Newly diagnosed thinking of the western blot

[unluckyandworried]

My test results came back with
HSV1: 6.48
HSV2: 6.58

I have never had an outbreak ever. I was with the same partner for 5.5 years and she is clean. Before that I only had three different sexual encounters which were very short lived meaning I only slept with them 1-3 times. This was about 6-7 years ago before I met my gf.

[Terri Warren]

Are you saying that your current partner has tested negative for HSV 2? If she has not been tested, we cannot know that she is not infected because 85% of those infected with HSV 2 deny any symptoms of herpes.
If you were my patient and your partner actually tests negative for HSV 2, I would recommend that you obtain the herpes western blot for confirmation of that HSV 2 value. I’m quite sure the HSV 1 will confirm but we’ve seen several false positives in the range of 6-7 on the IGG test as compared to the blot.

Terri

[unluckyandworried]

Yes, my partner tested negative for both HSV1 & HSV2. I have never had an outbreak. I don’t know if this helps but I did have chicken pox and I am African American. Going through your forums, I saw that there is a certain proteins in African Americans that can be mistaken for HSV?

Thanks.

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