your symptoms do not sound like herpes at all. no need to suspect herpes unless you get clear symptoms (sores, blisters).
if you need peace of mind, retest at 3-4 months mark. no reason to believe this is herpes going on.
Thanks for that, I trust the opinion of an expert. I do know that my partner tested negative for hsv-2 a week after our encounter, but this doesn't mean much to me as he had 2 other partners in the previous month. He did say that he had coldsores when he was a kid, but hadn't gotten one in about 13 years. He did not perform oral on me, but this did make me suspicious of my "tonsillitis" (3 days) , headache (4 days), and a sore jaw that lasted a day. Also a cluster of barely visible rough skin below my lip that I've gotten twice in the last 8 weeks. goes away in a couple of days without blistering or visible scabs. So of course I get nervous and think he I may have gotten hsv-1 and infected my genitals through autoinnoculation. I was even paranoid that it in my eye because i had a pimple looking bump under one eye and some mild eye irritation. I want to move on from this phase in my life. Thanks for everyone advice
Here... this is what I paid $22 to a doctor expert on this site to tell me today, I'll gift it to you - happy birthday:
Typically at 3 weeks after appearance of lesions, only about half of persons who have definitely gotten HSV will have positive HerpeSelect assays- at 6 weeks it detects 60-70% of infections and at 3 months the figure is close to 95%.
Hey I was looking at some of your posts and I'm under a lot of stress about STDs too. Did you have any symptoms? I'm still really worried about my health, but at the same time i've been eating bad, i drink a lot, and don't exercise much lately. I would think that I might have had an outbreak by now or symptoms other than leg and lower back aches. But the only thing that will bring peace of mind is testing. I hope everything turns out ok with your results!
Hey I am waiting for my results i m getting from a test i took from labcorps for hsv 1 and hsv 2 specific igg test, the lady that gave me the test and the ppl from labcorps said the test at 64 days is 98.something accurate.
Hi linda, I went to a planned parenthood nurse who was more open to the idea of herpes testing and I'm going to be tested next week. I have read that accurate tests take 12-16 weeks, but do you know how accurate a 9 week test would be? Which of my symptoms seem most suggestive of herpes? I have been very conscious of my body and genitals lately and am not sure which feelings are just natural or worrisome.
It could be herpes.. follow up with another doctor.