I have a couple of questions that my doctor cant seem to answer. I was just tested today blood and culture, I had what I thought to be a terrible yeast infection that I tried to treat w/ a 1-day OTC medicine, it seemed to get worse ont he outside of my vagina so I went to the doctor. I have previously had 4- HSV test,
1st - 02/07 HSV1- Negative 2nd- 02/08 HSV1-Negative
HSV2-Negative HSV2-Positve (no # values)
3rd-04/08 HSV2- .94 4th - 05/08 HSV1- 1.24
HSV2- <.90
The doctor couldnt see any yeast because there was so much monistat up there she couldn't get anything, when I told her I was concerned because this was the closest thing I have experienced to an outbreak she couldnt believe that I had assumed that "her" positive results were wrong and that I am most defiently infected w/HSV2. I asked her if she would help me get a western blot to sort this out once and for all and she said that test is not used for HSV...ughhh, she did agree to culture the area that was the most irritated and she redid the blood test, of course it will report only positive and negative so this may only add more confusion to the situation. My question is, she gave me valtrex. Should I start taking it now? If I can figure out how to get a western blot will it affect the results? My pain isnt horiible but I sure would like to get things back to normal.