out of range

[nan3207]

WHAT ARE THESE RESULTS

HSV 1 IGG TYPE SPECIFIC         >5.00 H

HSV 2 IGG TYPE SPECIFIC            2.71 H



1.10    POSITIVE


AM I POSITIVE FOR HERPES

[gracefromHHP]

whether the sex is protected or not is up to you and your partner.

No, it's not always just that it's over 3.5 means it has to be positive.  You need to confirm your status just to be sure.

grace

[nan3207]

Sorry Grace i have one more question.


If taking valtrex daily .Does all sex have to be protected sex if your taking antiviral medications?

Thank you

[nan3207]

cont...

Oh, when should i test again.

[nan3207]

i dont understand i though that if it was higher than 3.5 its for sure is positive. I got 3.92 higher than before 2.71...

[gracefromHHP]

It's still a low positive so either get your next ob cultured and typed to confirm or follow up with the WB  .  I know it's a pain in the butt to keep getting tested but I'd much rather see folks have to get a couple of blood tests or a lesion culture to confirm their status than to assume that they really are infected and not take precautions with future partners who may have hsv2 and end up getting hsv2 before they had to.

You may even want to stop suppressive therapy at this point just to see if you get a return of symptoms to get cultured.  

grace

[nan3207]

con't

Equivocal  0.91 -1.09
Positive >1.09