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Need help, helping a friend

I posted prior I got HSV2 via a one time exposure from someone that had exposure to someone that says they do not/did not have HSV.. of course they refuse to test for it but leaving us/me hanging.

Now my question is this a very close friend also had exposure to this same person and they had sex a week before the person I got it from got it. Now my friend had sex with a 3rd person (me and my friend have never had sex, just for the record). The 3rd person came back and told my friend that they gave them an STD... MY friend was of course in shock that they would accuse of this...

I told them they there is a chance they DO have HSV2 because we have a mutual contact with the same person and I ended up getting it from.

Now it was been 10-11 weeks from exposure. I paid for to have a test here >> http://requestatest.com/herpes-2-igg-elisa-testing it came back negative (Thank God).. now is she in the clear or could she still have something that she may have passed on?

What test should she do? I am paying for it to help her out but I don't have the money to do a expensive WB or DNA test.

Would this be better test http://requestatest.com/herpes-12-igg-immunoblot-testing ??

Need some advice.. if she is clear great.. if not we want to stop the spread from our end.

I hope that all makes sense.
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101028 tn?1419603004
did your friend have a full std screening done? you can get tested for everything but herpes for little to no cost at your local health department std clinic. Call your closest health department to see what your local options are. both you and your friend can go and get a full work up done. You need to wait until 3 months post encounter for all your testing to be accurate so just wait a few more weeks to do the proper follow up so your hiv testing is accurate.  

if your friend tested negative for herpes at 10-11 weeks, really no reason to repeat the test. the odds of contracting herpes from a one time encounter is very low in general plus you don't even know if the partner you both had even had it or not so it's really not worth additional costs at this point.

if you are having obvious symptoms, be seen within 48 hours of their appearance for a lesion culture and typing. your local health department does usually do lesion cultures, just not blood testing.  no more ordering testing for yourself at this point, be seen for proper follow up when you are seen to confirm your status or find out what is really going on.  make sense?

grace
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Sorry I did not know I should keep in the same thread :(

No this is a 3rd party that just tested that had exposure from the original person that we ended up getting it from.. I know very confusing but the negative test was a first time test igg test for her.

I will tell her to wait another 4 weeks and do again.

I have not had another test but maybe I should but I have had 3-4 breakouts since my original time so I am pretty darn sure I am positive.

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1174003 tn?1308160819
You should wait to test with an igg type specific test after 12 weeks.  An 11 week is great but we consider conclusive to be 12-16 weeks.  At this point you should keep all your questions in your thread even if your posting for a friend unless they are typing the question themself.

Do not do a PCR on blood for HSV.  Its a waste of money because Herpes isn't bloodborne virus.
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I need a little bit of clarification, please.. Was it you or your friend that tested positive at 3.8? (post from 12/29).

Did *YOU* ever confirm your status??

A test 10-11 weeks is pretty accurate... I couldn't tell you exactly how accurate; 80-90% of people will test + if they are indeed positive in that timeframe.
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