vaginal sex one time after 4 months tested hsv 2 igg 3.7 and retest another lab my hsv 2 igg 0.18  again test another my hsv2 igg 0.03  ... My pather test after 5 months hsv 2 igg  0.46 .... We both positive hsv 1 any false positive? I have no symptoms for 10 months
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15249123 tn?1478652475
Alcohol will not effect the test. Hsv1 will however. Cross over is common and this is most assuredly the culprit
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Thanks very much ur rply...
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Any lab error chance from first test?
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15249123 tn?1478652475
Your 3.7 is surely odd in light of two follow up tests being negative. I wonder if they got someone else's labs mixed up.
I would consider the first test an anomaly.
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Alcohol can cause false negative?  I will drink alchol 20 hr before test ? My hsv 1 igg positive for all test...
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