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Question About my HSV IgG and IgM results
About 2 weeks ago I noticed a red chaffed area on the shaft of my penis, upon closer inspection I noticed a bump under the skin. I went to the doctor who diagnosed it as falliculitis, but sent me to the lab for a full std screening "just in case." The results came back negative for everything but herpes. They sampled my blood on 9/13/07, the sexual encounter I had which would have given me herpes was on 7/2/07. The IgM test says Detected. The second test was Herpes AB 1&2 IgG the results were:
Herpes Simplex 1 : 0.21 (EIA value)
Herpes Simplex 2 : 0.11 (EIA value)
a negative result is listed as <0.90.
From these results my Doctor told me I have herpes, but should come back in 2 months for a retest to find out which strain. I've seen that it takes up to 16 weeks for people to develop IgG antibodies, but after 10 weeks shouldn't the numbers on the IgG at least be a little more elevated?
To compound this now I feel I may be having more legitimate symptoms of a herpes outbreak but I am not sure if I'm just being hypersensitive do to my diagnosis. I thought I've had a jock itch in the pubic hair around the base of the penis and have been spraying the area with antifungal spray. The areas don't itch anymore, they burn. The skin isn't red, and i don't notice blisters but the skin does seem bumpy, I just cant tell if the bumps are around hair follicles or not.
Please at this point what should I conclude, and what should I do?
Herpes Simplex 1 : 0.21 (EIA value)
Herpes Simplex 2 : 0.11 (EIA value)
a negative result is listed as <0.90.
From these results my Doctor told me I have herpes, but should come back in 2 months for a retest to find out which strain. I've seen that it takes up to 16 weeks for people to develop IgG antibodies, but after 10 weeks shouldn't the numbers on the IgG at least be a little more elevated?
To compound this now I feel I may be having more legitimate symptoms of a herpes outbreak but I am not sure if I'm just being hypersensitive do to my diagnosis. I thought I've had a jock itch in the pubic hair around the base of the penis and have been spraying the area with antifungal spray. The areas don't itch anymore, they burn. The skin isn't red, and i don't notice blisters but the skin does seem bumpy, I just cant tell if the bumps are around hair follicles or not.
Please at this point what should I conclude, and what should I do?
These were my results of Herpes Simplex IGM AB test:
negative<0.90
Equivocal: 0.91- 1.09
positive:1.10
I HAD A TYPO ON THE EQUIVOCAL
I NEED TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!
negative<0.90
Equivocal: 0.91- 1.09
positive:1.10
I HAD A TYPO ON THE EQUIVOCAL
I NEED TO HEAR FROM SOMEBODY PLEASE!!!
These were my results of Herpes Simplex IGM AB test:
negative<0.90
Equivocal: 0.91- 1.09
positive:1.10
I HAD A TYPO ON THR EQUIVOCAL
negative<0.90
Equivocal: 0.91- 1.09
positive:1.10
I HAD A TYPO ON THR EQUIVOCAL
These were my results of Herpes Simplex IGM AB test:
negative<0.90
Equivocal: 0.91- 10.9
positive:1.10
Can someone tell me about my results? Please!!
negative<0.90
Equivocal: 0.91- 10.9
positive:1.10
Can someone tell me about my results? Please!!
Yeah, I moved my question to the doctor forum. Thanks for your response, Its helpful, but I'm just freaking out right now and want to hear what the doctor thinks too.
Tom,
Read Dr. HHH's forum for more information but..
Your IgM results are meaningless. Dr. HHH says that test is not being used much anymore cause it is not accurate.
Your IgG results show that you are negative for HSV 1 and 2 at the time of the test. This is very strong evidence that you are negative. However, Dr. HHH recomends that you wait 12-14 weeks before being tested to be sure.
Most likely you do not have have Herpes of any type but I would probably get re-tested in a month.
BTW- I am not a Dr. just someone who has read a lot of Dr. HHH's posts.
Good luck.
Read Dr. HHH's forum for more information but..
Your IgM results are meaningless. Dr. HHH says that test is not being used much anymore cause it is not accurate.
Your IgG results show that you are negative for HSV 1 and 2 at the time of the test. This is very strong evidence that you are negative. However, Dr. HHH recomends that you wait 12-14 weeks before being tested to be sure.
Most likely you do not have have Herpes of any type but I would probably get re-tested in a month.
BTW- I am not a Dr. just someone who has read a lot of Dr. HHH's posts.
Good luck.
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