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IGM positive & IGG Negative - have a few questions
by IGMquestions, May 08, 2008 10:33AM
Hello,
I had a condom break back in december, it is now may, nearly six months later I decided to get testing.
I have not had sex since and have only kissed a few girls since then.
I just got my test results back and the Herpes IGG tests were negative and the IGM test was showing a 1.6 for recent exposure? I took the IGM test again and it showed a 1.8 this next time...
Does a IGM test guarantee that it is something contracted with 6 weeks or could it be possibly from december( 6 months ago) ?
The doctor told me that I definitely have either herpes 1 or herpes 2 and have to wait 6 weeks to be tested again.
This is terrifying, I have had no symptoms.
What is the reliability of this test that if it shows positive you actually have either 1 or 2? I have read around on the internet that people have received false positives but I was wanting to know how many..
Thank you all for your advice
I had a condom break back in december, it is now may, nearly six months later I decided to get testing.
I have not had sex since and have only kissed a few girls since then.
I just got my test results back and the Herpes IGG tests were negative and the IGM test was showing a 1.6 for recent exposure? I took the IGM test again and it showed a 1.8 this next time...
Does a IGM test guarantee that it is something contracted with 6 weeks or could it be possibly from december( 6 months ago) ?
The doctor told me that I definitely have either herpes 1 or herpes 2 and have to wait 6 weeks to be tested again.
This is terrifying, I have had no symptoms.
What is the reliability of this test that if it shows positive you actually have either 1 or 2? I have read around on the internet that people have received false positives but I was wanting to know how many..
Thank you all for your advice
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The herpes IgM test is very unreliable. It is supposed to show that you have been recently infected, but clearly, you haven't been. Its just a bad test, shouldn't be drawn on adults, and some labs aren't even running them anymore.
Totally disregard it.
If your IgG is negative at 6 months out, you don't have herpes.
AJ