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hsv 5.00 vs hsv 4.51
Why can't anyone explain what the number means when they say hsv1 >5.00 or hsv 2 4.51? I understand that the numbers mean that you have antibodies in your system for the virus, but why is a number low or high and what determines the height of the number and what does that mean to a healthcare provider or the patient trying to figure out the number?
Your points are all valid and they are all true from your perspective. Just remember there are other perspectives, such as not testing unless there are obvious symptoms is held by the medical community for example.
Good luck with it. Sometimes it does seem a raw deal to have both HSV1 and HSV2 as we do, but life does go on and usually for the better!
Good luck with it. Sometimes it does seem a raw deal to have both HSV1 and HSV2 as we do, but life does go on and usually for the better!
I want to say thank you for the support and the information. To answer your question I am better off knowing. Because I believe in being informed & having the sex talk with my partners. Now that I know I don't have to worry about someone being completely honest with me. Because I know I will be completely honest with them, and leave it up to them to make the choice. Now the only thing I need to learn is when is a good time to discuss the my status I know its right before confirmation of a sexual experience. Since I'm always working towards a relationship anyhow just trying to figure out when would be the best time to be forthright.
Your number is meaningless, it simply means that with a high degree of confidence you have HSV antibodies in your blood, period. There is nothing more the test was designed to do, or anything more it can provide. There is no correlation with shedding rates, outbreak frequency or severity etc. You have received all the message you can from the test, you carry the virus.
All known measures reduce risk but do not eliminate the risk of transmission. My view is that as a female, antivirals are the best action that can be taken followed by condoms.
Treating the virus casually is as valid as any other approach. Look at your own actions and thoughts. Do you think you're better of knowing you carry HSV and now buying into the stigma?
The virus spreads skin to skin, not through semen.
It is not recommended to test for HSV unless you have reason to do so. Why is subjective. Some of the arguments are: Why would an asymptomatic person want to know? Isn't this just cold sores from time to time with no real medical harm or issues? What are you going to do with the knowledge? What would you want to do differently with your life anyway?
All known measures reduce risk but do not eliminate the risk of transmission. My view is that as a female, antivirals are the best action that can be taken followed by condoms.
Treating the virus casually is as valid as any other approach. Look at your own actions and thoughts. Do you think you're better of knowing you carry HSV and now buying into the stigma?
The virus spreads skin to skin, not through semen.
It is not recommended to test for HSV unless you have reason to do so. Why is subjective. Some of the arguments are: Why would an asymptomatic person want to know? Isn't this just cold sores from time to time with no real medical harm or issues? What are you going to do with the knowledge? What would you want to do differently with your life anyway?
So if I want to find out my accurate # what would I need to do? 2nd can condoms really protect my male partner from getting it from me or just lower his changes of eventually getting it. 3rd why is this treated so casually in the health community. I've always asked for Std/sti blood testing and was told that if I have hsv 1 than I'm positive for hsv period. This was my first time that I chose to be thorough about my testing. And I'm not promiscuous. Little more trusting than I should be. And since I've never tested for it before no telling how I got it. I only know of one partner that actually had it and with him I had him wear condoms but one did break and he left semen behind but that might have been all it took. Why isn't it mandatory testing when someone ask for std/sti testing?
So are you saying the higher the # the more likely you are to have an outbreak? The lower the # the less likely. Or are you saying the higher the # the closer you were to your last lasy outbreak?
Your results are perfectly normal and confirm an infection with HSV1 and HSV2. Many labs cut the result off at 5 or 8 so your HSV1 result is probably much higher.
All it means is that the blood sample that was provided had more antibodies that actually stuck to the antigen. We can have varying levels of antibodies from time to time and reading levels differ from person to person.
A key reason why it means so little is that IgG blood borne antibodies are just 1 of 80 plus different aspects of our immune system that impact HSV. It is the combination of the 80 aspects that determine issues such as outbreak frequency. Hence a reading of just one aspect on one particular day carries little meaning.
All it means is that the blood sample that was provided had more antibodies that actually stuck to the antigen. We can have varying levels of antibodies from time to time and reading levels differ from person to person.
A key reason why it means so little is that IgG blood borne antibodies are just 1 of 80 plus different aspects of our immune system that impact HSV. It is the combination of the 80 aspects that determine issues such as outbreak frequency. Hence a reading of just one aspect on one particular day carries little meaning.
I've seen people with higher numbers it has to mean something? I know it means that I've been exposed just why are some numbers high or low?
Do you have specific questions relating to your situation? Are these your results?
The index is largely meaningless once at a healthy level and gets sensitive once around 5 is reached. There is no interpretation but being positive for HSV. There is nothing to be determined regarding the activity of the virus or the effectiveness of your immune system.
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