weird

few weeks ago i had some a bump about an inch below my shaft and  groin pain accompanied with lower back pain and a tingle in my hip all  after the bump was present. the feeling was weird  i did a search on the inernet. herpes came back I freaked. reading into it it says that you may not know it for years. I have been with my wife faithfully for 8 years, but is has been rumered in the past that an ex of mine had herpes, where as she gave me something on my neck wether it was one or 2 i donk know. but it has not come back since and i have never had any outbreak on my penis or groin area. Well I went to the doctor and he said it wasnt herpes prob folliculitus (folliculitis). i wanted re assurance so i went and got tested. test results were hsv1 igg typespecific 6.4 high- igm negative- hsv2 typespecific  igg 2.2 high-igm negative. i then went to a id dr. said the tests were old and sent me for new testing herpeselect hsv1 igg 6.4 and hsv2 igg 2.5. he too looked at the bump and said folliculitus (folliculitis). i then began to get nervous for mt wife so we sent her to get tested. hepeselect both hsv1&2 negative. Again i never had an outbreak in my groin area and havnt had any in my mouth in years, since i was a kid. i am so confused and dont know what to do. now i am just affraid that my wife will be infected and it will be all my fault.
as far as igg levels go do they increase and decrease at any time. there was a small fluctuation with my hsv2 and that was in a 5 day testing window. does that mean anything at all. both my doctors shrug it off and tellme not to worry that i am lucky that i havnt infected my wife in 8 years. but i love my wife more that anything and do not want this for her. i now have become addicted to internet searches thinking i may now have hpv because that also can lie dormant. this is all new and i feel like i like a dissapointment and like i am a walking std
can someone please help me with some info on the igg numbers i dont understand them

[waringblender]

I'm not good on the test numbers, but it appears you have both types of herpes. No need to freak about it - welcome to the 1 out of 4 club.

There's no way to know if you have infected your wife or not unless she gets tested. Even then, it won't mean she picked it up from you if she is positive. It's possible one or both of you brought this into the marriage.

Why is this bothering you so much? If you have had it for a long time, clearly it hasn't been a medical problem for you. Have you or your wife been having sex outside the marriage? If so, you should probably be using condoms with each other and with the other partners.

[downandout21]

as in my post my wife just tested negative and we have both been monomogous. that is what is so wierd. i havent had a cold sore in years and she has never either. i also never had any type of outbreak in my genitle area either.

[waringblender]

Okay, so it sounds like you picked it up before the marriage. You've had it a long time, without issues or problems.

Use condoms or go on medication (or both) if the two of you feel like you want to protect her from getting it. Frankly, if she hasn't contracted it from you yet in your relationship, it's likely she won't in the future. But just use condoms if the two of you are worried about it.

[downandout21]

would you have any comments on this

[gracefromHHP]

Since your hsv2 igg is less than 3.5 and you have hsv1 - you need additional confirmatory testing.  If your doctor uses quest labs you want the herpes inhibition assay - test # 17170.  Otherwise see if your doctor will send of a herpes western blot to the U of washington - http://depts.washington.edu/rspvirus/herpes.htm  has all the info your doctor needs to send one to them ( they are the only lab in the US who does the WB for herpes ).  

grace

[downandout21]

i am going next week to get boikit done. but  I made a mistake in the results.on 1-2-08 hsv1 igg  was 6.4 hsv2 igg  2.2. both type specific on 1-5-07 had hepeselect done hsv1 igg 7.3 hsv2 igg 2.5. Why such a jump in the one number and not the other. any insite on this?

[downandout21]

sorry second was om 1-10-07

[gracefromHHP]

Any result over 5 - it doesn't matter one iota if it's 6.4 or 7.3 - it's still all postive.  Most labs won't even report a result over 5 - just a >5.  Also you can get a different result even if you tested in the morning, tested again in the afternoon and used the same lab.  The actual number doesn't really matter once you hit the 5 and over range.

A biokit to confirm your hsv2 result is also ok though if it's negative and you want to test more - go for the WB.

grace

[downandout21]

would growth hormone or igf therapy have any effect on results
thanks

[gracefromHHP]

Not that I"m aware of.

grace