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Possible exposure and testing
Hey everyone, thank you for your time!
Let me start off my telling you my story...
I was dating a guy for a few weeks and ultimately decided to have oral sex; well, me giving it to him. Anyways...afterwards, everything was fine for a few days and then I realized that he was becoming more and more distant as the days went on. I finally decided to confront him about it and he told me that he is HSV-2 positive and had a small breakout (one or two bumps) during the time I performed oral on him, and that he didn't notice it until later that night and that the reason he was distant was because he didn't know how to tell me. :(
Anyways...I am worried. I developed small bumps near the corners of my mouth that I don't believe were herpes, because I often get pimples there all the time...like chapped lips or skin. It was just on the corners of my mouth.
I tested at 8 weeks with HerpeSelect..HSV2 negative and HSV1 positive (I already knew this due to me getting coldsores when I was younger)...
I tested again at 12 weeks due to that being the suggested time I've read on websites and that's what my doctor said. Results: HSV2 negative!!!
I'm hoping that I can rely on these results and move on with life, but now I've read that it's required to wait 16 weeks :(
I'm hoping that me having what could have been an outbreak would have caused a positive HSV2 result by 12 weeks if what I had was truly an outbreak...I'm hoping this isn't a false negative...
Any help? I think if what I had around my mouth was an outbreak then my 12 week result would have been positive.
Thank you!
Let me start off my telling you my story...
I was dating a guy for a few weeks and ultimately decided to have oral sex; well, me giving it to him. Anyways...afterwards, everything was fine for a few days and then I realized that he was becoming more and more distant as the days went on. I finally decided to confront him about it and he told me that he is HSV-2 positive and had a small breakout (one or two bumps) during the time I performed oral on him, and that he didn't notice it until later that night and that the reason he was distant was because he didn't know how to tell me. :(
Anyways...I am worried. I developed small bumps near the corners of my mouth that I don't believe were herpes, because I often get pimples there all the time...like chapped lips or skin. It was just on the corners of my mouth.
I tested at 8 weeks with HerpeSelect..HSV2 negative and HSV1 positive (I already knew this due to me getting coldsores when I was younger)...
I tested again at 12 weeks due to that being the suggested time I've read on websites and that's what my doctor said. Results: HSV2 negative!!!
I'm hoping that I can rely on these results and move on with life, but now I've read that it's required to wait 16 weeks :(
I'm hoping that me having what could have been an outbreak would have caused a positive HSV2 result by 12 weeks if what I had was truly an outbreak...I'm hoping this isn't a false negative...
Any help? I think if what I had around my mouth was an outbreak then my 12 week result would have been positive.
Thank you!
I sure wish I had your number or something to text about this more easily haha
Well there is so little in this world that is 100% certain and I am just able to read about your situation. However when you put all the things you mention together, I cannot see how you are possibly infected with HSV2.
So are you the new moderator? I know you're not a health professional but what is your expertise of herpes?
I'm sorry but Grace has retired from this Board, we all of course miss her very much.
Thank you so much for your timely response. Is there anyways you or I can have grace fromHHP respond to this? I trust you, but I've seen her name on here often and trust her advice as well. I'm not sure how to make her see this, lol
You are absolutely fine in respect of HSV2.
Having an oral HSV1 infection means that you were very unlikely to become infected in that region with HSV2.
HSV2 is also very difficult to obtain orally, not a location it thrives in compared to genital.
The 12 week negative result for HSV2 also confirms no infection.
Hence taken as a whole, you can be very confident that there is no HSV2 infection.
Having an oral HSV1 infection means that you were very unlikely to become infected in that region with HSV2.
HSV2 is also very difficult to obtain orally, not a location it thrives in compared to genital.
The 12 week negative result for HSV2 also confirms no infection.
Hence taken as a whole, you can be very confident that there is no HSV2 infection.
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