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March 22, 2018 at 9:57 am #23337WilliamBParticipant
Roughly about 66 days ago ( 9.4 weeks ago ). I had potential exposure to HSV2. A one night stand I slept with. Had just broken up with my girlfriend recently and in that time I slept with about 3 women unproctected. After some poking and prodding one of the women told me she did have HSV2 but wasn’t in an outbreak and had one months ago. I don’t know her at all so don’t know the validity of her story. We had unproctected vaginal sex one time. So one night, about 4-5 days later I got out of the shower about an hour after sex and saw some red spots on there, figured it was after some rough sex / friction. No lesions or pain but 4 red dots. In that time I have been tested 2 or 3 times for all STDs.
I should mention that previous to this exposure I had a UTI a week or two before. As well as “female” bacteria in my urine. I have heard as a male that that is rare and doesn’t happen much, so possible complications could happen and I am going to see a Urologist most likely if it isn’t HSV2.
My symptoms post exposure initially were anal pain resembling hemorrhoid or fissures (never had one before) a strange perenium irritation, what felt like bowel retention. Some itching and tingling in the genitals as well as a “tugging” sensation down there, bad head and neck pain (though I had viral meningitis from herpes so I went to ER). And fast forward to currently where I am now. I am still having occasional tugging sensation down there, and some pain when I get an erection and when I ejaculate. My penis has also had some redness and irritation on the tip in the past few weeks. Not sure if could be HSV2 or fungal related.
I also have HSV1 orally, though I’ve never had a fever blister, so I know that it can take longer to show up on a test potentially? I had taken some Valtrax prescribed by the ER Dr (to calm my fears) during about my 6-7 week HSV2 test, which came back negative. This recent test I took a few days ago is at the 9.4 week mark and is also negative.
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March 23, 2018 at 12:11 pm #23372Terri WarrenKeymaster
How much Valtrex did you take? How many days? That can influence an antibody test.
How do you know you have oral herpes if you have never had a cold sore?
I am going to assume that you have been tested for all the other STI infections?Terri
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March 23, 2018 at 5:17 pm #23395WilliamBParticipant
1 MG (or GM?) Valtrex, it was a 14 day supply. I took it right before the first blood test. However this recent 9 and a half week test, I had not taken any in about 3 weeks prior to that.
I have tested positive for HSV 1 before. I have also been tested positive for other STI infections yes and came up negative
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March 24, 2018 at 8:59 am #23414Terri WarrenKeymaster
So I’m still confused – you tested positive by blood test for HSV 1 or by swab test from a lesion? A blood test cannot tell you where you are infected, only that have that virus.
I think you should wait 12 weeks from the concerning encounter and redo the test for HSV 2 onlyTerri
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March 24, 2018 at 1:21 pm #23434WilliamBParticipant
Sorry I have been positive for hsv1 for years from a blood test. My concern isn’t hsv1 genitally. My concern is that if having hsv1 antibodies will cause HSV2 antibodies to show up later?
And concerns if a 9 and a half week blood test is relatively accurate for HSV2 ?
I have only been tested for HSV2 in my recent test I got back that was negagvif at 9 and a half weeks. I just want to know the accuracy % of that test.
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March 24, 2018 at 3:13 pm #23436Terri WarrenKeymaster
OK, this is a guess but I would say you can count on the negative with probably 85% certainty
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