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Knowledgeable Help Needed for my Saga
Hi Terri,
Thank you for offering this service. I have a very frustrating saga that I would like your informed help with. Thus far in my journey I have encountered many health professionals who are either not very knowledgeable about herpes or have the wrong information.
To start, I don't know if I have herpes or not. I will run through my story and see what you think.
Background: 27 yr old male
Prior Health Problems: Acid Re-flux - take protonix daily
Sexual History - 1 partner (besides the girl in the story below). Sex only with long-term girlfriend and only a few times and always protected. Unprotected oral sex fairly regularly. I am confident she has never been with anyone but me. She has recently tested completely STD free.
All dates are 2012
April 5 - I gave a female stripper oral sex for approximately 20 seconds. She grinded on my boxer covered penis for a few minutes and she also simulated oral sex over my boxer covered penis for a few seconds. No direct genital to genital contact occurred.
April 6 - I felt an odd feeling of dry mouth/very slight shooting pain in my inside left cheek only
April 7 - Full STD panel (except HSV) - all negative. Given drugs for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea to be safe. Mouth swab for HSV negative
April 27 - Full STD panel including HSV - positive for HSV2 on IGG with 1.59
May 2 - Tested again - positive for HSV2 on IGG with 1.68
May 4 - Given 2 2000 mg doses of valtex to see if it helped symptoms
May 28 - Full STD - positive for HSV2 on IGG with around 2.21
July 10 - Negative for HIV
August 8 - HSV test - positive for HSV2 no value given
August 20 - Full STD - negative for ALL. IGG and IGM for HSV 1 and 2 were given a combined value of 0.49
August 27 - HSV test - NEGATIVE for HSV 1 and 2 - combined value of 0.66
August 27 - WB sent out - 3 weeks later INDETERMINATE. Doctor said that means negative, I called the lab and they said proteins bonded that were not consistent with HSV 1 or 2 so it's indeterminate
Thank you for offering this service. I have a very frustrating saga that I would like your informed help with. Thus far in my journey I have encountered many health professionals who are either not very knowledgeable about herpes or have the wrong information.
To start, I don't know if I have herpes or not. I will run through my story and see what you think.
Background: 27 yr old male
Prior Health Problems: Acid Re-flux - take protonix daily
Sexual History - 1 partner (besides the girl in the story below). Sex only with long-term girlfriend and only a few times and always protected. Unprotected oral sex fairly regularly. I am confident she has never been with anyone but me. She has recently tested completely STD free.
All dates are 2012
April 5 - I gave a female stripper oral sex for approximately 20 seconds. She grinded on my boxer covered penis for a few minutes and she also simulated oral sex over my boxer covered penis for a few seconds. No direct genital to genital contact occurred.
April 6 - I felt an odd feeling of dry mouth/very slight shooting pain in my inside left cheek only
April 7 - Full STD panel (except HSV) - all negative. Given drugs for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea to be safe. Mouth swab for HSV negative
April 27 - Full STD panel including HSV - positive for HSV2 on IGG with 1.59
May 2 - Tested again - positive for HSV2 on IGG with 1.68
May 4 - Given 2 2000 mg doses of valtex to see if it helped symptoms
May 28 - Full STD - positive for HSV2 on IGG with around 2.21
July 10 - Negative for HIV
August 8 - HSV test - positive for HSV2 no value given
August 20 - Full STD - negative for ALL. IGG and IGM for HSV 1 and 2 were given a combined value of 0.49
August 27 - HSV test - NEGATIVE for HSV 1 and 2 - combined value of 0.66
August 27 - WB sent out - 3 weeks later INDETERMINATE. Doctor said that means negative, I called the lab and they said proteins bonded that were not consistent with HSV 1 or 2 so it's indeterminate
I didn't reply correctly to the last post. Will you look at my previous post and let me know what you think? Thanks!
Terri,
I finally saw the second test results, and they also included the first test results on there and they do look identical. It would be interesting to find out what the lab has to say about why they are indeterminate.
Additionally, I noticed that it says no change in antibody about halfway down the page. Do you know what this means? I never got notice of antibody status in the first place, so does no change mean I have some and the levels stayed the same or I have none and I still have none? I didn't realize they tested antibody levels with the WB as well. This would be really interesting since based on the ELISA tests I've taken I went from testing low positive to antibodies to testing negative for antibodies.
Finally, I've been trying to get blood drawn so I can send serum to you. However, I can't seem to find a doctors office or lab that will do it without either doctor's orders or a testing kit. Currently, no one will just give me my serum to mail, apparently it's a bio hazard or something according to the lab. Can you help me solve this? Is there a kit you can send out? Or write an order?
Thanks!
I finally saw the second test results, and they also included the first test results on there and they do look identical. It would be interesting to find out what the lab has to say about why they are indeterminate.
Additionally, I noticed that it says no change in antibody about halfway down the page. Do you know what this means? I never got notice of antibody status in the first place, so does no change mean I have some and the levels stayed the same or I have none and I still have none? I didn't realize they tested antibody levels with the WB as well. This would be really interesting since based on the ELISA tests I've taken I went from testing low positive to antibodies to testing negative for antibodies.
Finally, I've been trying to get blood drawn so I can send serum to you. However, I can't seem to find a doctors office or lab that will do it without either doctor's orders or a testing kit. Currently, no one will just give me my serum to mail, apparently it's a bio hazard or something according to the lab. Can you help me solve this? Is there a kit you can send out? Or write an order?
Thanks!
Thanks Terri,
I look forward to hearing from you when you return. That's fascinating information, I haven't seen the second test, so I'm going to get a copy tomorrow. I am also going to get blood drawn for the other test tomorrow and I will have the lab send it to you.
I look forward to hearing from you when you return. That's fascinating information, I haven't seen the second test, so I'm going to get a copy tomorrow. I am also going to get blood drawn for the other test tomorrow and I will have the lab send it to you.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I'm out of the country now for a week, will address this when I return. But I did see these before I left, and they interpreted them as being exactly the same as each other.
Terri
Terri
Hi Terri,
You hopefully received the test copies by fax at your office yesterday. If not, then they should be there early next week. Let me know what you find out! Thanks for your help.
You hopefully received the test copies by fax at your office yesterday. If not, then they should be there early next week. Let me know what you find out! Thanks for your help.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No problem. I look forward to talking with you.
Terri
Terri
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
