Help with test results

[sak1284]

Can someone shed some light on these test results.  My doctor has just really confused me over the past six months.  I need to know if I have Herpes.  The initial contact that caused me to be tested happened July of 2012.  These are the exact results cut and pasted from my lab reports.  Please help me.

8/7/12
Hsv 1 And 2-Specific Ab, Igg
Test                  Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv 1 Igg, Type Spec          <0.90          0.00-0.90
Hsv 2 Igg, Type Spec          <0.90          0.00-0.90


Hsv, Igm I/Ii Combination
Test              Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv, Igm I/Ii Combination                 0.95         0.00-0.90 Ratio


9/4/12
Hsv 1 And 2-Specific Ab, Igg
Test                  Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv 1 Igg, Type Spec          <0.90         0.00-0.90
Hsv 2 Igg, Type Spec         <0.90         0.00-0.90


Hsv, Igm I/Ii Combination
Test          Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv, Igm I/Ii Combination       1.73   0.00-0.90 Ratio


10/18/12
Hsv 1 And 2 Igm Abs, Indirect
Test                  Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv 2 Igm Antibodies          <1:10          <1:10
Hsv 1 Igm Antibodies         <1:10         <1:10


Hsv I/Ii Igg Rflx I-Ii Type Sp
Test                  Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv I/Ii Igg                   <0.9          0.0-0.8

1/30/13
Hsv, Igm I/Ii Combination
Test                  Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv, Igm I/Ii Combination                 1.89   0.00-0.90 Ratio


Hsv 1 And 2-Specific Ab, Igg
Test                   Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv 1 Igg, Type Spec          <0.90       0.00-0.90
Hsv 2 Igg, Type Spec         <0.90          0.00-0.90


Hsv 1 And 2 Igm Abs, Indirect
Test                          Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv 2 Igm Antibodies          <1:10                <1:10
Hsv 1 Igm Antibodies          <1:10         <1:10


Hsv I/Ii Igg Rflx I-Ii Type Sp
Test           Low Normal High Reference Range Units
Hsv I/Ii Igg          <0.9                 0.0-0.8

[gracefromHHP]

it's actually grounds for malpractice to tell someone that they have herpes based on a + igm test. Encourage your provider to read the 2010 cdc herpes guidelines to update her knowledge to better serve her patients as well as to protect herself!!!

[sak1284]

Thank you.  The only thing my doctor kept telling me was that I had recently contracted herpes based on the high igm results and that it was just a matter of time before I made enough antibodies to test positive on the igg test.  After six months of testing the igg never went up but she kept insisting I had herpes.  

[gracefromHHP]

your provider needs to update their herpes testing knowledge!! They ordered a heck of a lot of needless testing on you in general as well as the igm herpes testing that isn't recommended by the CDC.  

as long as your last igg blood test was done at least 3 months post encounter, no reason for more testing. you are consistently testing negative for hsv1 and hsv2.

grace