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Recently diagnosed with HSV2, Could test results be wrong?

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My boyfriend, 34 years old, that i've been with for a year got something what looked like skin allergy on his scrotum recently. His doctor said allergy and gave him some cream. I, 24 years old, started getting a rash what looked like warts soon after. So i went to see the doctor. She suspected that could be herpes. I got tested and told my boyfriend to get tested too. The results were a bit confusing but they ruled it as postiive after discussing with another doctor as well. They said its a very new infection from a recent attack. They put me on 10 days course of medication.

It felt as if my whole world came crushing down. I had to tell my boyfriend and he was taking it worse than me thinking he infected me and ruined my life. He didn't get his result back yet but we were pretty sure it will be positive as well. He was very sorry about whats happening and wanted to look after me. He started thinking about spending the rest of his life with me and asking about meeting each others parents. It was what i always wanted but not in this way you know. There were few times when we wanted to have sex because its has been a while since our last but we decided to wait until he get his results just to be sure. 

His results came out negative. As relieved as he was, we were still very confused by the whole thing. First of all, he never gotten anything like an outbreak before though he got cold sores from time to time because he has HSV1. Second, mine didn't look anything like an outbreak or was it painful. Third, if he doesn't have herpes, how did i get infected recently when he's the only i've been intimate with for a whole year. The doctor suggested that we both get tested again after a month if that really bothers us. I was very relieved that he was okey. He was very depressed past few days and i was very worried because he had depression history before. But i don't think i can stay with him taking the risk of infecting him in the future if the results don't change but he doesn't want to let me go no matter what. At this point, we were already prepared for the worst but still a bit hopeful for the better too. 

I don't even know what i'm expecting writing my story here but i just wanted to share with everyone going through the same thing as me. As susggested, we will get tested again in a month. I secretly hope for a miracel so we can stay togther. He is the love of my life. 

 

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  • feelbroken
    feelbroken BestOfAll

    Posted

    Did your test results come pit positive? Because you were ambiguous about it, as it seemed that there was some discussion around it. I'm sure they diagnosed you based on symptoms and the appearance of the rash, but arw you positive your blood test came back positive? What simplex was it, if it did come back positive? Hsv 1 or 2? Keep on mind, that if his infection is new, it will come back negative in a blood test. Mine came back negative too when I got tested w in the first few weeks of infection. When I got tested 3 months later, I tested positive.

    What strain you have will help you possible identify how you got it. If it is hsv 1, then he may have given it to you orally. Don't rule out quite yet that he didn't give it to you, you can't be sure just yet. Over 80% of people w genital herpes don't have any symptoms or have something that doesn't appear to look like herpes and think what you both did.. It's a rash from an allergic reaction or a yeast infection. Herpes isn't always going to present as text book symptoms.

    I have a friend who clearly has been infected and she didn't know she was until she deployed overseas and the stress of it wore her immune system down and she had an ob.

    You two do not need to split because you may have sonething and he doesn't. I have 5 friends who are married w partners who are not infected and haven't passed it to them.

    • BestOfAll
      BestOfAll feelbroken

      Posted

      Hi there, Thanks for your reply. 

      I got both blood test and swab tissue test from the rash. Mine came out HSV 1 Positive IGG, which means i've had it for awhile and HSV 2 Somewhat positive IGM, recent very new infection. My boyfriend's doctor didn't order blood test for herpes because she thought its going to come out positve anyways since he has HSV 1 but we requested to be tested for HSV 2 and it came out Negative. From what I heard, IGM test is not very reliable. We have an doctor appoint next friday to see my doctor because we have a lot of questions and things that we don't understand. We are hearing different things from different doctors and none of that are helping. 

    • feelbroken
      feelbroken BestOfAll

      Posted

      So what did your swab test results say? Hsv 1 where? Were you itchy at all?
    • BestOfAll
      BestOfAll feelbroken

      Posted

      I was itchy, dry and had a rash that looked like warts on Labia. The results weren't very clear.  
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken BestOfAll

      Posted

      Best of all, don't listen to that bogus spam stuff from mina., it is all fake.

      Itchy and dry is a symptom of herpes. Why do you feel they looked like warts? Were they just bumps? Did the meds clear it up? If your bumps never ulcerated and/or had blisters, a swab test isn't going to work. You need to go see a gyno to get tested again.

    • BestOfAll
      BestOfAll feelbroken

      Posted

      They looked like the googled pictiures of genital warts. They were skin colored bumpes closed togther in cauliflower shape. No ulcers or blisters. By the time I got on the meds, it was already 2 weeks in and i was already getting better. I'm on the last day of the meds and its all cleared up now. 
    • feelbroken
      feelbroken BestOfAll

      Posted

      Yeah... Genital warts doesn't clear up that quickly.. Sorry... Herpes absolutely can cluster in bumps and look like what you think you saw.. But warts do not clear up in two weeks and herpes virals meds don't clear up genital warts either.
  • Guest
    Guest BestOfAll

    Posted

    I'm in the same situation as you as I don't know now what to do rolleyes he is now my ex as things didn't work out but he's tested negative for herpes and I've tested positive? Took them tablets and it clears up within less than 2 weeks. But I had it again at the beginning of June.. took them tablets again and it went within a week but it wasn't half as bad as it was when I found out I had it?

    Any advice?

    • BestOfAll
      BestOfAll Guest

      Posted

      I had the outbreak again a few months after the test. But it was tested HSV1 (oral herpes), possibly crossed over. Took the pills & cleared up within a week. Ever since, whenever i feel something unusual, i would take pills just to be safe.

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