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Years between exposure and initial outbreak?
12yrs ago I tested negative for hsv1 and positive for hsv2 but I was shocked because I had only been with one guy. I don't remember the result numbers and I can't find them so I don't know if it was on the low end. I never had any symptoms whatsoever. Fast forward to 2015. I tested negative on both hsv 1&2. Then I met someone and we both tested this last April and both of us were negative hsv 1&2 though he did have chlamydia without symptoms and we were both treated. That was April. Now in December I had watery vaginal discharge. Dr tested and was BV so he gave me an antibiotic but 3 days later I got one sore, fever and aches. I had the sore swabbed and it came back hsv positive. Took a week of acyclovir and was clear. Now a month later the sores are back and have muliplied from 1 to 6. No other symptoms this time. My boyfriend swears he has been faithful and I have no reason to doubt him. I asked him to get retested and he did. So about 5 weeks after my initial symptoms he tested both igm and igg for both hsv 1&2 and all came back negative. So my question is, is it possible that I contracted it 1-12 years ago and just had the initial outbreak? Or should I be looking at him as the culprit even though he has tested negative twice now? It's so confusing.
With the fever and body aches this sounds like a primary outbreak for sure. So it would appear to be a recent infection. The blood test looks for antibodies and not the virus itself. The swab test picks up the virus.
Now some folks do not make antibodies so the test doesn't pick them up. That is on possibility. The other is hsv1 tests are not as good as hsv2 tests and can miss up to 30% of infections.
Do you know what strain of hsv you have? Hsv1 or hsv2?
Now some folks do not make antibodies so the test doesn't pick them up. That is on possibility. The other is hsv1 tests are not as good as hsv2 tests and can miss up to 30% of infections.
Do you know what strain of hsv you have? Hsv1 or hsv2?
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Its hsv2
Really sounds like a recent infection. How long have you been dating? Sorry if you said this already
We've been exclusively dating for 10 months. He tested negative back in April and again a week ago
On one hand I would have to believe it's a recent infection due to the fever and body aches often associated with the first (primary) outbreak. On the other one can't say for sure you haven't had this a long time. I'm sorry I don't have a concrete answer for you.
What does he think of all this?
What does he think of all this?
He's been supportive and is willing to deal with it. I guess I will never know and just need to focus on how to figure out my triggers now.
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