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Sorry, I have COVID and wasn’t working
I can’t tell from your post if the 5 times was condom protected or not.
IF people are going to have symptoms with a new infection, it happens within 2-10 days. Not everyone who gets infected with HSV 2 gets symptoms right away but can still be infected.
If condoms were used, they reduce transmission by 96% from men to women.
IGM tests are terrible and are being removed from all large labs in 2022. Don’t do it
you could get an IgG test at 6 weeks out – 70% of those who will eventually test positive by IgG test will test positive by then.
If you have no sores or symptoms, I do think infection is less likely. I don’t think that something that happens 22 days out is likely to be herpes.
Terri