Possible HSV Help (massage)

[sosinusa]

This has been the worst four weeks of my life.

• This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by Terri Warren.

[Terri Warren]

We don’t allow photos on this site so I had to remove the rest of your post to remove that photo.
The experience you had does NOT put you at risk of HSV AND the photo looks nothing like herpes. I think you can stop worrying about this now.

Terri

[sosinusa]

Thank you Terri.
Does your opinion remain if you read the first post of this? Note there are 20+ pictures and a timeline. I would appreciate if you could please review

https://honeycomb.click/topic/81803-is-this-hsv-help/#comment-515619

For what duration could HSV live in/on the toy thing if a previous user was infected?

[Terri Warren]

I’m sorry – I’m not going to review this post and pictures. If a person used a sex toy and someone else used it with a short time – perhaps an hour at the most – the virus could POSSIBLY be transmitted between people. That’s a wild guess. But I think it is extremely unlikely. The virus really needs to be warm and moist to be viable for transmission (which is likely different than saying it is still alive.)

Terri

[sosinusa]

Hi Terri,

Curious on the methodology of IGG tests. Many people quote yourself saying the tests ‘miss about 30% of HSV1 cases.’ Figure 1 of this article also concurs to that statement, noting the HerpeSelect test at 12 weeks/3 months had 73% or patients having seroconverted (trending to 78% at 6mo).

https://journals.lww.com/stdjournal/Fulltext/2003/04000/Time_Course_of_Seroconversion_by_HerpeSelect_ELISA.7.aspx

1) Does this mean the case is not detectable or it was not detected? I.e. if another test was done the day after, is there a fair possibility of it picking up the infection, or is it forever ‘undetectable’ per the percentages noted in the article above and as referenced by yourself?

Is it a certain ‘strain’ that is undetectable? I.e. if HSV1 was not detected in one person, would it be detectable in someone else assuming it transmitted between the two individuals?

2) What are some stats/data on patients never developing antibodies or never testing positive on IGG for HSV1 and 2?

3) If one were to have a possible history of cold sores, would those antibodies protect from the GHSV1?

[sosinusa]

For reference. I have tested negative at 6, 10, 12 weeks on what I believe is an ELISA test (Quest Diagnostics, California [please confirm if you know]) for HSV.

I am getting an occasional canker sore and corresponding redness at border of lip exterior, which is burning and painful, but yet to ever blister and scab like the clinical presentation of a cold sore. The worse its been has been red and ‘raw’ looking but certainly past the lip border.

[Terri Warren]

1) Does this mean the case is not detectable or it was not detected? I.e. if another test was done the day after, is there a fair possibility of it picking up the infection, or is it forever ‘undetectable’ per the percentages noted in the article above and as referenced by yourself?
It means the test is flawed and antibody is not detected. People don’t have antibody the day after a new infection, so no test would pick it up.

Is it a certain ‘strain’ that is undetectable? I.e. if HSV1 was not detected in one person, would it be detectable in someone else assuming it transmitted between the two individuals?
We don’t know that – we only know grouped information

2) What are some stats/data on patients never developing antibodies or never testing positive on IGG for HSV1 and 2?
It depends on the test. The IgG misses 30% of HSV 1 and 8% of HSV 2, compared to the gold standard western blot

3) If one were to have a possible history of cold sores, would those antibodies protect from the
GHSV1?
Very likely, yes, if the history of cold sores is correct.

Terri

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