please help read my hsv test

[mragobar]

hello everyone, recently I took a blood test to check for herpes, the results was quite confusing since the numbers doesnt look like anything posted here, so i dont know if im negative or positive for hsv1 or 2. This is the results:

Herpes 1 IGG - Result 177.60 H - Reference Range - 0.00 - 20.00 RU/ml
Herpes 2 IGG - Result 97.60 H - Reference Range - 0.00 - 20.00 RU/ml
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Herpes 1 IGM - Result 0.65 - Reference Range - NEG = 0.8 - 1.1
Herpes 2 IGM - Result 0.81 - Reference Range - NEG = 0.8 - 1.1

[gracefromHHP]

Your hsv2 igg is a low positive and needs confirming before you can say you are definitely infected.

How was your gf diagnosed? did she have genital symptoms and get tested or was hers just a routine screening?

grace

[mragobar]

so my other blood test came back. Bear in mind i have never had an outbreak, but my gf recently did and she tested positive for both hsv1 and 2, that prompted me to take the test.

My results are:
HSV - 1:

igg - 1.95
igm - 0.80

HSV-2:

igg - 1.80
igm - 0.84

(Positive: >1.0)

so can i now say that im positive for hsv1 and hsv2 without a shadow of a doubt?

[mragobar]

fully understand, no need to be sorry, im getting another test done tomorrow, from a different lab.

[gracefromHHP]

You had a test done that is not one that is done widely in the US so I"m sorry but I can not help you with your results.  I am not familiar with the test to know the false positive/false negative rates to comment properly on it. Sorry  I wish I could help more but I can't.

grace

[mragobar]

anyone finds the figures look really off? is there a possibility of a mix up?

[mragobar]

hello Grace,

I had this done in the Caribbean, thats where im from.

[gracefromHHP]

you had this test done in Florida?

grace

[mragobar]

btw, at the bottom of the result sheet it says "BY ELISA"