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Hello! I’m still awaiting official test results from blood and swab tests, but the visual diagnosis was herpes. I went to my obgyn with swelling, redness and 4-5 lesions on my inner labia (not noticeable unless it’s pulled back…sorry if that’s graphic).
I’m a little baffled because I’ve now had two IgG screenings, two years in a row, that had negative results for HSV 1 and 2. The first was in June of 2014 and the second was in early February of 2015. My obgyn said that this means it must have been a recent exposure (should the tests come back positive). He said, based on a visual examination, that he was 85-90% positive it was HSV 2.
I am married and have been with my husband for four years. I KNOW he hasn’t cheated. I do know that he fooled around with, to varying degrees, several people the year before we got together and was never tested. He’s never exhibited any symptoms. Is it most likely that I got this through silent transmission/viral shedding from him, and it was dormant in him for this long? Would I have had two negative IgG tests if it were dormant in me?
Also, with lesions on the inside, what is the best method of self care? I’m already on Valacyclovir and my doctor prescribed a lidocaine ointment for the lesions. Is there anything else I can do besides OTC pain relievers and loose clothing? Will drying agents/epsom salt baths work, given the location of the lesions?
Thank you!
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I think both drying agents and sitz baths can be helpful. Are you able to pee and poop? Sometimes those nerves get impacted. May I ask why you have been getting tests for herpes? That seems a bit odd given your marriage where you do not question your husband’s fidelity. Were you also screen for HSV 1? It is possible to have HSV 1 genitally from receiving oral sex. And the screening blood test misses 25% of HSV 1 infections, so it isn’t great. Has your husband had an IgG antibody test? And you sure your past testing has been IgG?
terri
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