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Igm tested positive twice for hsv2 is this my final answer?
Hi Grace,
Two weeks ago I had blood tests done 4 days after recent exposure (unprotected sex) it came back positive for Igg for hsv1 which I wasn't surprised about in high school and as a kid I would sometimes get cold sores and had chicken pox. However the dr. Told me for igg hsv2 I was negative, but for igm which was hsv2 specific I was "weak" positive. I have never felt so sick in my entire life. She told me it was pretty definite I had contracted hsv2, she told me I could come in again in a week to retest. So I went again one week later and yesterday she tells me my results were exactly the same as before igm weak positive. She said I definitely had hsv2 but if I wanted to continue testing she could look into it. Also I want to mention I have been freaking out about everything I had a couple of red dots on my butt that looks like follicles and would normally think nothing of and I had them cultured they came back negative. I have been examining myself everyday looking for anything. The dr put me on valtrex after my first test came back and I had some back pain when I started taking it at my tailbone. Also started taking a lot of vitamins. The other weird feeling I have is this tingling feeling like I have to pee. I thought I might have had a bladder infection because I get them often but the test came back negative for both. I have been going to the bathroom like 10 times a day feeling like I have to pee but then hardly anything. I had this once before and thought it was a bladder infection but it wasn't and then I got my period and felt better. I also need to mention I haven't had my period for almost 2 months. I took a pregnancy test blood test and I'm not pregnant. I also took the morning after pill after my unprotected sex. This has completely consumed me I am so utterly depressed I can't eat I can't sleep. They told me it is recent also and I keep going back in my mind and thinking of being itchy in the past or seeing a bump near my but or area. I told my dr. I wanted to do more testing over time but I just can't stop thinking about how she sounded on the phone like it was judgement day and this was my final verdict. I have never felt so much stress and anxiety in my entire life. And I can't stand this feeling like I need to pee all the time. Please help. I feel so lost and alone.
Two weeks ago I had blood tests done 4 days after recent exposure (unprotected sex) it came back positive for Igg for hsv1 which I wasn't surprised about in high school and as a kid I would sometimes get cold sores and had chicken pox. However the dr. Told me for igg hsv2 I was negative, but for igm which was hsv2 specific I was "weak" positive. I have never felt so sick in my entire life. She told me it was pretty definite I had contracted hsv2, she told me I could come in again in a week to retest. So I went again one week later and yesterday she tells me my results were exactly the same as before igm weak positive. She said I definitely had hsv2 but if I wanted to continue testing she could look into it. Also I want to mention I have been freaking out about everything I had a couple of red dots on my butt that looks like follicles and would normally think nothing of and I had them cultured they came back negative. I have been examining myself everyday looking for anything. The dr put me on valtrex after my first test came back and I had some back pain when I started taking it at my tailbone. Also started taking a lot of vitamins. The other weird feeling I have is this tingling feeling like I have to pee. I thought I might have had a bladder infection because I get them often but the test came back negative for both. I have been going to the bathroom like 10 times a day feeling like I have to pee but then hardly anything. I had this once before and thought it was a bladder infection but it wasn't and then I got my period and felt better. I also need to mention I haven't had my period for almost 2 months. I took a pregnancy test blood test and I'm not pregnant. I also took the morning after pill after my unprotected sex. This has completely consumed me I am so utterly depressed I can't eat I can't sleep. They told me it is recent also and I keep going back in my mind and thinking of being itchy in the past or seeing a bump near my but or area. I told my dr. I wanted to do more testing over time but I just can't stop thinking about how she sounded on the phone like it was judgement day and this was my final verdict. I have never felt so much stress and anxiety in my entire life. And I can't stand this feeling like I need to pee all the time. Please help. I feel so lost and alone.
Went to the Doctor this morning, she said the bumps were not hsv, they are not swollen anymore. Still wondering about the valtrex thing though.
Hi Grace,
Sorry for so many posts. I am going to the doctor again tomorrow to have them check out the bumps on my butt. At first they were just raised red bumps- kind of like a bug bite or something and then ofcourse I picked at them and now they are scabbed, but still extremely swollen which is what is freaking me out because usually if I have a follicle and pick at it or it scabs over the bump will go down like the next day. This has been raised/swollen for 2 days now. And I have 1 or 2 that are on different spots over my butt, but the ones that really concern me are in almost a ring or curved line and very swollen. They hurt if I put pressure on them. But I am wondering does this sound like how the blisters start before they turn into sores? Or does this sound like something else? Also if you could let me know about the valtrex thing... based on the length I took it - 9 days a week and half after exposure, I would really, really appreciate it. Are their people that have outbreaks just on their butts like this? And how likely is it this would occur over 5 weeks after exposure?
