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I finally got my doctor to order an IgG test. The results were negative for hsv1, positive for hsv2. The problem is I have an 11 year old infection that I felt certain was ghsv1. I received oral sex then from someone with a cold sore, it just didn’t quite look like a cold sore till days later. So is it possible that my partner’s oral sore was hsv2, or did the test just not pick up hsv1. Which is more likely: the hsv2 is a false positive or i acquired it from a new partner? After the incident 11years ago I’ve only had one other partner. We had unprotected sex 4 times. This occurred at 4 months and 2 months prior to IgG test. Can hsv1 infection alone cause a false positive hsv2 result?
My ob/gyn gives me very vague information and makes me feel like I’m asking too many questions. Maybe this is not an area of expertise for him. I’m on antivirals and he says just don’t have sex during an outbreak, and transmission risk while asymptomatic is 1%.
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I can’t really tell much about your situation with knowing the index values of your IgG testing. Did you have some or can you find out the index values? There is one test that doesn’t offer index values and you may have had it done – not great at all.
if your HSV 2 index value is below 3, you need confirmation by another test. Also, the IgG test misses 30% of HSV 1 infections. Just not a great test compared to the gold standard western blot, I’m afraid.Terri
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Both LabCorp and Quest do offer their own confirmatory test and they may be covered by your insurance. I think you should investigate that. The western blot is not covered by insurance and would be out of pocket for about $400. Both of those companies provide antibody test for herpes that have index values and that’s an important predictor of how likely it is to be correct.
Terri
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