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July 15, 2023 at 11:56 am
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Terri Warren
Keymaster
I am not going to recommend testing, no, given the high rate of false positive results on the IgG test. I strongly suspect that you had a bacterial urethritis since your symptoms are improving vastly with doxy. We are seeing some new bacterial pathogens as sexually transmitted infections and doxy is the recommended treatment. I would strongly advise that you trust the urologist and finish the course of doxy and not worry about HSV in this situation. Obviously, if you develop sores, get them checked out but I’m not worried about HSV at this point
Terri