Please Help...I'm Confused about my HSV results.
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Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my post. I am in my late 20s and prior to my testing I have only had a outbreak of cold sores around my lip area which I probably contracted at an early age being that my mother has them. But I sit here a bit confused looking at my results for HSV 1 and HSV 2 IgG . It reads that I am negative for HSV 1 (<0.91) but I am positive for HSV 2 (12.50 "high"
is this even possible, how is this even possible, I know I'm sick, I do have a sore throat....could this be an error? Please any positive light or further explanation or information on this is welcomed. Thank you
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FelizCastus lotus35669
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Unless there's a typo, which would be very shoddy of the lab, you are clearly positive for HSV2 and not HSV1. High HSV2 IgG index values, especially that high, are rarely wrong. The HSV1 test can sometimes miss true positives, but that has no bearing on your high HSV2 index value. As to how this came to be, I can't answer that!
lotus35669 FelizCastus
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Thank you 😥 I feel so destroyed.
FelizCastus lotus35669
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You could always double check with the clinic/lab or retest to make sure it's not a mistake. How often do you get cold sores? Oral HSV2 is less common and shouldn't recur that often. The next time you get one, if you do get another one, you could also get that swabbed asap for both HSV types (swab tests are best while the sore is new, fyi).
lotus35669 FelizCastus
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So with further research I notice that my index is almost non existent to super low ( index 0.00-0.90) I'm so lost
lotus35669 FelizCastus
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I don't get them that often at all . I want to say once or the max three times a year. And ok thank you. I will definitely look in to it.
FelizCastus lotus35669
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lotus35669 FelizCastus
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Sorry I ment the index is the same for my hvs1 and 2 specific an, igg <0.91 Index 0.00-0.90
Negative <0.91
Equivocal 0.91 -1.09
Positive >1.09
the hvs2 type spec 12.50 Index 0.00-0.90
Negative <0.91
Equivocal 0.91 -1.09
Positive >1.09
FelizCastus lotus35669
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I don't know what is meant by that, so worth asking. Seems to relate to the reference range. Your results are the first numbers in each case, though.
lotus35669 FelizCastus
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