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Clarification of results
So I was 17 weeks pregnant and had a miscarriage. A few years back I had an HSV 1/2 blood work done and it was reported to be positive which I don't know at what point I contracted that virus because I never and still has never had an outbreak and that's blood work was done out of curiosity on my point. During the miscarriage at some point my doctor did an HSV herpes simplex type 1 and 2 and the results report HSV-1 DNA negative and HSV-2 DNA for LHSV negative. What exactly does this mean. Does it mean I am not currently having any outbreaks or does that mean I do not have HSV. I'm confused about what these results mean.
The two types of HSV can live either above (oral) or below (genital). We can have genital HSV-1.
The HSV 1/2 positive test is not very helpful, since they failed to identify a specific type, and also blood tests can't tell you exactly where the virus is. By chance do you have your paper results from that test?
You're right - the negative swabs may simply mean that you were not shedding virus at the time they swabbed. I suspect they wanted to see whether the virus was active at the time of your miscarriage. It does not mean that you don't have HSV, I'm afraid, only that there wasn't any on the surface of the skin at the time they did that test.
The HSV 1/2 positive test is not very helpful, since they failed to identify a specific type, and also blood tests can't tell you exactly where the virus is. By chance do you have your paper results from that test?
You're right - the negative swabs may simply mean that you were not shedding virus at the time they swabbed. I suspect they wanted to see whether the virus was active at the time of your miscarriage. It does not mean that you don't have HSV, I'm afraid, only that there wasn't any on the surface of the skin at the time they did that test.
There is no recent exposure to anything. I miscarried and the dr swabbed my vaginal area. Which I am not sure why as to I was not having any outbreaks. Also why would they do HSV 1 what does that have to do with miscarriage. That's why I'm wondering what the negative means and what the results are. Were they looking for recent infection. What exactly does the results mean in my situation. As I said I tested for HSV 1/2 blood after a mutual encounter about 6 years ago. But even them i had no outbreaks it was mere curiosity.
Hi, you mention the first test was positive but you dont know which. It was most likely hsv1 oral as its estimated that 70% of the adult population would test positive for this.
The second test (LHSV) was a swab test of an area and most likely was your vaginal area. To perform this test without a sore present is really of no value. This test is used when a sore is swabbed within 48 hours after appearing.
If you want to confirm your hsv status, then have the herpes igg select type specific done 3 months post sexual exposure.
The second test (LHSV) was a swab test of an area and most likely was your vaginal area. To perform this test without a sore present is really of no value. This test is used when a sore is swabbed within 48 hours after appearing.
If you want to confirm your hsv status, then have the herpes igg select type specific done 3 months post sexual exposure.
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