Hi. What I can add is that I have nerve pain for the last 2.5 year. Positive IGM and positive LTT for hsv1. Negative IGG and western blot. Nerve pain started from my genitals and then spread over my body, everything started 2 days after unprotected sex with girl who had hsv1.
after 2 years, multiple doctors visits, tests, flipping between pregablin, amitryptylin, drips of lidocaine I found out that my total IGG is below normal range as well subclass IGG1 is below normal so how could I produce HSV IGG? 2 months ago I started immunoglobulins therapy (thanks god I’m my country is free) and what can I tell is that I got my life back. Still I am not 100% normal but progress is huge. I am now on 1 valcyclovir and lamitrin and they have plan to start reducing it in 3 months. I will do hsv IGG test for my own in couple months. I don’t want to make theory but in my case it came up that I have immunodeficiency and my immunosystem is not fighting. Maybe it will be helpful for anybody. I don’t wish anybody even my worse enemy this level of pain.