Reply To: false negative, what now

[thsquared]

I’m left clueless. I got an antibody test through my PCP. (I’m done with the old gyno) The test was done 9 days after my first show of symptoms. The numbers for HSV2 were very high, 13.50. However, my numbers in 2011 and in 2004 were less than 0.01 for both HSV1 and 2. If this is a first breakout is it possible that numbers rise that high in 9 days? I have not had any recognizable symptoms since 2011, and now here I am, symptoms, positive culture, and positive IgG test. I had the talk with my partner, and he plans on getting a blood test. Either way his results will be difficult. If he is positive then he will blame me for giving it to him, and the rest of his life is compromised by this. If he is negative, well that is also a problem for the continuance of our relationship…. It is a problem either way… I am just still confused by my test results, past and present. They just don’t seem to add up. So my question now is shedding, and shedding rate… what information can you give me? Also, skin has seemed to have been healed for the past 6 days, yet I still feel some tingling… is the virus still active and shedding?