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July 18, 2023 at 10:50 am #82352anxiousforyearsParticipant
Hi Terri,
Thank you for everything you do.
It’s time I reached out as I have been letting my anxiety destroy myself.
I am a male. around 5 years ago I had a partner who i was with one time, protected and at the end not protected for about 2 minutes, come back and tell me she had herpes. I had never had outbreaks, or anything resembling outbreaks
I got an IGG test done from I think Labcorp after a year and a half with gf at the time. I remember the numbers like it was yesterday
HSV1 IGG supplemental – 58.2 – positive supplemental
HSV2 IGG supplemental – 1.29 – positive supplementalAfter my girlfriend at that time and I broke up, she got tested and was came back negative. Because I never had outbreaks, I was naive and didn’t worry about it because I was no longer potentially passing it. This was 3 1/2 years ago.
I was with 1 other person after that, protected, and non protected. This is a very big regret of mine that I live with. It has been almost 3 years since this partner, I had no outbreaks after that partner and I have not heard anything from them.
Now to my current partner, I have been with her for 2 1/2 years, and I put my anxiety behind me, which was wrong on my part.
I have had no outbreaks ever in these almost 5 years since that person, and so far my current girlfriend has not either and claims she was tested with a negative.
I have had one pimple which reoccurs in the same spot on my shaft. It is a white head, i have popped it and have gotten white pus. No scabbing, pain, itching, tingling at all. I would not notice it if I had not looked down in the shower. It has reoccured 2 times in the past 5 years. I can still see it after it ‘heals’ and looks like a sebaceous gland. When I don’t touch it it can sit there for weeks. After popping it it heals within a few days.
I apologize for the dump of info, but my anxiety is destroying my relationship.
My question is, what are the chances of a false positive? Does this pimple sound like Hsv2?
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July 26, 2023 at 5:00 pm #82398Terri WarrenKeymaster
The pimple does not sound like herpes. We have more than 125 people now who tested positive on the IgG test at labCorp for HSV 2 and positive on the supplemental but negative on the western blot.
You need the blot – reallyTerri
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