Reply To: Oral hsv 2 – terri please

[Terri Warren]

OK, I missed the top response and just answered the most recent. My error. Do you know that this is new infection because you had a negative antibody test to HSV 2 at the same time you had a positive swab test for HSV 2? That is the only way you could know if this is true new infection – positive swab for HSV 2 and negative antibody for HSV 2. If your swab and contact were very recent, you could likely still get an accurate antibody test if it has been less than a week since both occurred. Otherwise, you can’t know with any certainty if this is new or old infection if you have given oral sex to other people in the past.

Terri