Aa
Can’t be the same disease.
There must a different virus in the herpes family. How can soo many have OB that include sores and some nerve pain like me and no sores? This is crazy that this is not figured out. Can’t be the same disease? Any thought?
I am not sure what you’re asking. I believe there are 8 different strains in the HSV “family”.
One causes chicken pox, another shingles. Another causes Espstein-Barr. And then two can cause genital and oral symptoms _ HSV1 and HSV2.
How do you know you have HSV?
One causes chicken pox, another shingles. Another causes Espstein-Barr. And then two can cause genital and oral symptoms _ HSV1 and HSV2.
How do you know you have HSV?
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I got tested at my urologist.., and I had the igg test and I had the antibodies. HSV1 2.5 and HSV 3.1. I don’t know what any of this means. But this was 6months ago. Never an outbreak only nerve pain in the things every now and then.
Everybody’s body responds differently, even having the same condition. Some never get outbreaks or have outbreaks so mild, they don’t notice them.
Your IgG value for HSV2 is on the higher end of equivocal but still warrants follow up testing. I would test again. If your index goes over 3.5, then this is more than likely a true positive. If it remains the same or goes lower (between 1.1-3.5), you should look into confirmatory testing. The best test for this is performed at the University of Washington, the HsV Western Blot. As accurate as you can get for hsv. The IgG is excellent for HSV2 but can miss infections or come back as a false positive.
Your IgG value for HSV2 is on the higher end of equivocal but still warrants follow up testing. I would test again. If your index goes over 3.5, then this is more than likely a true positive. If it remains the same or goes lower (between 1.1-3.5), you should look into confirmatory testing. The best test for this is performed at the University of Washington, the HsV Western Blot. As accurate as you can get for hsv. The IgG is excellent for HSV2 but can miss infections or come back as a false positive.
Ok, my wife and I both got retested a second time... my igg score actually went up? What does that mean. 7.7 HSV 1 and 6.5 HSV 2, ...my wife HSV 1 was 57.1 and HSV 1 was again 1.2. Neither one of us, still no symptoms, no breakouts, no pain since we discovered we had the antibodies in February.
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