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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.
no they do not.
stop obsessing. stop the valtrex. encourage your provider to update their herpes testing knowledge so that they aren't adding to your anxiety.
stop obsessing. stop the valtrex. encourage your provider to update their herpes testing knowledge so that they aren't adding to your anxiety.
I have the pain for about a week, no lesions so far. Do people usually have pain like that? Would it be more of an ache or is it sharp pains? I hate obsessing about everything because of this. Normally I would just associate this with working hard or my neck problems, but ow I am associating everything to hsv2.
these would only occur a day or two before you had obvious lesions.
if you are having pain, be seen for a proper exam.
honestly I'd stop the valtrex. no reason to be on it and if you really did contract herpes from the encounter in question it could interfere with getting accurate blood testing 3 months post encounter.
if you are having pain, be seen for a proper exam.
honestly I'd stop the valtrex. no reason to be on it and if you really did contract herpes from the encounter in question it could interfere with getting accurate blood testing 3 months post encounter.
Hi Grace/ Anyone else who can help,
So it is almost a month now since my last exposure. I am planning on going to the Dr. 5 weeks from exp. for another test. I am really wondering about the pains associated with HSV2 though. I really haven't had any symptoms (knock on wood) besides having sharp "stabbing" pains. I get them at my butt, down my legs to my feet, mostly on the right side. (Sometimes I get the sharp pains in other spots like my hip, back or chest). I read that a lot of people have groin pain and inflamed groins. I don't really have this, but when I apply pressure to my stomach and bladder it sort of ignites the pain in my back. Is this the sort of pain people have with HSV2 or could it be something else? (I have a lot of neck/nerve problems also- it just seems so coincidental to be getting this now 3 weeks after doctor told me about my test) I have been on Valtrex for 3 weeks now, I am wondering if this has anything to do with it. How long does the hsv2 pain usually last for people? This pain keeps coming and going sharply lasting seconds at a time.
So it is almost a month now since my last exposure. I am planning on going to the Dr. 5 weeks from exp. for another test. I am really wondering about the pains associated with HSV2 though. I really haven't had any symptoms (knock on wood) besides having sharp "stabbing" pains. I get them at my butt, down my legs to my feet, mostly on the right side. (Sometimes I get the sharp pains in other spots like my hip, back or chest). I read that a lot of people have groin pain and inflamed groins. I don't really have this, but when I apply pressure to my stomach and bladder it sort of ignites the pain in my back. Is this the sort of pain people have with HSV2 or could it be something else? (I have a lot of neck/nerve problems also- it just seems so coincidental to be getting this now 3 weeks after doctor told me about my test) I have been on Valtrex for 3 weeks now, I am wondering if this has anything to do with it. How long does the hsv2 pain usually last for people? This pain keeps coming and going sharply lasting seconds at a time.
Just wondering can anyone tell me what the muscle pains are like, or how common they are with hsv2? And do a lot of women get them? I just got my period so I would like to attribute these pains to that but I'm not sure. It is really hard waiting and waiting to take this test again wondering about the igm..
no reason for so much testing. all it does is waste money.
see your provider for all your symptoms.
see your provider for all your symptoms.
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