I had unprotected sex with a woman almost a year ago. The next day I noticed that there was some “chaffing” on the shaft of my penis. It went way in about a week. I didn't think anything of it. A few weeks ago I was getting an annual blood test and I decided to get a STD panel so as to be safe not sorry. I expected all of the results to be negative as I have not had any sores, bumps, or anything else of concern in my groin area as well as the fact that I have not had sex since the unprotected sex I had almost a year ago. LabCorp did the tests and all were negative, including HSV-1, except HSV-2 was positive with a 1.16 number. After receiving this result I was panicked and scared. I did some research and learned that false positives do occur with a number as low as mine. I learned that one can have HSV-2 and not show any symptoms. I learned that LabCorp uses a Captive test and Quest Labs uses a Herpeselect test. I also learned that the Western Blot test performed at the University of Washington is the most conclusive test. At this point, I had a HSV-1 and HSV-2 test panel done at Quest Labs. I just received the results and they are as follows: HSV-1 negative with a 0.38 number, and HSV-2 negative with a 0.23 number. While I do feel some relief, I am still concerned that it is possible that I am HSV-2 positive. I certainly do not want to believe that I am negative and actually be positive and then have sex and give HSV-2 to someone. My question is as follows: Do you believe I am definitively negative and a Western Blot test is unnecessary? In advance, I would like to write that I appreciate the advice from all and especially from Terri Warren.
Best regards.