ok sorry about the post but i didnt think i was asking the same questions and what am i suppose to do if you or no one is answering, i can only assume its because people dont see it!
you have a prior post on the forum. please keep all your questions in that post. also please do not continue to ask the same questions over and over.
grace
ok but do u have herpes or are u a medical professional?
1. Yes, having existing HSV-1 antibodies can cause slower seroconversion to HSV-2. The vast, vast majority will still seroconvert within 4 months.
2. The difference in time to develop antibodies varies person to person. There's no real reason why someone would develop them after three weeks and another might take three months.
3. You are much more likely to spread during an active outbreak, because that is when the viral load is highest, and you definitely have herpes on the skin at some point during the outbreak. I can't give you a figure, but even if you had sex with someone with an open lesion, it's not definite that you would contract it.
4. A lot of people do show initial symptoms, but they write them off as having other causes. After educating people on the signs and symptoms of herpes, the majority of people find that they do experience symptoms of some kind. However, others are truly asymptomatic. The reasons for this, again, vary person to person.
5. That recommendation has nothing to do with the companies that make the tests and everything to do with the science behind seroconversion. Testing after 16 weeks offers the most conclusive evidence of positivity or negativity.
These questions are all hypothetical and very specific. All you need to know is that if your test is negative after 16 weeks, the chances that you have herpes are basically nil. In the mean time, get off the internet and live your life. Keep an eye out for symptoms, but obsessing this way is not helpful and will not pass the time until the 16 week mark any faster.