MikeL

So I could of had it for years now and never developed the antibodies because I never had a breakout. But now a iGG test would show the antibodies? I guess it lay dormant this whole time and is a really tricky thing to put a timetable on when I caught it...

Yesterday I was diagnosed with HSV-2 via a swab culture test after having what looked like a few bug bites come up over night on my genital area above my penis and on top of my scrotum. A few days later I had more smaller spots appear around the area. I left work to get tested found out I was positive. I have been with the same person for four months and was just tested two weeks ago on iGG and had a zero count for antibodies and was negative. My girlfriend was tested about seven months ago and was negative and only had one person she was with between the test and being with me. She’s never had any symptoms and I understand a lot of people are asymptomatic but how could I have been with her only the last four months, negative negative with a zero on antibodies (not even a low number, none) and two weeks later I have an outbreak and I’m positive? We have both been faithful, she goes to get tested tomorrow. Could she had been positive without symptoms and I was lucky the first three months and didn’t contract it until just recently? If she was positive this whole time I would of thought it would of shown up way sooner. 2-20 days I read for symptoms and also read that it shows up in blood by three months. I had one partner over four years ago who was positive, could I have had it this whole time with two failed iGG test and it’s just now showing it’s head years later? I’m really confused..