you need to have a herpes WB blood test drawn to confirm your status.
Encourage your provider to read the 2010 cdc herpes information - it has a whole section on the low positives and the need to confirm them. You also can encourage them to contact quest diagnostics to ask about the low positive issues with the herpeselect. They need to be up to date and informed on the testing they are offering!
When I called my doctor they said that the HerpeSelect test (which is what i got) is the most effective and accurate and that they have never heard of a more effective way of detecting herpes. I dont think they understand that this is affecting me very greatly. I asked them if they could send a request to a lab to get a different type of blood test and they told me no.
How do I tell them I need it?
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Herpes/low-positives---confirmatory-results/show/1097724#post_5968138 is a prior post we have here that goes into more details about the low positives and why it's so important to confirm your status with further testing.
just as a fyi - condoms only reduce transmission of herpes by 30% so it's well worth periodic herpes igg blood testing to keep an eye on your status.
also encourage your provider to read the 2010 cdc herpes guidelines to better educate themselves on herpes testing so that they are well informed on the need for confirmatory testing for low positives.
grace
Indeed you had a positive result for HSV2, but it's a low positive. Anything below 3.5 should be confirmed through another test, whether it is a Western Blot or a Biokit. The Western Blot is the gold standard and can be requested by your doctor through Quest Labs, while the Biokit is a rapid test (they poke your finger) and not many offices offer it.
To get some peace of mind, you can also ask your former partners to get tested.