Don't settle with a simple test.

[KotlinX]

Hi there!

This is my story: the new girl that I started dating asked me to have all STD tests so we can be intimate. I went to a clinic and they did every tests(everything was negative) except HVS1/2. They didn't do HSV1/2  because they didn't believe in it and CDC suggests not to doing it unless there is a symptom which I didn't have any.

My new GF insisted to take it so I visiteda doctor office and asked her to do the test. The test result came positive after 2 days and my ordeal started. It was very difficult and I stared getting depressed.  I studied about HSV for a week and  I found out that I could do a supplementary test to confirm the result. So I went to an infection specialist. He told me that there was a big discrepancy between my HSV 1 number( 3.8) and HSV2(1.5) so it could be the indication that the test got confused (because those basic tests are not very accurate).  Any how I did the supplementary test at the LabCorp and my HSV 2 results came negative. I got relieved and I am suggesting all of you who has gone through this ordeal take that supplementary test. Please don't get discouraged. There are some hopes there.

 

Alex

[Golfpro]

I’m glad you retested with the SUPPLEMENTAL TEST. I too was tested, numbers were 1.52 for hsv2. The supplemental test results a week later were NEGATIVE. I feel a little relieved. 

You are not alone in your Labcorp positive igg test and negative supplemental follow up test. I’m not sure why the lab didn’t just do a confirmation test?