You can't get a WB from labcorp but you can get one through quest labs if your provider orders it.
encourage your provider to better educate themselves on herpes testing by reading the 2010 cdc herpes guidelines. You need additional testing to confirm your status.
Labcorp is what it says on my paper with my results
There is no such thing as being exposed to HSV. You either have Herpes or you don't.
The western blot is for HIV but there is a Herpes Western Blot and it is the gold standard for HSV testing. Your doctor needs to update their HSV knowledge by reading the CDC 2010 guidelines for herpes.
At this point follow up with the confirmatory testing. Does your doctor use quest labs?
I went to the doctor today. She told me that I have been exposed to genital herpes virus sometime in my life and that it was possible I was exposed to it by me giving oral sex, but I have only gave my boyfriend oral sex and no other guy ever but he tests negative. Can I have the type 2 herpes just from cold sores. I asked about the wb blood test and she told me that that test is for testing for hiv and that another blood test wouldn't do any good. She said maybe I have had a lesion and didt notice but I know myself. I would've known if there was something down there and I can say 100% I have never had any lesions down there. She did a exam down there and said I look fine down there and the discharge I have is normal. But is it possible the test was wrong and I never have been exposed to genital herpes and that I just have cold sores.
herpes lesion cultures need to be done on symptoms that are less than 48 hours old.
you hsv2 igg is a low positive and needs confirmed with further testing. A herpes Wb blood test would be the best test for confirming your status.
The doctor took swabs of the big sore he has down their today. she said the results should be in within 72 hours. That sore has been there for a few weeks. She did not swab the sores that just came out a few days ago. Should that make any difference.
HSV 2 IgG, Type spec 2.04 mine. Bf 0.91
if you can get the results of your herpes blood test to post here, I can better help you. all I need to see are the actual numeric results - e.g. hsv1 igg 4.3 and hsv2 igg .34 or whatever they are. same as if your bf can call for his test results for you to post, I can be sure he was properly tested also.
has your bf been seen for his current symptoms?
grace