The fact that the two episodes of lesions occurred about a week apart makes it still more unlikely that this was HSV although the disease recurrence patterns can be highly variable.
HSV-1 on the tongue. Again uncommon and more likely to be aphous ulcers. Orolabial HSV most commonly presents at lesions on the lips (i.e. "cold sores")
HSV-2 levels are clearly negative.
EWH
Thanks for your insight. I will get another Herpeselect test done around August. Until then I am using condoms.
All total I would say that each of the sores came about a week apart. I don't know if that makes a big difference.
I was also curious is HSV-1 common on the tongue? Or do you know of anything else allergic or otherwise that could explain the recurrent sores on my tongue?
My HSV-2 levels were .09 which is pretty common I believe.
Thanks for your help Doctor Hook.
DOCTORS. Greatest apology. I thought that I was in the STD community. Please delete my posts!!!!!
I meant:
A negative for HSV2 IgG blood test is not considered valid until 3-4 months.
it could HSV1 or HSV2. However, 3 days sounds a bit fast for a herpes sore to heal. If you are having lesions in your genitals, you should stop having unprotected sex until you sort this out. Get the lesions cultured when they first appear.
A negative for HSV2 IgG blood test is non considered valid 3-4 months.
There are several elements to your story which do not completely connect. Importantly, the first time you noticed a lesion was in February, which, as I understand it, was over a month since your last sexual exposure. This is quite long for the onset of herpes as acquired from either your partner through November or from your holiday partner. Thus, taken from this perspective, it would seem unlikely the the lesions you describe are recently acquired herpes (if it was herpes, the recurrent nature of the herpes would suggest that it would be HSV-2 since HSV-1 in the genitals does not recur frequently). Having considered this, if the lesions you are having is herpes but has been present for a longer period of time, then I would expect your HerpeSelect result to reflect this--it does not. Putting all of this together, my guess is that the recurrent lesions that you have noticed are not herpes but indeed may be inadvertent trauma from masturbation.
So what to do. Well, for starters, while you are sorting things out, condoms would be a good idea. Second, the next time the lesion occurs, I would strongly recommend getting a culture of PCR test. The sooner after lesions appear, the more likely a culture is to be positive and after two or three days false negative cultures are actually quite common. If the lesions do not recur, then I think this is not herpes. Further evidence to support this, while not 100%, would be derived from a repeat blood test at about six months (next August) which is when nearly all HSV blood test that are going to be positive will be.
Hope this helps. EWH