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SO MANY THOUGHTS; confused!
here's my story: about a year ago me and my partner of two years were having rough sex constantly for about a week straight. I noticed some itching and chopped it up to being just another yeast infection (which I would get frequently) but during one sexual episode after that I notice some internal pain...I took a look and there appeared a sore that looked similar to a chancier sore, just one singular sore. i asked my partner if he had ever had a sore on his genitals before and he said yes claiming the doctor told him it was due to an intense masturating episode -__- idk. anyway I suspected the sore was irritation due to the yeast infection but still went to planned parenthood. I didn't address the sore and neither did the doctor and she treated me for a yeast infection. I used the medicine and the sore eventually went away. it's been like exactly a year since that episode and now I am the proud mother of a nearly 4 month old beautiful baby boy. I'm not sure if its standard to be tested for herpes when you are pregnant and I'm not sure if they did or not. me and the father of my child broke up about 5 weeks after his birth, I ending up seeing someone else. we had sex and the next day I felt signs of a yeast infection, it was a pretty intense itch, I felt run down and had some upper body aches, which I thought was another breast infection considering I breast feed my son and had one previously, the symptoms of that include fever, body ache, etc. then...a sore, once again a singular sore inside my vagina, which I once again thought could have been from the rough sex while having the infection. I went to an urgent care where he said it looke like it could be herpes and asked if I had ever had an outbreak before, to my knowledge I had not. he did a culture and prescribed my yeast infection medicine as a yeast infection was present, they mentioned nothing about herpes seeing as that doctor never sent the culture out SMH! sooo I then went to planned parenthood paranoid and needing answers, this was 10 days after the encounter with my new partner. they did a blood test but said it probably wouldn't be accurate since it was so soon, by that time the sore had healed so there was nothing to culture. the test came back positive, that's all the lady on the phone said to me. I then went to my obgyn and informed them of what happened. they seemed extremely unconcerned saying you were exposed and may just be a carrier and never have another outbreak and your sores still may not have been from herpes and the only way to know for sure was with a culture and to come back if I had what I assumed was an outbreak. I was still unsatisfied with all of this so I called the planned parenthood lady back asking for levels as i immediately started doing research of this condition I was diagnosed with. she said it was 3.53. I have since been put on acrolyvir taking 3x a day for 5 days. and l-lysine 3x a day(consideing adding coconut oil to the regimine) so far no outbreaks yet just like mild itching but some extreme white thick discharge, is that normal? and associated with herpes? I have been tested for other stds and am waiting for those results...i have informed both guys of the situation and the most recent partner who i believed could have been the culprit )although they say you never really know but in my case it seems clear) said he got tested a week ago and was clean but he would get retested to make sure. my ex, the father of my child, partner of 2 years, said he had been tested in the past and it came back negative he has never had any stds, that he would get tested and let me know the results...he too had two bumps recently on his penis but he said that came from once again rough masturbation idk im just confused! if I have had this and didn't know and passed it to the father of my child I feel awful, if he gave it to me without knowing he had it, what can you do?! IDK. all in all this has been a lot especially being a new mom and potentially new to this herpes deal so far I'm taking it pretty well and have been able to carry on as is.
my questions are:
I know that is a pretty high level is that possible to have such a high level after 10 days?
the lady did not know what test was administered but she said it was type specific and it came back 3.53 positive for herpes 2. so was that the igg test and are those pretty accurate?
should I get a western blot or retested since it was only 10 days after the encounter? just to make sure?
how does this affect my child, breastfeeding. i know you can't contract it through milk just worried about herpes of the breast etc...
(I am very careful now however I keep hand sanitizer at all times and wash my hands often!) I just couldnt live with myself if anything happened to him!
I currently am feeling a little run down and have a sore throt...outbreak on the way?!
my "initial outbreak" was just that one sore. If I indeed have it, so should I expect future outbreaks to be this mild or....?"
my questions are:
I know that is a pretty high level is that possible to have such a high level after 10 days?
the lady did not know what test was administered but she said it was type specific and it came back 3.53 positive for herpes 2. so was that the igg test and are those pretty accurate?
should I get a western blot or retested since it was only 10 days after the encounter? just to make sure?
how does this affect my child, breastfeeding. i know you can't contract it through milk just worried about herpes of the breast etc...
(I am very careful now however I keep hand sanitizer at all times and wash my hands often!) I just couldnt live with myself if anything happened to him!
I currently am feeling a little run down and have a sore throt...outbreak on the way?!
my "initial outbreak" was just that one sore. If I indeed have it, so should I expect future outbreaks to be this mild or....?"
well he said he got tested idk how true that is and my symptoms appeared, like itching feeling the day after our encounter, so if this was a new infection what are the chances of my igg level being that high?
your last partner is testing negative so you know you didn't contract hsv2 10 days prior to testing.
hey grace so I did get everything squared away for the western blot test kit should be here by next week, I will take that to confirm
i read the handbook as well!
