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I was tested 5 years ago at Planned Parenthood Clinic due to an ex gf cheating on me. My results all came back negative with the exception of HSV-1. The doc brushed it off stating that nearly everyone has it, but I was confused because I had never had a cold sore in my entire life, not even as a child. Long story short I let it fall to the wayside and forgot about it, but just recently after my gf of 5 years and I broke up I got tested again. To my surprise all of my test results were negative, including HSV-1. This left me confused as to whether the first one was a false positive or this most recent was a false negative, as I went to a different clinic that is offered by the state of INDIANA. Either way I didn’t let this affect me much until just recently when a girl that I have been sexually intimate with disclosed to me that she was diagnosed with HSV-1 genitally about 3 years ago. She has not had an outbreak in 2 years and her doctor told her that her case was so mild, that medication wasn’t needed. We have always used a condom, with the exception of the condom breaking, one time, for literally a second and we have only had sex 6 times over the course of the last two weeks. I have no issue getting tested again in a few months, my main concern is that if I test positive this time, like I did the first time, I don’t know if I should assume that the negative was a fluke and I have always had oral herpes or that the positive was a fluke and I have now acquired Genital HSV-1. I hope that makes sense. I guess my question is whether you believe I am even at risk for having sex so few times and using protection that I even need to worry about getting tested unless I develop signs and symptoms. I don’t want to get a positive result again and automatically assume that I now have genital herpes and start living my life and informing partners of something that is not even 100% sure. This is sending me into a mental breakdown, please help!!
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The screening blood test for HSV 1 antibody is really quite poor missing 1-2 or more out of 10 cases. The better test is the herpes western blot. It is difficult to get – our clinic can help you with it. It is done only at the University of Washington in the US. Without an actual lesion to swab, it is not possible to know if you have HSV 1 orally or genitally, if it does come back positive. HSV 1 genital infection is a minor problem – is recurs infrequently and is given off from the body also infrequently. If you want to know if you really have HSV 1, you need the western blot for a clear answer.
Terri
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I think you are at very low risk and I think there is an excellent chance that you are already infected and the screening test is missing it, since you tested positive at one time.
Terri
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