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chris23581
chris23581

Can someone help me with these test results?

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  • lori73929
    lori73929 chris23581

    Posted

    According to the picture you have the regular cold sore herpes type 1 as high.  Thats very common, my friend whom has never been sexually active has over 41.0 in Type 1.  means you have high antibodies for Herpes type 1.

    Herpes type 2, this lab indicates that  you are equivocal which means it may be an early infection. You should re-test in 3 months.  Most likely you recently contracted Genital Herpes and your body is starting to build up antibodies.  

    I am on the same situation.  I am waiting from my test results and I had recently bumps and all though I never had blisters or sores.  It seems I may have contracted Herpes Type 2.

  • chris23581
    chris23581

    Edited

    Maybe I’m in denial but everything I have read shows that a test result of <0.91 means negative?

    • r61311
      r61311 chris23581

      Posted

      yes, you are negative for HSV2 but positive for HSV1. if it were equivocal, your index value would be .91 not <.91

    • abdullah56964
      abdullah56964 r61311

      Posted

      hey may i ask what the difference between 0.91 and <0.91

    • jdub718
      jdub718 abdullah56964

      Edited

      Hi Abdullah, per the paragraph on the original poster's results 0.91 could mean possible early infection while <0.91 (less than) is negative. Hope this helps 😃

  • hannah46712
    hannah46712 chris23581

    Posted

    You have HSV1 which is the most common type (I also have this). Anyone who has cold sores on their mouth will have HSV1, but it can also be transmitted to the genitals (in my case, this happened). Outbreaks with this type are usually less frequent and over time you may even find you have none again. But as a woman, their is still a 4% chance with unprotected sex that you can pass this on to a partner, even if you have no outbreak. If you are the man who has herpes and could potentially pass it on the percentage increases slightly (I think around 8%). Hope that helps!
  • anon56922
    anon56922 chris23581

    Posted

    You have HSV-1, negative on HSV-2. HSV-1 could be oral (most common), or it could be genital. I'm assuming there was a reason you went and got tested. If it's because you were concerned about a sore below the belt?

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