If you are negative, that’s all you need to know. The numbers will vary over time anyway.
I think we are getting close to starting the study. You would still need to pay for the western blot; the study will look at the prevalence of false positive results in states that will not allow shipment of western blot tests. You know, of course, if you take the western blot and it is positive for HSV 1 you will not know when you acquired it, right?
You symptoms sound nothing like herpes to me at all. Coffee does not trigger outbreaks.
You are asking if I think something that isn’t herpes would spread to your cheeks? No.
Your gyno exam does not sound consistent with herpes either. Herpes does not cause pain on cervical swabbing. Did you gyno think this looked like herpes to them?
Terri