So if the immune system doesn’t react, I’m assuming that there won’t be any antibodies for the blood tests to pick up, correct?
I’m somewhat a little concerned again. About 2-3 weeks ago, a woman I dated for two years and I decided to get back together. I’m in love with her, so I was really happy that she decided she wanted to try again, and things have been going great. Since I got my negative herpes test result, we started having sex (we don’t normally use a condom). But a few days ago, she ended up getting sick. She was running a fever the first day, but from there she was just congested and overall didn’t feel good. I’m worried because I haven’t gotten sick, which leads me to think this is something I could’ve given her, even though I haven’t felt sick myself (although the day after she got sick, I was running a 100 degree fever for two hours, but then it went away). And I feel like I would’ve gotten sick because we were extremely intimate for two days before she got sick. I guess my question is, is it normal for someone to get sick after potentially getting herpes WITHOUT getting any of the classic herpes symptoms, like sores and what not? Because she hasn’t had any pains or issues downstairs.
Also, ever since I was potentially exposed, my diet hasn’t been great, I’ve been exposed to a lot of sunlight, and I’ve been extremely stressed (because of this), which I know are all supposed to be potential “triggers” for an outbreak. Do you think if I had it, that with doing all of these things that I would’ve experienced an outbreak by now? I know that’s most likely based on the person and is circumstantial, but I just thought I would ask. I feel like I’m going crazy. I feel like I could live with this if it happened. I’m just worried that the woman that I’m with wouldn’t understand, and she wouldn’t want to be with me anymore. I know that she loves me, but that’s something she’s expressed fear about before. And if I gave it to her, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. I feel like that’s the root of my anxiety in all of this...