herpes

[motherherpes]

My daughter went to a clinic this summer, she came home and said she had herpes.  A couple of days later I went in to the clinic to receive a report.  He diagnosed her with type 2 herpes, but never tested her for herpes.  He tested her for syphylis and gonorea but no test for herpes.  She was on antibiotics for a week and everything cleared up.  I took her to our family doctor.  He did blook work on her tested igg levels.  Test came back negative for all tests, including HIV.  We retested her 4 weeks later because I read she may not have developed the anibodies yet- still negative.  Went to an ob. She did blood work testing igm still negative.  If she was infected she was infected on May 3rd.  Is it too soon to show up on the tests?

[slacker101]

She never mentioned her age and it is the year 2008 so chances are she could be ummm, 11 yrs old in todays sexual world...

[waringblender]

Shouldn't your daughter be doing all of this follow-up? If she was tested for herpes,  I assume she's already sexually active. If she's sexually active, she needs to be taking care of her own sexual health without intervention.

[auntiejessi]

Oh and she needs to have an IgG test done - not the IgM.  The IgM is not reliable at all.  

Aj

[auntiejessi]

It might be too soon, but about 75% will test positive by 6 weeks, so chances are good she doesn't have it.

She can take a break from testing for a couple of months, and just test again at 4 months.  If its negative, the visual diagnosis was wrong (it is about 30% of the time) and she doesn't have it.

Aj