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i recentlyhad sex with my boyfriend. About 10 days later I had irratation and itching and a red spot so I went to get tested for herpes. My results of blood results for hsv 2 came back positive and the test results read as follows. lgg >3.00 that was under the abnormal category the lgm read pos 2.37. I went to my gynochologist and she is a nurse practitioner she explained by this what she is to understand is that i was exposed in the past, however it also shows by the numbers i have been recently re-exposed. I have been with the same guy for going on four years. I have never cheated. We do not use protection, does this mean he has cheated on me? Could this be a reacurrance? Is it possible i gave it to him and he gave it back to me? Im so confused... Please helpl. My culture for hsv 1 and my culture for the lesion i had when i went in came back negative.
yes i was negative for hsv 1 and the swab test. And yes my partner was tested we are waiting on the results. The nurse practitioner just stated that the numbers were significantly high and that if i had not been with anyone else that it was a sign he had been that this was a new exposure. Yes i was exposed in the past but this was new based on the numbers is all she said. I know i wasnt with anyone esle and it confused me because i was just with him less then two weeks before
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The nurse practitioner doesn't have her facts right about herpes. Your positive IgG antibody test means that you are both infected with HSV 2 and are infectious to others.
This most certainly doesn't mean that your partner has been cheating on you. If either of you have ever in your lives had sex with anyone else, either of you could have contracted this years before your diagnosis.
Has your partner been tested yet? If not, he should be. If you are both positive, then you don't need to worry about herpes in the relationship, in terms of transmission. If he is negative, then you need to consider going on daily therapy to reduce the risk of infecting him.
I think you mean that you antibody test was negative for HSV 1 and your swab test was negative, right?
Terri
This most certainly doesn't mean that your partner has been cheating on you. If either of you have ever in your lives had sex with anyone else, either of you could have contracted this years before your diagnosis.
Has your partner been tested yet? If not, he should be. If you are both positive, then you don't need to worry about herpes in the relationship, in terms of transmission. If he is negative, then you need to consider going on daily therapy to reduce the risk of infecting him.
I think you mean that you antibody test was negative for HSV 1 and your swab test was negative, right?
Terri
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The transmission rate from females to males in a year is only about 4%, so yes, you can be together for a long time and not transmit. So now do you believe that the test results don't indicate new infection?
If he has HSV 1, then he can still acquire HSV 2, but he is more likely to acquire it without symptoms that he recognizes.
Terri
If he has HSV 1, then he can still acquire HSV 2, but he is more likely to acquire it without symptoms that he recognizes.
Terri
another thing i just read as a responsse from you on someone elses page was it is possible to be a carrier but not pass it? how is this possible and is there a way to find that out? Like i stated we have been together for four years and unprotectedd the whole time and thankfully he is negative could this be the case?
he test results came back negative for hsv 2 but postitive for hsv 1 on the cold sore side. I thank you for your interpretation. I was wondering i have read that immunity is built against one if you have the other is that true. We have been unprotected since the beginning has he built up an immunity against hsv 2 having the 1?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Well, I don't agree with her interpretation but nonetheless, you are infected.
Terri
Terri
no i asked several questions when i was there.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
an IgG value of >3 simply indicates that you are infected. It says absolutely nothing about when or by whom. She is incorrect on this issue. What you can intrepret from this test is that you likely didn't get it from him in the past two weeks and your number is likely not due to new infection as it takes a while to make antibody of that level. Do you think you might have been mixed up about what she said?
TErri
TErri
You are reading content posted in the Herpes Forum
Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
