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i have recently been diagnosed with herpes and i just wanted to know if it is possible that i can somehow transmit it to my children and what precautions i should take to make sure i dont i have a small child that still uses diapers so that worries me lets say i sctratch myself and then change her diaper is she at risk im scared to even touch my children i really dont have any idea where it came from and although im worried and concerned my main concern is not giving it to my children my wife is going to be tested with a blood test because she has never had a outbreak so at this point im not sure if i gave it to her but we do not use condoms so it is possible i would also like to know if i should have a blood test to confirm i had a culture test done while i had what i thought to be a rash of some sort and doc told me its positive for herpes and i ve read that those test are pretty accurate my doc was not really knowlegable about herpes so im hoping i can get some answers on here
Hi grace,
i have a question, i did the IGG test for herpes 1 and herpes 2. these are my results
HSV 1/2 IGG,Herpeselect >5.00
HSV 2 IGG Type Specific In Range 0.17
now, the doctor told me that i dont have herpes 2, i have herpes 1 but my question is, when i was very young i had chicken pox and other common one time viruses that children get. my question is, is it possible that the test got confused with the chicken pox antibodies and gave me positive for herpes 1? should i retest? i never had an outbreak before, only one week ago i had a little white pimple in my penis so i poped it but that was it. it was not in the head. it was in the shaft. so can it be possible that antibodies of varicella got the test mixed up?
i have a question, i did the IGG test for herpes 1 and herpes 2. these are my results
HSV 1/2 IGG,Herpeselect >5.00
HSV 2 IGG Type Specific In Range 0.17
now, the doctor told me that i dont have herpes 2, i have herpes 1 but my question is, when i was very young i had chicken pox and other common one time viruses that children get. my question is, is it possible that the test got confused with the chicken pox antibodies and gave me positive for herpes 1? should i retest? i never had an outbreak before, only one week ago i had a little white pimple in my penis so i poped it but that was it. it was not in the head. it was in the shaft. so can it be possible that antibodies of varicella got the test mixed up?
What if hand washing didn't occur after touching an active lesion and then I changed a diaper?
washing your hands after using the bathroom or touching yourself intimately ( this isn't just scratching over clothes ) is all you need to do to protect your children. they are not at risk from routine day to day casual contact.
if you had a + lesion culture then there's no reason to confirm your infection wtih a blood test.
grace
if you had a + lesion culture then there's no reason to confirm your infection wtih a blood test.
grace
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