Not sure what to do: Herpes test results confusing

[Phoenix2016]

I was with my partner who disclosed that he had HSV2 for about 2 years. I was told by the Dr a few years ago that I had oral HSV 1. We used protection at first and gradually stopped. I had a spot pop up about 6 months ago and went to Dr, got tested and came back negative for both (weird). Dr said since I workout a lot I had simply created an irritated hair that got infected. Fast forward to now, I get one spot and has that burning, slight itching sensation but still testing negative. I am fairly certain it is it but... In the middle of breaking up as well so feel kind of lost :( any advice on what think I should do?

[mr_hopp]

Hm, frustrating, eh? Well, getting a swab test is the most direct way of getting a possible herpes outbreak tested. Only thing about that is that there has to be enough fluid in the outbreak to get a proper culture. Sometimes on small ingrown hair-type expressions there's just not enough there to be able to accurately test. How big is the spot you got now?

 

So, as you probably know, if it is herpes on your genitals, it could either be HSV-1 (which you already have) or HSV-2. If you're wanting to see if he gave you his HSV-2 genitally, then getting a Western Blot blood test is the way to get a clear answer on that. If it comes back that you have HSV-1 and HSV-2, then that spot is likely a genital HSV-2 infection. Of course, if you do get blood results back saying you just have HSV-1, it could have spread from your original infection, but auto-inoculation is actually quite rare since your body builds up antibodies to the HSV you have.