herpes simplex 2
Posted , 3 users are following.
Hello
I just found out I have herpes simplex virus type 2. I had a test done because I had a "cut" of some sort near my vaginal area, they did testing and it came back positive.
Before this, months back I had testing done just for the hell of it, and I had nothing. Since then, I had sex with only one person, Unprotected. That guy obv had sex with someone else unprotected and he admitted to it.
My question now is.... if he gets tested and he has a "negative" result, can he still have the herpes simplex virus type 2 and passed it to me, since he is the only man I have had a sexual encounter with since my last testing where I had nothing?
Thanks so much
0 likes, 28 replies
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
He is going to get tested soon, as I just found out today and also told him today, so he is going to get tested ASAP.
I just want to know that I couldn't have had this before now, since my last set of tests all came back okay
sbwifey5
Posted
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
Mind if I ask in these terms what is a false negative when it comes to this exact thing?
And what kind of test is the igg test? Is that the blood one?
sbwifey5
Posted
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
There are two types of swab tests: viral culture, which requires viable live virus, and pcr, which tests for amplified dna. Pcr is naturally more sensitive and accurate, and doesn't require new lesions (or even any at all, if looking for evidence of shedding only). Most people end up having a viral culture, however, like you I suspect, and this test type can be more prone to false negatives (i.e., negative result when you are actually positive). A positive is a positive, however.
It is therefore possible that your first swab missed an infection, since you did not have lesions, but as you've never had symptoms before, you may well have been negative. Hard to know for sure without having done an IgG antibody test for HSV. The IgG test detects type-specific IgG antibodies to the virus, which usually take 3 months post-infection for certain results.
That is what your partner should test for in the absence of lesions. If he scores a high result, then it is not a new infection (at least more than 3 months). If you think you were only recently infected (within a month, for example), you can also do the IgG test and should score low, maybe even negative. Each person produces and maintains different levels of antibody, however, so the results cannot accurately determine recency of infection.
The IgM antibody test is not recommended, despite what the clinic may say.
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
What is an igm test?
And the lower someone scores on an igg test, which is a blood test, means the more recent the virus came about? Can it detect within a certain amount of time? Like let's say maybe tell me I had it a month, and he had it for six, maybe? Something to that effect?
And I read up on it, but can you possibly explain to me exactly what shedding is?
And what do you when you said it usually takes three months post infection for certain results?? Do you mean it will take three months from now for the results? Or do you mean that him or me has to have it for at least three months to get that test?
tamara60346 sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 tamara60346
Posted
tamara60346 sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 tamara60346
Posted
tamara60346 sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 tamara60346
Posted
tamara60346 sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 tamara60346
Posted
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
IgG can't establish how long you've had it, beyond what I said above. A positive swab with a negative IgG does however mean a new infection. Your body takes time to produce antibodies. For the IgG test, they recommend at least 3 months. Test results should come back within a couple of days to a week.
HSV sheds via lesions and the mucosal skin of the genitals (even without lesions). That means the virus is present and can be transmitted. HSV sheds at random without symptoms, and sometimes with symptoms (outbreak). This means it is hard to know when you are not infectious, since symptoms/lesions are not necessary.
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
I really do appreciate all of this info. And if you have anything else to offer it would be greatly appreciated. I'm just so anxious and worried and scared and glad this is a place I can go to ask questions and vent and not get judged
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
And "from before" and "recent" could mean like how long?? maybe possibly could it be
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
FelizCastus
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
I hope not because I do not feel that is possible at all
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted
FelizCastus sbwifey5
Posted
sbwifey5 FelizCastus
Posted