Opinion needed

[AssuranceNeeded23]

Hello!

-last questionable encounter was almost 2 years ago

-recently had a small tear/sore, minimal pain, itchy, but no fluid

-IgG was negative

-in the last two years, I have had twin babies, with 3 month nicu stay, and previous encounter’s now girlfriend went through radiation for early cancer detection. None of us have had any symptoms, including the father of my children. Just a lot of stress without an outbreak by any of us!

My question is can I trust the IgG test and move on? What are the chances of my body not making antibodies in the past two years?

[Terri Warren]

Do you know if the swab test that was done was a culture or PCR?
both HSV 1 and HSV 2 can cause genital sores so when you ask if you can trust the IgG, I’m not clear if you were negative for both?

Terri

[AssuranceNeeded23]

Sorry for the confusion.

I had nothing to swab by the time I went in, so that’s why we did blood test.

Negative IgG for both strains, but more curious on the chance that I haven’t had enough time to produce antibodies after this amount of time? Or if I can trust it. It was a very low negative.

How long does a typical outbreak last? Initial and reoccurrence?

[Terri Warren]

If your last questionable encounter was two years ago, you can likely remove HSV 2 from your list of worries.
A typical herpes outbreak lasts 2-3 weeks initially and about a week for recurrences.

Terri

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