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Hi Terri so I had a question regarding my positive test. So my test is As follows. HSV 1 IgG, Type specific POS index. It does not give me a number index at all it just says that I am positive. And I was negative for HSV2 for that exact same test. Here is my question so my nurse practitioner told me that this highly likely a childhood infection but the problem is I’ve never been kissed in the mouth by an adult that I could remember. And I’ve never had an outbreak ever. Even now I’ve never had a outbreak. I’ve only had two sexual partners in my life one unprotected and the other protected only had two or 3 times unprotected sex but the rest of the time it was protected. Both of them where my boyfriends. So no random people. The first boyfriend I had sex with I don’t know his status when it comes to herpes. My second one has always had his partners tested and they where negative. and says he has never had it. What are the chances that this is a false positive? And also I’ve obviously kissed people in the past But I’ve never had sex with them just kissing. So do you think I could have gotten it from one of them ? Also my nurse tested me for the IgM Scrn for HSV 1&2 and they both came back negative.
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False positives on the HSV 1 IgG test are less common than false positives with HSV 2, but they do happen. You might want to consider asking your provider to get the index value of your test from the lab. They likely have it, depending upon the style of test they ran. If they ran an immunoblot, there is no index value. In that case, I would do a test with Quest or LabCorp that do run tests that give index values. If it is 3 or above, it is a real positive. It won’t be possible to know when you acquired this OR where it is. If someone who is HSV 1 positive gives you oral sex, that can result in a genital infection. Unless you have an outbreak either orally or genitally, you cannot know the location of the infection. If you’ve not received oral sex in your lifetime, then you can be almost certain that this is an oral infection and could have been there since childhoor or you acquired it as an adult from kissing someone with this virus. Oral infections can also show up in the nares of the nose.
Terri
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If you only received oral sex once from your previous partner, I think a genital infection is quite unlikely. If you have it, I suspect it is oral. Has your new partner actually been tested to know if he is HSV 1 negative or positive> It is certainly possible that you are infected and have not infected him, but remember that about half the US population is HSV 1 positive, so he may well have it already. If you have it orally, it is highly unlikely that you would then give it to yourself in a new location. If you are infected, you could pass this along by kissing or by giving oral sex. That’s correct.
Terri
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The chances of getting HSV 1 through unprotected intercourse are low because HSV 1 genital infection (if he had it genitally) is rarely shed. A test done two months out is not quite as accurate as one done three months out.
It is not correct that your immune system would build an immune response if you were not infected.
If your index value is substantial, you are infection and potentially infectious to others.Do you know your index value on your HSV 1 antibody test yet?
Terri
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