Jack101

I agree with Terri Warren. Your symptoms are not caused by herpes and while this forum is great for support, it does a disservice to individuals not diagnosed with herpes. A negative Western Blot test essentially excludes herpes ( a rare false negative test does occur, but you have had no classic symptoms to suggest this is a false negative). You have likely picked up a skin infection unrelated to herpes.

Your symptoms do not sound like herpes. You likely have a prostate infection.

What type of test was it IgG or IgM and was it for HSV-1 or 2

It is just type 2. Over half of the population of the world is infected with HSV-1 and the vast majority are oral. As such, most will have no outbreaks.

Hello everyone. I have been reading the responses on this particular thread and I am a bit concerned. I am a physician and most of the information presented here is speculation. HSV1/2 can cause nerve pain, but that is a rare occurrence and rarely continuous. Acyclovir also may have anti-inflammatory properties and taking the medication my cause relief regardless of whether a herpes virus is causing the infection. In addition, there is also the possibility of co-infection. Speculation about what is causing your pain is at best non-productive and at worst preventing a delay in diagnosis. Just because individuals with herpes endorse continuous neurologic pain, does not mean herpes is the cause.

No, yeast infections and herpes only look alike to the inexperienced provider. In addition, confirmation of yeast is usually preformed. If your urine was examined and contained yeast organisms that in no way looks like herpes. However, you could have both. You should get the area swabbed for HSV.

Most people with HSV2 are unware they are infected and can go years without a outbreak or transmitting it to others.

However, you likely have HSV2 genitally and HSV-1 orally

You may want to have the lesions swabed to type the HSV in your genital area.

Given your outbreaks, you are positive for HSV I and II. There is no need to retest with the ElISA test.

I do not know why you think your urethritis is caused by hsv. Yes, HSV can cause urethritis, but you have to understand the mechanism of HSV. HSV has outbreaks and then remissions and causes urethritis via ulcerations (urine going over ulcers). The pain of HSV would only hurt when urine goes over the ulcers and would come in batches, not continual sporadic pain and discomfort.

If you have never had a outbreak and tested positive by the ELISA herpes test, you should get a Western blot test. The number of false positive results is not insignficant. In addition, the CDC will soon be recommending that anyone with a positive test and no outbreak have a Western Blot test to confirm.

@jackjack, Your symptoms do not sound like herpes.

If you have never had a outbreak and tested positive by the IGG blood test for herpes, you need to have a confirmatory Western Blot. The initial positive result may have been a false positive. What was the number for the IgG test.

You can get a Western Blot test to confirm the results. In addition, I don't think you should disclose anything. I believe y'all should disclose your recent STD results (you should see evidence of the results) at the same times. I have seen on this forum about disclosing multiple times, but it is always posed as a one way conversation when in fact it should be a normal part of the relationship.

If you have the same strand of virus, you do not have to abstain from sex during the outbreaks except for comfort reasons.

What are you questions regarding the Western blot test?

@Doglover, HSV does not reside in the blood, I am not sure why someone would perform a PCR DNA on the blood. You only perform PCR on lesions.

I would recommend the Western blot to confirm.

MEO1016, you can request the kit from the University of Washington and have your local doctor's office spin the sample of blood for plasma and you can send in the kit yourself.

@Whyaskwhy, this could be a outbreak of HSV-1 or your HSV-2 could be a early false positive (you have HSV-2, but you have a different antibody setting off the HSV-2 test).

@funnygirl, the short answer is no. The mother only can pass passive antibodies, but they are only detectable for a few months of the infants life. In addition, the blood tests do not test for the virus and herpes does not live in the blood; they test for sites on antibodies that the virus is known to produce (these sites may or may not be produced other antigens).

@nirmike, the majority of adults have HSV-1 whether they know it or not. In addition, the ELISA test is insensitive for HSV-1 infections, so a negative result does not mean you are not infected.

@meo1016, how long have you been dating your boyfriend, if this is a recent infection.

@sunset, if you are asymptomatic and tested positive for HSV-2 by an ELISA test you may be a false positive. What are your numbers and what test was it. In addition, the majority of the US population under 65 is positive for HSV-1. The ELISA tests misses some 30% of HSV-1 infections, giving people the impression of being negative when there are positive. You will need take the Western Blot Test for confirmation and have all of your partners take the Western Blot Test.