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[mix1]

Hi Terri,
Unfortunately, in September of last year I was diagnosed with HSV-2 through an IgM test with no related herpes symptoms.
I only tried it because it was on the test list and I had concerns about a risk relationship 3 weeks before my tests (the person took the condom off for a few minutes and I couldn’t see if they had any injuries).
They gave me Valtrex (28 days had passed since the risk relationship), they asked me to take it 2 times a day for 10 days.
It was the only time I took these antivirals.
After reading so much, I repeated my Igg tests in April which came back negative with 0.29 and in June with 0.30.

Would the antivirals no longer be interfering at this point?
I want to trust my negative igG results as it is the most accessible test where I live :/

[mix1]

What concerns me here is that:
1.- Of course the positive IgM test.
3.- I had a headache and a slight temperature the day after my first tests, and it went away by taking an ibuprofen pill
2.- In January I was being treated for a wart, so I applied a very moisturizing ointment (Vitacilin) ​​​​that fell on the vulva, specifically on the back and I think it irritated me since the next day I went to the bathroom, washed and it started to itch, I scratched and bled. This was cured with a crotimazole cream.
Avoid reusing the ointment and this has not happened.
From there there are no other symptoms that I can identify as probable herpes.
4.- Despite my constant negative IgG tests with results of:
September: 0.33
End of September 5 days after finishing antivirals: 0.27
October: 0.109
April: 0.29
June: 0.30
I am specifically concerned about a CLIA test from April where the reference intervals were 0.0 – 2.0 and my result was 1.20.
Would you consider that a negative high or just a negative?
What is your opinion after all this?

I want to move on, but I don’t want to put anyone at risk.

[Terri Warren]

Would the antivirals no longer be interfering at this point?
Correct, they would not

I want to trust my negative igG results as it is the most accessible test where I live :/
You can, with 92% certainty
For the CLIA test, you gave a range, but is that range positive or negative? I’m confused

Terri

[mix1]

The reference intervals for negative were from 0.0 to 2.0, my result was 1.20 AU/ml, I called the laboratory and they told me it was negative, that after 2.0 it is considered positive.

This test was 8 months after the possible risk relationship and my last test was in June, it was an ELISA with a result of 0.30.

[Terri Warren]

As I reviewed this, I see that you are believing an IgM test – you should not. The CDC advises that it never be done due to high rates of false positives.
It looks to me like your index value on the IgG test falls within the negative range,
I’m a little confused – was the 1.20 more recent than the 0.30 in June?
Regardless, both fall into the negative range.

Terri

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