Negative blood and culture for Herpes Simplex, HIV

[june999]

My time line: unprotected sex with 3 people in March, April, May, June. 1st outbreak 6/26-- very itchy white blisters on vulva minora and anus that bursted and bled. Culture only found candida albicans. Then, about 2 months later on 8/22 I had the same symptoms again-- Itchy and swollen vulva minora with one white fluid filled blister that popped and bled.
Results on 8/27
HIV1/2 EIA AB SCREEN-- Nonreactive (nonreactive).
HSV1G   0.09     HSV2GG   .16  
Herpes simplex Isolation/culture: 00/00/ null   null

Questions: Did I wait long enough to take the tests to give me accurate results? I took herpes and HIV tests 6 months max or 3 months min since first exposure to herpes simpex and HIV. Can negative results be misleading? Are the herpes and HIV tests most accurate after a certain amount of time since the infection OR exposure?

No one will give me a flat out answer. Is there a chance that I will get positive results for these viruses when I go back to do bloodwork in 4-16 weeks? Could I be at the herpes simplex stage? Also why do I have values for HSV1G and HSV2GG... could these values go up?

[gracefromHHP]

continue to be seen every single time you have symptoms for further evaluation.

[june999]

So, its october and I had my blood drawn yesterday to be tested for Herpes 1 and 2. They are doing an igG and igM test. I'm wondering why they decided to also do an igM test?? It has been 4 months and 13 days since most recent possible exposure. OR I could have been exposed approximately 7 months or 5 months ago.It has been approximately 4 months since what I thought was a herpetic infection. The doctor said what I had in june was most likely a yeast infection (I am convinced they didn't do proper testing. They only gave a visual diagnosis) and what I had in August was more suggestive or herpes.

If I'm positive, I guess I might be one of those people who take extremely long to make antibodies?

I was reading a post from a young woman on the expert forum. She kind of described what I was experiencing in terms of symptoms. The expert asked if she was Jewish because he suspected she might have familial mediterranean fever?

The doctor asked if I got these infections (june and august) when I was under a lot of stress. The answer is yes, I was extremely stressed before getting these symptoms.

The doctor also asked if I felt tingling when I had the infections. The answer is no, I don't think so. It was just itchy, not numb. Why did she ask me this?

[june999]

Is it odd for the first outbreak to be about 3-7 months after possible exposure? And one of the people I had sex with is from outside the country... does that mean anything?

[gracefromHHP]

many providers just aren't properly educated on herpes testing and draw igm tests.  

[june999]

Ok so let's say my igM is positive and my igG is negative for both HSV 1 and 2. I just really want to know how to determine what the results mean. Should I disregard the igM? Also maybe you know the answer to this question: Does a  "CULTURE, HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS, RAPID METHOD. HERPES ISOLATION/CULTURE" only look for herpes, or would the test have picked up any other organisms? Such as yeast for example. My result for this was NONE ISOLATED.

[gracefromHHP]

herpes cultures only look for herpes, nothing else.