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Herpes Igg test
Test results for the IGG HSV 2 was 1.00 (equivocal). This was 4+ months after last sexual encounter. No symptoms. Should a retest be done??!?
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Thanks so much Grace. And thank you for answering back to everyone on these forums. What you are doing is more important than I think you know. So thank you.
you guys never mind my bed head or pj's so this kind of volunteer work beats the soup kitchen any day :D
Lol. Nope. Don't mind at all!! :) have a great day and keep doing what you are doing!!
Hi Grace…. It's strange that I’m back but here I am. I was talking to some people about this and they said that since I came back with a 1.00 (equivocal), they said "it hit on something" and even though enough time has passed (4+ months), they say that I am a carrier?? Wouldn’t I have to have been officially tested with a positive number (above a 1.10) and considered asymptomatic infected in order to be a “carrier???” Now I’m confused again. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated since some number did in fact come back on the test. Thanks so much.
One other question. I was reading some other posts on here and saw your comment on one about some people not showing up detectable levels on the IGG tests? Based on that, do I need to get tested again???
not sure who you were talking to but they are adding to your anxiety needlessly :(
no need for more testing.
no need for more testing.
Ok. That's what I was thinking but I figured I would ask someone who could give me a straight answer. Thanks Grace.
the way they do the tests, they compare your sample to a known positive sample and it gives you a percentage of likelihood that it's a match which is then converted by a mathmatical algorithm into the numeric result that you receive. You never get a zero as a result. so it's not that it "hit on something", it's the way the test is done and why we have result interpretation guidelines. ( there, tell that to the person you were talking to and learn them a thing or two!!! )
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I wouldn't bother with more testing and would move forward.
grace