Reply To: Question about recent low positive for HSV 2

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Well, on my original post in this thread, I had stated that since the WB,which was negative, back when you could just do it at Quest, I had a couple full panels, both all negative, then after this new sexual partner, whom I only performed oral sex on, my ocd told me to get another full panel, and it was that low positive, with another 6 weeks later, then this one. I know I had a false positive a long time ago, which prompted me to get the WB, which came back negative. Again, no symptoms. Had I not had a newer partner at some point, I wouldn’t have done it. Now it’s in my head.

Can I ask…..let’s say a person is truly negative, can they go back and forth with this IGG test, and have say, 2 negatives in a row, then 3 low positives, or whatever combo. Hope that made sense. I know you once said I will probably always test low positive with this test, but just wonder if a negative pops up once in a while.

Also, let’s say I wanted to cut to the chase, and try the WB again, would I simply call local labs outside of Quest and Labcorp, and tell them I want to do the WB, and I need blood drawn, spun up, and essentially handed back to me?

Thanks in advance!