HSV-2

[Jacksonmiles]

Recently discovered small-red blisters on cheek below one eye, no pain, no discharge. Never had ANY problems other than fevers blisters on my lips in the past. Never had any problems in the genital area in the past. Went to a dermatologist and he swabbed the infected area and results came back HSV-2 Postive. (HSV 1 – Negative) The paperwork wasn’t very clear and the results read: HSV- 1 Negative. Std range: Negative / HSV-2 Postive. Std range: Negative. Do you have any idea what an std range means?

My second question is: Since the infection site was on cheek and never anywhere else, what are the chance of the virus reactivating in the genital area?

My third question is: What are the chances of this being transferred to someone else if there was hugging, kissing and minimal genital rubbing each other while the rash was on my cheek? Again, I’ve never had any sores on anywhere on the genital area and I’m slightly confused by all of this. Especially since I thought having fever blisters were HSV-1 but that swab test came back Negative. Are swab tests the most effective method of confirmation? Thanks for your time and thanks for the advice.

[Jacksonmiles]

My apologies I’d like to add to the first paragraph in regards to the results. There were no numbers given, just simple those words. Thank you.

[Terri Warren]

Swab test do not have numbers. So just to clarify, your doctor did a swab from blisters on your cheek and they came back positive for type II, is that correct? How long have you had cold sores? It is possible that you have type II and type one Orally. It is a difficult situation because most people who have type II have it at least genitally those some also have it orally. I think STD in this case probably means standard but I’m not sure. Have you had a herpes antibody test done? If you were my in person patient I think I might do an antibody test just to confirm that you do have type II antibody and that there was no confusion with the typing of your swab test. It is certainly possible that you are infected on your face four and it could show up on your cheek as well.

Terri

[Jacksonmiles]

Hi Terri,

Thank you, that is correct. A swan test was done on my cheek and it came back HSV2 positive and HSV1 negative. I have never had any blisters of any sort in the genital area but I’ve had fever blisters since my teenage years. I’m 35. I was recently with someone sexually, what are the chances of that person contracting genital or oral herpes from kissing/hugging/genital rubbing? No sex. Thanks for any information.

[Terri Warren]

Your situation is highly unusual. HSV-2 of the mouth what cheek it Is unusual but even more unusual is to acquire this after years of oral infection with type I. If you were my patient, I would do a IgG antibody test to be certain that you have antibody to type II and that somehow the swab test was not mistyped. Hugging presents no risk. Kissing presents the risk of transmission of both HSV one and two if you do indeed have type II on your cheek. But this is unusual because type II rarely recurs on the cheek. Genital rubbing is another question because we don’t know if you have type II only on the cheek or also genitally. It is more likely that you have it in both locations.

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Terri

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Terri Warren.

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