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Negative Western Blot (for Terri Warren)
Hi Terri-
I started a discussion with you that is now closed, but I just wanted to quickly update the status of my situation.
My doctor called this morning and told me that the Western Blot from the University of Washington was negative for both types. He was a little surprised/stumped and thought it would definitely be positive after the equivocal IGg and the positive (1.90) IGm.
So, that's 5 negative IGg tests, 1 equivocal IGg, 1 positive IGm, and 1 negative Western Blot (after almost exactly a year since I've had sex and without antivirals for almost 7 months).
I guess the "high negative" antibody levels on the IGg tests I had don't mean anything after all? I still have the weird bumps on my scalp and the intermittent scrotal tingling, but all the tests say it's not related to herpes.
Do you have any other advice for me or should I just assume I'm negative and that all the bumps and tingles are related to something else?
This is the link to my original thread: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Herpes/Can-I-finally-trust-these-test-results/show/1914238#post_8927657
This discussion is related to Can I finally trust these test results?.
I started a discussion with you that is now closed, but I just wanted to quickly update the status of my situation.
My doctor called this morning and told me that the Western Blot from the University of Washington was negative for both types. He was a little surprised/stumped and thought it would definitely be positive after the equivocal IGg and the positive (1.90) IGm.
So, that's 5 negative IGg tests, 1 equivocal IGg, 1 positive IGm, and 1 negative Western Blot (after almost exactly a year since I've had sex and without antivirals for almost 7 months).
I guess the "high negative" antibody levels on the IGg tests I had don't mean anything after all? I still have the weird bumps on my scalp and the intermittent scrotal tingling, but all the tests say it's not related to herpes.
Do you have any other advice for me or should I just assume I'm negative and that all the bumps and tingles are related to something else?
This is the link to my original thread: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Herpes/Can-I-finally-trust-these-test-results/show/1914238#post_8927657
This discussion is related to Can I finally trust these test results?.
Hey Grace-
I don't think there's much of a point behind getting tested anymore.
That being said, I decided to finish the couple weeks of acyclovir that I have left to see if that would make any difference. The thing is that the daily tingling went away after I had been taking the acyclovir for about 36 hours. So, what does that mean???
I was looking through my old posts, and the tingling started when I stopped taking the acyclovir 6 months ago. I know people talk about a placebo effect, but I am 110% sure this isn't my imagination.
Is there something else that would explain this phenomenon, if I truly don’t have HSV?
I don't think there's much of a point behind getting tested anymore.
That being said, I decided to finish the couple weeks of acyclovir that I have left to see if that would make any difference. The thing is that the daily tingling went away after I had been taking the acyclovir for about 36 hours. So, what does that mean???
I was looking through my old posts, and the tingling started when I stopped taking the acyclovir 6 months ago. I know people talk about a placebo effect, but I am 110% sure this isn't my imagination.
Is there something else that would explain this phenomenon, if I truly don’t have HSV?
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