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Herpes Symptoms but Negative Antibody Test IGg

› Forums › Herpes Questions › Herpes Symptoms but Negative Antibody Test IGg

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 6 months ago by Terri Warren.
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    • July 30, 2015 at 12:47 pm #8551
      ducatirider
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      Hello,

      I have been to several doctors who visually inspected me for herpes and all have said I have no visual symptoms. But I have extreme itching and tingling around my lips, scrotum and penis. My fear was that I am asymptomatic. I have not had sex since August 2014. In February 2015 I had an IGg antibody test that came back negative for HSV-1 and HSV-2. Yet my symptoms persist often to the point that I cannot sleep at night. The only relief I get is from L-Lysine which I take 1000 Mg once at night and once in the morning. What do you suppose is happening? As an aside, I have chronic HBV from birth. I am taking Viread for this for the last 10 years.

      Thank you,

    • July 30, 2015 at 6:50 pm #8564
      Terri Warren
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      I’m not in a position to tell you what you might have but it certainly appears that herpes is not one of them (though the screening test for HSV 1 misses 25% of infections). I’m not clear why Lysine helps you but that reinforces the idea that you don’t have herpes because Lysine, statistically, does not help with herpes. Have you talked with your regular health care provider about what might be going on here with the itching?

      Terri

    • July 31, 2015 at 9:39 am #8598
      ducatirider
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      Hi Terri,

      I have been given 4 different anti fungal creams all of which did not work. And I suspect thinned out the skin which made it more sensitive. I also try ozonated olive oil which also doesn’t work. I suspect it is some sort of persistent chronic virus as this has been going on for over a year. I tried ozone haemotherapy and that does work for around 4 days and then the itching returns. I also take zinc with the Lysine if that matters. I “thought” that Viread being a antiretroviral for HBV and HIV may be reducing the HSV count returning a false negative but my liver doctor assure me Viread is virus specific.

      d

    • August 1, 2015 at 10:40 am #8614
      Terri Warren
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      I”m not familiar with Viread. But if you have had something consistently for a year, that does not sound anything like how herpes behaves. It is definitely intermittent. I would still recommend believing the antibody test.

      Terri

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