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l_73250

Hello all,  just wanted some input. I’ve recently been diagnosed with HSV 2 with an IgG level of 1.4. So many emotions. (Devastated to say the least) I tested at 12 day’s post potential exposure. Is that too soon? I did have unprotected sex with another partner 6 weeks & 2 days prior to this test as well. Do you believe this positive is from that previous encounter or the encounter that was 12 days prior? I know places that won’t even test if it hasn’t been at least 4 weeks. The person from the 12 day encounter is supposed to go get tested as well but has not updated me on that. And I have not notified the person of the previous due to not sleeping with them after the second person. Opinions? They are appreciated & thank you in advance. Also, they sent me to another lab to have another level drawn to rule out a “false positive.” Will let you all know how that goes. I’m expecting it to still be positive. After the antibodies ARE there. 

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  • l_73250
    l_73250

    Posted

    Just to add, first encounter was 9/5/17. (No protection at all) Second was 10/7/17 with condom failure.  Test was 10/19. 
  • FelizCastus
    FelizCastus l_73250

    Posted

    12 days is too early for IgG in the case of a new infection, besides which your score is a low positive, which could be false if you also carry HSV1, which you may do, as many people do, often without symptoms.
  • katherine05790
    katherine05790 l_73250

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    I wonder what a “normal” positive IGg is? I had my first outbreak last month, thought for sure by bf of 9 months have it to me, but my IGg result was 7, so I must have had it a while. Current bf is positive, too, but he hasn’t had any outbreaks and I don’t know what his IGg is. It could only be him or my bf from 3 yrs ago whom I haven’t talked to in 3 years. I had been tested before then and was negative. Just curious how long it would take for the IGg to reach 7 if anything above 1.2 is positive.
    • l_73250
      l_73250 katherine05790

      Posted

      The uncertainty of it all is so frustrating. I was wondering if my number was so low because I was just recently exposed but was told today at a visit to the clinic that an IgG indicates an OLD infection. If you don’t mind me asking, what was your outbreak like? 
    • katherine05790
      katherine05790 l_73250

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      It was bad, but not as bad as some folks. Stated off with what I thought was a yeast infection and then it got painful as “sores” developed, although I couldn’t actually see the sores, just feel them when I peed, sat oe walked. As those started to heal, nerve pain in my butt and upoer thighs started. Once I got Valtrex, it cleared up pretty quickly, but then it started itching horribly. I finally figured out it was a 2nd outbreak and started with the Valtrex again. Vagisil also helped with the itching. It’s mostly gone now, but it was a very uncomfortable month.
  • Mgirl
    Mgirl l_73250

    Posted

    12 days would be too soon but also your number is pretty low and half the positives in that range are false positives. Also, do you have a history of a HSV 1? That could also cause false positives for the HSV 2 igg
    • l_73250
      l_73250 Mgirl

      Posted

      No, no history of hsv1. (As far as I know, at least) both igG came back negative for HSV1. However, my igG did increase over a 4 day period from 1.400 to 1.59. Still waiting on the person from the second encounter to get tested. His partner tested negative for HSV 2 but had a 4.66 for HSV1 on the IGG. So I am wondering if it is too soon for me to test positive for HSV1? Like I said I did this test 6 weeks after the first person & 12 days after the second. Leading me to believe that I contracted HSV2 from the first person as the partner of the second person tested negative for HSv 2 & has been with him since May.  Surely she’d test positive by now. It’s a messy story, I know. 

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