do i or do i not have herpes? confused
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kim70825 Guest
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??
kim70825 Guest
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she is a nurse and will be able to interpret the results thats why i tagged her hun.
kim70825 Guest
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kim12266 kim70825
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positive for both they are low results tho
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kim12266 Guest
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swabs ate negative for both the blood test must b inaccurate
Guest kim12266
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so i dont have herpes?? thats why im confused
kim12266 Guest
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swabs are more accurate than a blood test u should go with those results the blood test is not as accurate an with the results being low for both they may b false
Guest kim12266
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Thanks.. im just going to call the office and see if the dr can give me a call to explain this to me.
kim12266 Guest
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you have both but the results are low
rachel36479 Guest
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you have both
Guest rachel36479
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but how do i have both if the other side says negative?
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she*
rachel36479 Guest
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her result is whats highlighted red. and h means high as in a high number of antibodies. Theyre showing the negative range for reference not because thats her result. If her results were negative those values would be to the left of the flags and highlighted in red
kim12266 Guest
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she dosnt as the swabs were negative the blood test mabe wrong
rachel36479 kim12266
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or she got swabbed too late? after it's healed too much or even if they dont sample any fluid from the sores the swab could be negative falsely. it happens. a false negative for BOTH types? lol i highly doubt it
kim12266 rachel36479
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they both have the same values plus that blood test is not for recent outbreak its for past outbreak so from ages ago
kim12266
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a doctor does not normally do a swab if there is noting there to actually swab as the test would be ineffective
rachel36479 kim12266
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the test isnt showing exact value. it's just shows her antibody count for both types is greater than 8 and thats probably why they flagged it. and the doctor probably did the swab too late like i said. not all doctors are fully knowledgeable on herpes. most of then dismiss an obvious outbreak as folliculitis or something. not to mention a false negative on an IGG test isnt very likely. IGM, sure, but not IGG. so for her to show positives for both and be flagged tells me its probably not false.