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Diagnosed with herpes type 2 and wife with type one.

Diagnosed with herpes type 2 and wife with type one. Is this possible ?I had break a out and got the lesions tested with a culture it came back positive then took a herpeselect blood test came back positive for type two. My wife got tested and blood work says she is positive for 1 not 2. Is this possible we have been married for 7 years.
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101028 tn?1419603004
the igg blood tests do not reflect exposure.  they reflect the body building up an igg antibody response to being infected with the virus.  You will test + on the igg blood test if you are infected in most cases anywhere from 2 weeks - 6 months after being infected.  They are not only + when you have an actual ob present.

your provider is either not understanding the testing or the way they explained it to you has confused you. That is why the forum is here - to give folks accurate and up to date information on herpes, testing and treatment as well as support.

as far as my trolling the forum to comment on everything you say, I try to read every response that is made by folks who haven't been here for awhile that I know I can trust their responses for the  most part.  It just so happens that so far, the other posts you've replied in, your responses haven't been as accurate as they could be or were lacking something I thought needed to be said so I either added information or corrected it.  

I will gladly continue helping you with your own situation in your own post.  If you doubt any info given to you here, please by all means pay to post to Terri Warren, our herpes expert here on medhelp to confirm what you were told.

grace
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1174003 tn?1308160819
I also hope you will read this document (to which part of I referenced in my 2 posts to you now)

http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010/STD-Treatment-2010-RR5912.pdf
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1174003 tn?1308160819
You said: "no she would not have. where are you getting this info??? I swear you trolling every post I put out. I AM GOING THROUGH THIS right now this moment. My OB said "sure we can test you as well, but do not be surprised if it comes back negative on yours, as hsv has to be tested for in an appropriate time frame" her test could be wrong. a blood test only show if you have ever been EXPOSED to hsv and what strain, BUT if it is not active at the time it wont show up at all on the blood test... so maybe you, grace should really get it straight because you are really upsetting me with your false hopes"

WRONG!!!!!!!!  Sorry lady Herpes doesn't work that way.  Now yes the IgM testing which is outdated and not to be used for HSV testing (Your provider can review the CDC guidelines for 2010 on HSV testing).  HSV testing using a HerpeSelect test (a type specific igg test) goes through and does report the persons having HSV.  Exposure is not going to cause a positive test.  Herpes doesn't work like that.  Just because you talked to your doctor doesn't mean you know about herpes.  Grace has been doing this a long longer.  If your testing was an IgM test you may not test positive or you may.  IgM cross reacts with many different things.  

A post with a great talk about IgM testing (which is what you and your OB refer to I am almost 99% positive you had done) and it's many flaws.  Also the post was written by a doctor.  A doctor with many awards in the STD field and been in the STD field a long time.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/Confusiion-over-other-IgM-Herpes-posts/show/248394

Now as for testing is concerned if you test negative and than positive you have to look at the time line of how many tests were done and were they the proper testing.  IgG or IgM if IgG then great and now how long?  Most people will test positive by 3 months.  A few minority take 6 months and some will never test positive on the IgG testing we have but may test positive on the Western Blot and a few don't test positive but will only know with a lesion culture.


Time for you to really ask questions and listen instead of trying to throw your 2 hr talk with your doctor as fact and law.  I gurantee you I have been on these forums for almost a year now and have done far more studying on HSV and understanding this virus myself personally for a number of years.  Every study I read comes from professionals in the field as well as researchers.  All of them are published on the pubmed.gov site which helps make sure you are getting factual information from studies and not some website made by someone trying to scare someone.  

I am sure if you settle down and start your own thread asking us questions you will find that we will tell you a lot of info and give you links to help you understand what you are going through.  Until you ask us our qualifications and understand those of us that have been here a while and either gone through the fear of this virus or having it we can explain a lot of things to you.  I am sure you could even explain to your OB shes wrong.
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and my husband did test and it came back negative, all first four of them on the fifth positive. so either your implying this man and myself are cheaters, or your really have no clue what your going on about. If you test everymonth around the time of the first positive you will see a pattren of false the a few positives, thats how you will know when its active and when its not. I am going thru this so dont sit there and tell me I am wrong, perhaps your whole hearted in your knowledge of topic but are your facts web based or actual experience speaking with an ob in the past year or two??? you need to update your facts. I dont want a false hope, and I certainly dont want to be accused of cheating by anyone who thinks they have it all down. noones body is immune to hsv and hes been with her 7yrs, obviously when she was tested she was not active. you need to be active for a blood test or any to show that you have been exposed to herpes. educate yourself with your ob not a website.
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no she would not have. where are you getting this info??? I swear you trolling every post I put out. I AM GOING THROUGH THIS right now this moment. My OB said "sure we can test you as well, but do not be surprised if it comes back negative on yours, as hsv has to be tested for in an appropriate time frame" her test could be wrong. a blood test only show if you have ever been EXPOSED to hsv and what strain, BUT if it is not active at the time it wont show up at all on the blood test... so maybe you, grace should really get it straight because you are really upsetting me with your false hopes.
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101028 tn?1419603004
his wife tested negative for hsv2.  they've been married for awhile and he tested + on the blood test as well as the lesion culture so if she had had it first , she would've tested + on the blood test because of enough time to seroconvert.

grace
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she could have easily been the one to give it to him all the same. herpes is hard to diagnos because if its not tested for in the exact right window it will show negative. you cant ever say who had it first or where it came from because too many people have no idea they have it.
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101028 tn?1419603004
I assume you've had partners prior to your wife?

odds are you've never been tested for herpes prior to this to know that you have it. Since your wife is testing negative for hsv2, that means you've had it prior to meeting her and never realized it and this is just the first recurrence of it that you've taken notice to. It's a far more common situation than most folks would ever guess.

keep asking questions!

grace
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absolutley her window for testing may have been closed. herpes is so hard to detect thats why 85% of the population has hsv. if you have her tested every week one will come back positive. and it important to know when starting a family. even if you have kids she could be extremely luck and never of had an outbreak during delivery, as they look for this and is why they swab antibiotics most times down there. its important to talk with you health care provider because so many divorce over the complex issue of hsv. if you have it she has it bottom line. 7 yrs, thats lots of sex and exposure for sure. she may never even expirence an outbreak it all really depends on the immune system and immune system deteriration factors like age and other std like hiv. also during hormonal imbalance it shows its face much easier like menopause or pregnancy.
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