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Herpes test results
Ok, this is a bit confusing, and I have been stressing for almost 3 months now...
About 3 months ago (my last possible exposures) I received oral sex and possible brushed up (while making out) my penis with a woman's vagina, but did not have sex with her. We were both intoxicated and there is a possibility that while rolling around they could have touched for a second or two.
I have had no symptoms, although when i think about it too much i start to feel like it is burning after i pee etc. but when i wake up in the morning its never burning (probably because i haven't thought about it all night).
I had an igm and igg test 4 weeks after my possible exposures, IGM was positive and IGG was negative 0.00... I was then freaking out and got tested again exactly one week later (week 5)... My igm was now negative and my igg was still negative... but now my igg was 0.2 (still negative though but only 5 weeks after possible exposure)...
Now this week i am going (week 12) to get a final igg test... still no symptoms that i can tell and so i guess my question would be, is there a likelihood or possibility of being infected?
I am freaking out, thank you for listening.
About 3 months ago (my last possible exposures) I received oral sex and possible brushed up (while making out) my penis with a woman's vagina, but did not have sex with her. We were both intoxicated and there is a possibility that while rolling around they could have touched for a second or two.
I have had no symptoms, although when i think about it too much i start to feel like it is burning after i pee etc. but when i wake up in the morning its never burning (probably because i haven't thought about it all night).
I had an igm and igg test 4 weeks after my possible exposures, IGM was positive and IGG was negative 0.00... I was then freaking out and got tested again exactly one week later (week 5)... My igm was now negative and my igg was still negative... but now my igg was 0.2 (still negative though but only 5 weeks after possible exposure)...
Now this week i am going (week 12) to get a final igg test... still no symptoms that i can tell and so i guess my question would be, is there a likelihood or possibility of being infected?
I am freaking out, thank you for listening.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
That is exactly one of the reasons you should not have been tested for HSV-2. Oral HSV-2 is very rare and in 30+ years in the STD business, I have never seen or even heard of a case of genital HSV-2 acquired by oral sex. It doesn't happen.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum.
Apparently you decided not to follow the advice to read the prominent message at the top of the forum: Disclaimer -- Please Read Before Posting; or to follow its advice to look for similar questions. If you had used the search link and entered "herpes diagnosis" or "HSV IgM" you would have found hundreds of threads on it. Here is one of them: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Confusiion-over-other-IgM-Herpes-posts/show/248394
The bottom line is that IgM HSV testing is useless and false positive results are common. That's what you have. You don't have HSV-2. (And you could not have caught it from the fleeting exposure you describe; herpes is actually pretty hard to transmit and simply "brushing" a partner's genital area is no risk. You're a good example of someone who really should not have been tested for HSV to begin with. Don't have any more tests. You don't have it.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Apparently you decided not to follow the advice to read the prominent message at the top of the forum: Disclaimer -- Please Read Before Posting; or to follow its advice to look for similar questions. If you had used the search link and entered "herpes diagnosis" or "HSV IgM" you would have found hundreds of threads on it. Here is one of them: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Confusiion-over-other-IgM-Herpes-posts/show/248394
The bottom line is that IgM HSV testing is useless and false positive results are common. That's what you have. You don't have HSV-2. (And you could not have caught it from the fleeting exposure you describe; herpes is actually pretty hard to transmit and simply "brushing" a partner's genital area is no risk. You're a good example of someone who really should not have been tested for HSV to begin with. Don't have any more tests. You don't have it.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
It is possible, but if it happens, it is rare and I explained why. But that is not the only reason I believe you do not have it. You have atypical symptoms AND a negative test for HSV-2 after a time that most people have positive results AND a highly atypical potential route of exposure. The chance that all those atypicalities would occur in a single person probably is on the same order as being hit by lightning. (Actually, a lot less. The lifetime risk of death by lighthing, for residents of the US, is around 1 in 17,000 according to the National Safety Council. I would rate your chance of having HSV-2 from the oral sex event as far lower than that.)
That will be all for this thread. Please accept the reassurance that you don't have HSV-2 and go on with your life.
That will be all for this thread. Please accept the reassurance that you don't have HSV-2 and go on with your life.
So there is literally NO risk of acquiring hsv2 from receiving oral sex? That just doesn't seem right? There is NO possibility that this could have occurred?
If she had genital herpes orally (hsv2 in her mouth) couldn't i have contracted genital herpes from her mouth? And yes i read the posts but was still confused, i am sorry and don't mean to be asking questions that have already been answered.
these were both genital herpes test results type 2... I know that i have had oral herpes type 1 already... i just do not want to contract genital herpes type 2... that is my worry from these exposures almost 12 weeks ago to clarify...
thank you
thank you
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
