HSV Culture Question

[stressedmomof2boys]

I had a sore spot on my labia minora that was painful but no itching or oozing of anykind. I went to see my gyn and she did a swab. The next week I received a call from my gyn's office that it was positive for Herpes. I asked them what type and she really asked, "Does it matter?" I told of course it does and I would like them to type it. She called back later and said they assume its type 2 because of the location and if I wanted another test I'd have to wait until I had another outbreak. I picked up the paperwork today and it said HSV AG, DFA positive, Limits: Negative. I've read that it should be type specific when they do a culture but there's nothing about what type.

[gracefromHHP]

well at this point it's hard to tell . about 1/2 of folks with newly acquired infections will test + within 2-3 weeks of being infected.

grace

[stressedmomof2boys]

Ok so if it turns up positive so soon then would it likely be an old infection?

[gracefromHHP]

you need to wait 3  or 4 months after the encounter for the blood test .

you know you have genital herpes. a negative blood test now only means that it's a recently acquired infection.  

grace

[stressedmomof2boys]

Thanks for responding. How long should I have waited? I went to my regular doctor the next week(last week) which was 2 1/2 weeks after possible exposure and 1 1/2 after the sore spot developed. I hope to get my results today, fingers crossed and lots of praying that its negative.

[gracefromHHP]

they should be able to type it with dfa but obviously they didn't.

nothing to do now but follow up with blood testing later on.

grace