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In Feb. 2015 I broke out horribly and went to an urgent care as I was out of town. I had NEVER broken out like this before EVER. I had only yeast infections. The doctor at the urgent care there said I had herpes. She was sure. I have never stepped outside our marriage in 27 years so I knew something wasn’t right. My husband admitted to having two affairs (just one night stands). The second affair was in Feb. 2015 the same month I broke out. When I got back home, I had an Igm and an IGg test. I tested positive for IGg HSV 1 and 2. He tested negative IGg Hsv1 and 2 even after almost 6 months. How can this be? I do have other autoimmune illnesses like Sjogrens, Hashimotos and Rheumatoid Arthritis so I take a lot of medication. Since I broke out in the same month as the affair, this does not make sense. Probably the last time I slept with another guy was about 30 years ago. There is no way to contact the girl as he doesn’t know her name. Thank you for your assistance. (Igm on me was positive and him negative but I know that you really want to look at the IGg). Thank you again for letting me know how this could happen.
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How long after the horrible outbreak did you get the IgG antibody test drawn? You said “when you got home” I don’t know what that means. Can you clarify please?
Terri
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It can take up to four months for herpes antibody to be developed. Usually it happens more quickly than that, but not within one week. So that suggests that you had established infection, not new infection. I hear that you have not had those symptoms before and have no explanation for why you might have had this bad outbreak, but antibody to IgG one week after having the outbreak again suggests established infection.
Looking at this in a slightly different way, if he had recently contracted HSV 2 with the affair, he could have transmitted to you before antibody was developed. But that isn’t what happened because you were positive right away and he is still negative, 6 months later, is all of that correct?
terri
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You would not have gotten it from here because he is negative, right? So that indicates that he did not get it from her so he couldn’t give it to you.
Terri
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I note that you have paid only for the first set of questions and you’ve gone beyond that. Please pay for a second set of questions. I formulated this response before I noticed that so I’ll go ahead and post it and trust you will renew as appropriate.
The traditional screening test for HSV 2 picks up 97 out of 100 cases, so yes, it is possible that he has it and the traditional screening test did not pick it up. the herpes western blot is about 2% more sensitive than the screening test. He could have that done and you could see. Our clinic can order that to be drawn at a lab near you.
With a positive IgG antibody test, it is not possible to know if this is new infection or not – do you recall why the said they were sure you had new infection?
It is certainly possible that you could be infected for 27 years and him not, yes. I see it regularly in couples. The transmission rate from a female to a male in year with no medicine and no condoms having sex twice a week is only 4% so you can see that it is pretty low.
Let me ask you this – what is the index value of your positive IgG test? And was a swab taken of the sores that you had as well as an antibody test? Could this be a misdiagnosis? Do you have recurrences?
Terri
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I’m so glad this is cleared up for you and I so appreciate you following with up another post to let other readers know what’s going on with you. I’m surprised sometimes to hear how many people read old posts on here.
Thanks again.
Terri
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