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I have had unprotected sexual encounters in my teens and 20s but unsure if I was ever tested for herpes so I don’t have anything to compare my current circumstance to. However, I have never had any outbreaks or symptoms.
When I was pregnant in 2011, I assume blood tests were run regarding herpes since everything else was (drugs and other STDS). Nothing came up during pregnancy. When my son was 2, I had my first oral herpes outbreak ever (got from my ex husband) and have had cold sores off and on for years, which I’m fine with. I did get divorced and have had 3 sexual partners after that.
The last person I had sex with was in June 2019 (and was celibate 3 years prior to that with no issues). I did not know this person well, and it was unprotected. We had sex twice in one evening. I went to the gyno a month later and got a full checkup to be sure.
My blood tests showed HSV1 positive (already knew that) and HSV2 was equivocal.
Went back a month later, HSV1 positive, HSV2 positive.
6 months later- HSV1 positive, HSV2 equivocal.
This lab does not do ranges so there’s no way of knowing what that positive was.
The person I slept with said he got checked and he was also positive but never had an initial outbreak.
However, my gynos have said they do think I would have had some type of initial outbreak and wonder if it was a false positive too. I also got very sick with a high fever for a week (this was in 2020 with a respiratory infection) and no outbreak occurred. My cold sores come out when I get fevers and that’s how I first discovered HSV1 was I got really sick with a fever and had my first outbreak.
I am getting the WB soon but what do you think the likelihood is that I have it?
Is it possible this was a false positive? Why would I have two equivocals before and after? If it was NOT that person that gave it to me, I would think the first test would have been positive bc I would have proper ABs? I would also think the 3rd test would have been positive too
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I think if you did confirmatory testing like the blot, it will be negative. Too bad you don’t have index values for the positive BUT a subsequent equivocal to me suggests that you are not infected with HSV 2. Are you planning to do the better test in the future?
Terri
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do you have the blot back now?
Terri
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That is great news. Thanks so much for posting your results here.
Terri
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