I have seen false positives as high as 17 on the IgG test. If you’ve never had visible symptoms in the genital area, you should consider the western blot as this is a lifelong infection and you want to be certain that the diagnosis is correct.
Terri
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I have seen false positives as high as 17 on the IgG test. If you’ve never had visible symptoms in the genital area, you should consider the western blot as this is a lifelong infection and you want to be certain that the diagnosis is correct.
Terri