Hello,
Approximately 2 weeks again, I went to Asian massage parlor and ended up being offered sex by the masseuse. She put condom on and performed oral for maybe 1 minute before switching to sex. Entire encounter lasted maybe 10 minutes. Condom was in tact after we were done.
Three days later, my guilt got the best of me and I ended up taking a full panel std test (understand this was way early). To my surprise, the labcorp 10 panel came back low positive (1.88) for hsv1 and equivocal (1.06) for hsv2. I have had no symptoms and I’ve been checking what seems like every 15 minutes.
The labcorp test was an igg test. After testing, I received an email advising a secondary test was recommended based on a higher likelihood of false positives on the test taken. I have since signed up for the quest inhibition test and had a blood draw done 2 days ago (11 days post encounter) and am waiting for the results.
I’m at a loss here. From what I gather online, my risk was extremely low (protected sex/male).
How can I have a 1.06 hsv2 igg after only 3 days but no symptoms after 12? From what I can tell, antibodies don’t start start until 12-18 days post infection?
Based on digging online, I’m seeing odds at < 1 in 1000 for protected female to male transmission.
From the cdc website for hav, testing not recommended unless there are symptoms.
Should I put any faith in this test 3 days post exposure? How do I best a 1 in 1000 chance and then on top of that, show an equivalent 1.06 after 3 days despite no actual symptoms? If antibodies are there, wouldn’t it be in response to an infection/outbreak?