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Doubts about herpes type 1
Hello, a year ago I had a blister in my genital area that healed in an average of 4 days, I did tests for herpes 1 and 2 with Igg and Igm, giving negative results for herpes type 2 and positive for herpes type 1, with Negative Igm. After a year I repeated the test for type 2 herpes, giving negative again, I have doubts about whether the blister could have occurred due to rubbing or type 1 genital herpes and whether I should inform my future partners, thank you.
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How long after you had the blister did you do the first IgG test?
The IgM is notoriously unreliable, so don't pay any attention to those results - act as if you didn't have those.
Did they do a swab test on the blister?
Even if you do have ghsv1, the chances of you ever transmitting that are very, very slim. I've never heard of it happening. The only reason I'd suggest disclosing that to partners is to build trust. If you're with a regular partner, and a year into the relationship, you get an outbreak, your partner may not be happy that you never told them that you had this, even if transmission isn't really a possibility.
If it's a casual hook up, I don't see a big need to tell.
The IgM is notoriously unreliable, so don't pay any attention to those results - act as if you didn't have those.
Did they do a swab test on the blister?
Even if you do have ghsv1, the chances of you ever transmitting that are very, very slim. I've never heard of it happening. The only reason I'd suggest disclosing that to partners is to build trust. If you're with a regular partner, and a year into the relationship, you get an outbreak, your partner may not be happy that you never told them that you had this, even if transmission isn't really a possibility.
If it's a casual hook up, I don't see a big need to tell.
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The blood test was done a week and a half later, they did not practice a swab test, after that I never noticed a blister. But if an unbearable pain that has not gone away, all the exams come out clean and my gynecologists don't know what it could be, I never had sex without a condom and when this happened it was only due to an oral relationship, the person with whom it happened says that their tests are negative, but my anxiety of having to tell others is killing me.
If you tested positive on an IgG a week and a half later, you already had an established hsv1 infection, which statistically is oral. It takes at least a few weeks for antibodies to develop, so you wouldn't have tested positive from that encounter on that test. If you already have it, it means you can't get it again in a different location.
Whatever is causing your pain, it's not herpes.
So what could it be? Probably one or more of dozens of things, but try to start with the most obvious and easiest to fix. Maybe it's an allergy or sensitivity to something you wear or use.
When you bathe/shower, you don't really need soap, but if you do use soap, make sure it's a very gentle soap, or a gentle non-soap cleanser. Don't use anything with fragrances, dyes, etc. Try just using a washcloth with no soap or anything and gently wipe the exterior for a bit and see if that helps.
Use scent and dye free laundry detergent. Many of us are sensitive to detergents and don't realize it.
Wear cotton underwear, preferably with no dyes (all white or natural fabric).
Use scent and dye free toilet paper.
If you can, avoid tights or pantyhose. If you can't, make sure they have a cotton crotch.
Don't douche. This is always bad unless your doctor has told you to do it. The vagina is like a self-cleaning oven, and we don't need this. It's a very delicate balance of good bacteria that keeps everything healthy, and douching really disrupts that.
Think of everything that touches your vagina, and track if it makes you have pain.
Have you been tested for yeast or bacterial vaginosis?
Whatever is causing your pain, it's not herpes.
So what could it be? Probably one or more of dozens of things, but try to start with the most obvious and easiest to fix. Maybe it's an allergy or sensitivity to something you wear or use.
When you bathe/shower, you don't really need soap, but if you do use soap, make sure it's a very gentle soap, or a gentle non-soap cleanser. Don't use anything with fragrances, dyes, etc. Try just using a washcloth with no soap or anything and gently wipe the exterior for a bit and see if that helps.
Use scent and dye free laundry detergent. Many of us are sensitive to detergents and don't realize it.
Wear cotton underwear, preferably with no dyes (all white or natural fabric).
Use scent and dye free toilet paper.
If you can, avoid tights or pantyhose. If you can't, make sure they have a cotton crotch.
Don't douche. This is always bad unless your doctor has told you to do it. The vagina is like a self-cleaning oven, and we don't need this. It's a very delicate balance of good bacteria that keeps everything healthy, and douching really disrupts that.
Think of everything that touches your vagina, and track if it makes you have pain.
Have you been tested for yeast or bacterial vaginosis?
Thank you very much for the advice, I just reviewed the 2019 exams and more or less 14 days passed and then I took the exam, is it still most likely of oral origin?
I was examined and I did have fungus, but I took medicine and I still felt the same, I have come to think that maybe it is vulvodynia because of anxiety and doctors who claimed that I had genital herpes, all this has caused me many crisis and uncertainty
I was examined and I did have fungus, but I took medicine and I still felt the same, I have come to think that maybe it is vulvodynia because of anxiety and doctors who claimed that I had genital herpes, all this has caused me many crisis and uncertainty
14 days is still really early. I'd be really surprised if you developed antibodies that fast. Most experts think 21 days is the soonest. I developed antibodies for hsv2 at 3 weeks, and my doctor was very surprised.
The issue with the blood test is that it only tells you that you have it, not where you have it. For hsv2, that's fine, since that is almost exclusively genital. For hsv1, it can be confusing.
If this was a primary outbreak, meaning you had a brand new infection without antibodies, it would be extremely unusual for it to heal in 4 days. When you couple that with it being extremely unusual to develop antibodies at 14 days, I just find it hard to believe that this is ghsv1.
I tend to agree that it's vulvodynia. I think you have an unreasonable reaction to herpes, maybe, because it's not nearly as catastrophic as you seem to think it is, but that's kind of beside the point now. I'd urge you to talk to a counselor if you think anxiety is contributing to your vulvodynia. No one wants herpes, obviously, but especially now that you don't have it genitally, you need to process all this. A counselor who specializes in anxiety can really help with that.
Take care of you. :)
The issue with the blood test is that it only tells you that you have it, not where you have it. For hsv2, that's fine, since that is almost exclusively genital. For hsv1, it can be confusing.
If this was a primary outbreak, meaning you had a brand new infection without antibodies, it would be extremely unusual for it to heal in 4 days. When you couple that with it being extremely unusual to develop antibodies at 14 days, I just find it hard to believe that this is ghsv1.
I tend to agree that it's vulvodynia. I think you have an unreasonable reaction to herpes, maybe, because it's not nearly as catastrophic as you seem to think it is, but that's kind of beside the point now. I'd urge you to talk to a counselor if you think anxiety is contributing to your vulvodynia. No one wants herpes, obviously, but especially now that you don't have it genitally, you need to process all this. A counselor who specializes in anxiety can really help with that.
Take care of you. :)
Thank you very much for helping to clarify my doubts, I can be more calm that I know it is not, I will seek help for anxiety, thank you again.
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