Dionk

I got tested 6 months ago and was positive for HSV1 and negative for HSV2. I got tested again 10 months later and this time round the igg test came up positive for both. I’ve been married now for 3 years and there’s really no way my wife has cheated on me. Question is how likely is it to have a false positive when your igg result is 8? I plan on getting tested in a different lab with the same test here in a couple of weeks. i know false positives are possible but do your igg levels still need to be low for that to be possible?

Is it possible? Yes, just more unlikely with condoms and while on medicine to prevent transmission.

They did the blood test and it came up as HSV1. Every time I ask for the culture test they tell me they don’t swab. I plan on getting re-tested this week just Incase I got a false positive. I just came to realize I never did a urine sample to check if it’s just a normal bacterial infection. It’s definitely not one outbreak. It’s healed on its own before. I didn’t start taking valtrex till only a month ago. its a little weird because when I didn’t take it before I would break out in a matter of a day when I felt symptoms and the pain would go as soon as I have an ob. But now that I take medicine I don’t really break out at all but the pain is almost always there. It all happened when I moved house to a different state. I’ve had skin conditions before. I suffer from dry skin. I had a huge skin condition before my first outbreak. My whole chest was red and extremely sensitive after I slept at a hotel. Once the rednes went the first outbreak happened. I will post my future results when I get them.

I’ve had HSV1 probably for a few years now but I got my first outbreak 10 months in my genital area. Since then it’s got worse and worse. I’m at the point where there’s a constant pain down below. I’m taking valtrex now for the last month, daily. It’s helped with the outbreak but I still have constant pain in my penis. I used to get 3 to 4 outbreaks a month for 10 months. I don’t know how HSV1 can cause so many outbreaks. I thought that’s what HSV2 did? Part of me wonders if it’s even HSV1. I had red marks around my groin area that appeard around the same time as my first outbreak. Not sure if that was related. I don’t really care that I have HSV1... heck 90% of people on this planet have it. Most people don’t know because a lot of people will never know they had it because they get no symptoms. I just want to know for sure what it is. Having 4 outbreaks a month is not normal. So to my questions: • is it normal to have HSV1 outbreak 3 to 4 times a month. • should I still feel pain on my penis even with taking valtrax but no visibal symptoms. • is anyone else getting so many outbreaks with HSV1? I’m going to go back to the doctor and get retested. I haven’t even given a urine sample so I wonder if it’s some bacterial infection. Can anyone else think if it could be something else?