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Exposure detection
A lil bit of of backround about me.
I was under the age of 5 years old when i started getting cold sores. In the 60's, I never new wat was the cause.
Had that every fall , and i remember because it was always in time for school pictures.
As a teen , I found that too much Sun exposure would make me have the Herpes 1 outbreak.
Mid twenties, started being sexually active and had developed a blisterlike rash on my tailbone. Would become painful , so i would just use alchohol to soothe it and dry it up fast. This would go on for at least 10-15years, but i would start to notice that this eruption would occur every 6-8mo's. My own self -diagnosis to me was Herpes
To date, I felt like i was going to have another outbreak and it was just starting . So i decided to have the doctor do bloodwork. One week later, the doc tells me that i have Herpes II and that i was just exposed to it.
I am confused? I am not undertanding the just being exposed part?
Given you some of my backround, can u understand my confusion? Maybe u can give me some clearer answers. Thanks
I was under the age of 5 years old when i started getting cold sores. In the 60's, I never new wat was the cause.
Had that every fall , and i remember because it was always in time for school pictures.
As a teen , I found that too much Sun exposure would make me have the Herpes 1 outbreak.
Mid twenties, started being sexually active and had developed a blisterlike rash on my tailbone. Would become painful , so i would just use alchohol to soothe it and dry it up fast. This would go on for at least 10-15years, but i would start to notice that this eruption would occur every 6-8mo's. My own self -diagnosis to me was Herpes
To date, I felt like i was going to have another outbreak and it was just starting . So i decided to have the doctor do bloodwork. One week later, the doc tells me that i have Herpes II and that i was just exposed to it.
I am confused? I am not undertanding the just being exposed part?
Given you some of my backround, can u understand my confusion? Maybe u can give me some clearer answers. Thanks
I have actually started to believe my own assestment all along.. Thank u very much for your help.. God bless
According to the blood test results you pm'd me - you are hsv1 and hsv2 + both. I'd go with your own assessment of you've had hsv2 since when you first started having the tailbone rashes. There is no such thing as being exposed - your provider needs to stop telling folks that and hit the books to learn more about herpes testing.
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I think your provider did the igm blood test. If you can call monday and ask them to read your test results to you and write them down to post here, I can better help you. All I need to see if hsv1 igg 6. 8 and hsv2 igg 4. 9 or whatever they are.
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