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If it's a casual hookup I probably will not say anything.

I'm guessing you dont have to take suppresive therapy for hsv1 even if you do have it genitally. Not like any doctor would prescribe it to me because I don't test positive. I think I may try to forget the issue and if a female ask just say "I probably have the coldsore virus"... i believe hsv1 is hsv1 no matter location. Even more it's more infectious orally. I'm single and I want to date without making this a huge issue. I actually work in a hospital with a ton of nurses my age and if I think about it too much it feels like a nightmare. But I think disclosing I probably have the coldsore virus is as honest as I can be. What do you guys think?

Thanks for the response do you know if it was hsv2 or hsv1. My doc said not to disclose anything I don't have it, feel confident in the test etc.... Ugh

I know the igg blood tests miss hsv1 infections, at the same time I wish I did not know that because I have to base my life on something. The loop I'm in right now is not working.

I'll get straight to the point as I've been stuck and depressed about this for 5 months I'm not sure how to move forward, 8 years ago after having a casual hook up I had a single pimple/red blister lesion close to the base of my penis, I popped it and a lot of straw like fluid and blood came out it was painful and it left a ulceration type lesion that was itchy and healed up a week or two later. I could have sworn it was herpes but had no clue about testing so went for an IGG hsv-1 and hsv-2 test multi times everything came up negative even months later. Over the years I've had itching sometimes and redness but nothing out of the usual. Fast forward 8 years later on dec 28th I felt a sharp tingle/sting and later that night checked it out and I had a singlel small open abrasion type sore did not hurt or itch, assumed it may have been from my zipper but I don't know if it was. Since then I've been freaking out I've had 3 type specific igg blood test, two from quest and one from LabCorp everything is negative. My doctor says I'm negative and that I can feel confident in my results and move forward and that I don't need to disclose but what of this is genital hsv1? What the heck should I do? I can't afford a westren blot ATM. Should I just inform partners that i may have the coldsore virus like over 50% of the population even though I don't test positive for it just in case. I don't was to specify that I may have genital hsv1 because I don't test positive but at the same time I'm suspicious. Do I just forget about it because if I do have it I'm no more infectious than everyone else who gets coldsores and dont disclose. I'm driving my self crazy. Every blood test I take is negative and I can't wait another 8 years for a swab. HELP. I'm thinking about saying I test positive for hsv1 and leave it at that just incase I actually do have it. This is the worst predicament to be in.