I guess I still am just wondering if the time frame of possible exposure could cause my body to have a high igg level? i know I was tested way before the recommended time frame of 4 months but the results were just at the cutoff for a possible false negative with the igg test so what are your thoughts?
i read the handbook as well!
I guess I still am just wondering if the time frame of possible exposure could cause my body to have a high igg level? i know I was tested way before the recommended time frame of 4 months but the results were just at the cutoff for a possible false negative with the igg test so what are your thoughts?
also I know everyone's body is different but I have noticed people who were tested around the same time frame as me with significantly lower levels, does this mean that perhaps I have been dealing with this longer than my last sexual encounter?
I know it's possible to receive a false negative if tested too early because antibodies may not be present but is it possible to receive a false positive if tested to early? and if I did recently get the infection, would my levels be that high after 10-17 days? does anyone have any knowledge of this or experienced something similar?
based on the fact that I got tested pretty early after my last sexual encounter is it possible it was a false positive or what do you think? is 3.53 considered a def positive after 10 days?
sorry so many questions just trying to get clarity of it all!
sorry so many questions just trying to get clarity of it all!
you don't have to worry about having hsv2 on your breasts. the most common cause of herpes on the breasts is actually hsv1 and it's transmitted when a breast feeding child contracts hsv1 orally and transmits it back to mom when breast feeding.
only time will tell how future ob's will be.
only time will tell how future ob's will be.
thanks a lot grace!
(I was being patient I was just sayin I'd love your advice basically lol)
so is it rare to transmit hsv2 to your breasts? like should I not be concerned about it at all?
based on the fact that I got tested pretty early after my last sexual encounter is it possible it was a false positive or what do you think? is 3.53 considered a def positive after 10 days?
my gyn did simplify it but she did inform me i may never have an outbreak or another but i could still transmit it to other partners.
should I expect all outbreaks to be as mild since my "initial" was?
(I was being patient I was just sayin I'd love your advice basically lol)
so is it rare to transmit hsv2 to your breasts? like should I not be concerned about it at all?
based on the fact that I got tested pretty early after my last sexual encounter is it possible it was a false positive or what do you think? is 3.53 considered a def positive after 10 days?
my gyn did simplify it but she did inform me i may never have an outbreak or another but i could still transmit it to other partners.
should I expect all outbreaks to be as mild since my "initial" was?
patience! I work full time and sometimes even sleep :)
ok so let's start at the beginning - you had a sore at least a year ago so this isn't likely to be a newly acquired infection for you. typically herpes is not a part of pregnancy testing either. you and your partners probably were never tested for herpes before this. You can seek out a herpes WB at this point to see if your hsv2 igg is a true positive or not. You also can seek out a lesion culture of active symptoms but since you have lesions few and far between, getting the WB is the quicker answer. If your most recent partner tested negative for herpes on igg blood testing ( don't hesitate to ask to see results to help you determine when to have your follow up testing done ), you don't have to wait for the WB.
about your baby :) If you do have hsv2, you can take herpes antivirals while breast feeding and it's not an issue. you don't have to worry at this point about transmitting genital herpes to your baby either. no need to also take lysine or any other supplements. they don't do much, if anything, for genital herpes and it's the herpes antivirals that are doing the work for you.
no such thing as just being a carrier of hsv2 either :( Your gyn over simplified things I think to try to make you feel better.
confirm your status, make sure your new partner was properly tested and go from there. also be sure to read through the free herpes handbook we recommend in our read before posting post too. all sorts of helpful info in there so that you know the basics when talking to your gyn and can correct some of the info they are telling you!!
grace
ok so let's start at the beginning - you had a sore at least a year ago so this isn't likely to be a newly acquired infection for you. typically herpes is not a part of pregnancy testing either. you and your partners probably were never tested for herpes before this. You can seek out a herpes WB at this point to see if your hsv2 igg is a true positive or not. You also can seek out a lesion culture of active symptoms but since you have lesions few and far between, getting the WB is the quicker answer. If your most recent partner tested negative for herpes on igg blood testing ( don't hesitate to ask to see results to help you determine when to have your follow up testing done ), you don't have to wait for the WB.
about your baby :) If you do have hsv2, you can take herpes antivirals while breast feeding and it's not an issue. you don't have to worry at this point about transmitting genital herpes to your baby either. no need to also take lysine or any other supplements. they don't do much, if anything, for genital herpes and it's the herpes antivirals that are doing the work for you.
no such thing as just being a carrier of hsv2 either :( Your gyn over simplified things I think to try to make you feel better.
confirm your status, make sure your new partner was properly tested and go from there. also be sure to read through the free herpes handbook we recommend in our read before posting post too. all sorts of helpful info in there so that you know the basics when talking to your gyn and can correct some of the info they are telling you!!
grace
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