Reply To: Potential HSV 2 Exposure

[Terri Warren]

I’m going on the premise that you are going to continue to get tested until you feel like you are certain about there results. No, I don’t think that you need testing again for HSV 2. But if you are going to, then 16 weeks is the time. Sometimes, no matter how often we reassure people, they want that testing anyway. How are you feeling about HSV 1? We are really not out of the woods for HSV 1, only HSV 2 for which your encounter presented no risk.

I really do think if you acquired HSV 1 genitally, you would likely have symptoms but since that is your only possible risk here, we are not out of the woods for HSV 1 until 16 weeks.

Terri