Reply To: Feeling uncertain

[uncertainjan]

Thank you so much for your response Terri. As a follow up I’d like to ask:

– If I do find a way of contacting the person this occurred after, and they get a negative test back for hsv 1 and 2, do you think that would be enough clarity to assume I didn’t contract a missed hsv 1 infection? Or would it be the same? Would you still recommend a blot in that circumstance?

– Since the lesion occurred 38 days, or 5 and a half-ish weeks after I received unprotected oral, does this decrease the likelihood of hsv 1 being the culprit? I know it’s possible for first outbreaks to occur outside of the typical 2-20 day window, but how rare/likely is it?

– Is it possible/likely that a first herpes outbreak could last 36 – 48 hours only? (assuming I didn’t have antibodies based off the week 3 IGG)

– Do you have any insight into the process of doing a western blot from within Canada? How it works through you if I decide to go that route?

Thank you again.