Sorry for so many posts. I am going to the doctor again tomorrow to have them check out the bumps on my butt. At first they were just raised red bumps- kind of like a bug bite or something and then ofcourse I picked at them and now they are scabbed, but still extremely swollen which is what is freaking me out because usually if I have a follicle and pick at it or it scabs over the bump will go down like the next day. This has been raised/swollen for 2 days now. And I have 1 or 2 that are on different spots over my butt, but the ones that really concern me are in almost a ring or curved line and very swollen. They hurt if I put pressure on them. But I am wondering does this sound like how the blisters start before they turn into sores? Or does this sound like something else? Also if you could let me know about the valtrex thing... based on the length I took it - 9 days a week and half after exposure, I would really, really appreciate it. Are their people that have outbreaks just on their butts like this? And how likely is it this would occur over 5 weeks after exposure?
Hi Grace,
I have another question. I looked at my dates again and I only took the valtrex for about 9 days. I had taken it a week and a half after exposure. And then stopped taking it. Will this definitely affect the outcome of my blood tests??
Also noticed the bumps on my butt, keep coming back, they are red and look like they are folliculitis or something with the follicle. They don't hurt, and they don't look like classic hsv2. Except there are a few that are near eachother, and I started freaking out that it was a cluster or something. But they don't look like blisters. I am still on the antibiotic for my bladder, but I started taking probiotics on top of that which has helped a little. This will be week 6 of this nightmare. I would really like to re-test week 7 or 8. This is driving me crazy.
I have another question. I looked at my dates again and I only took the valtrex for about 9 days. I had taken it a week and a half after exposure. And then stopped taking it. Will this definitely affect the outcome of my blood tests??
Also noticed the bumps on my butt, keep coming back, they are red and look like they are folliculitis or something with the follicle. They don't hurt, and they don't look like classic hsv2. Except there are a few that are near eachother, and I started freaking out that it was a cluster or something. But they don't look like blisters. I am still on the antibiotic for my bladder, but I started taking probiotics on top of that which has helped a little. This will be week 6 of this nightmare. I would really like to re-test week 7 or 8. This is driving me crazy.
*Meant to write blood tests were done Monday after 4 weeks and a day or 2 from exposure*
Update:
Dr. called me this week and told me my Urine Culture came back positive for a UTI and negative culture for ghon/chlamyd. Still on antibiotics, Nitrofurantoin. Had blood tests done on Monday night for syphili, hsv, and hiv, and some other stuff too. Igg cam back positive for hsv type 1, and negative for hsv type 2. Everything else was negative/normal. This was after for weeks and a day or two. I know it is still early, but I am dying her. Does this mean it is less likely that I have hsv2. I am still scared. But I feel like if the igm test had an validity as my dr. said (although I know better now, thnx Grace) wouldn't the igg show up sooner, because the igm showed up only 4 days after exposure? I will continue to get tested for this, but I hope 4 weeks and negative is a good sign. Still have these pains, and will go back to Dr. this weekend if they persist or worsen to check my kidney. As always thanks for your support Grace, you and this forum have given me hope and good advice/answers. If I didn't have that I would have just assumed my Dr. was right and I have hsv2, which hopefully isn't so.
Dr. called me this week and told me my Urine Culture came back positive for a UTI and negative culture for ghon/chlamyd. Still on antibiotics, Nitrofurantoin. Had blood tests done on Monday night for syphili, hsv, and hiv, and some other stuff too. Igg cam back positive for hsv type 1, and negative for hsv type 2. Everything else was negative/normal. This was after for weeks and a day or two. I know it is still early, but I am dying her. Does this mean it is less likely that I have hsv2. I am still scared. But I feel like if the igm test had an validity as my dr. said (although I know better now, thnx Grace) wouldn't the igg show up sooner, because the igm showed up only 4 days after exposure? I will continue to get tested for this, but I hope 4 weeks and negative is a good sign. Still have these pains, and will go back to Dr. this weekend if they persist or worsen to check my kidney. As always thanks for your support Grace, you and this forum have given me hope and good advice/answers. If I didn't have that I would have just assumed my Dr. was right and I have hsv2, which hopefully isn't so.
this is a side effect of being on antibiotics.
continue to be seen for your other symptoms.
continue to be seen for your other symptoms.
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