Reply To: HSV 1

[Terri Warren]

I honestly have no idea what your doctor is talking about. non-herpes related immune disorder with a positive herpes culture? Never ever heard of anything even vaguely similar. I would ask for specific references for you for read about such a condition if I were you.

So Betty, you had a positive culture for HSV 1? Is it possible for you to get that paperwork at this point? Was it from the genital area?

Ignore the darn IgM – it is not useful in any way shape or form.

And no, I have had 9 patients in 32 years who were swab test positive and remained western blot negative. They never did serconvert.

Terri