Herpes blood test.

[kanth5574]

Hi, I Am a male and received a unprotected oral sex  1 year back. I took a blood test For hsv 1 and 2 after 60 days of exposure. The tests were negative.  Is the blood test for men reliable for hsv.

[auntiejessi]

Yes, they are, for men and women, if you had an IgG test, not an IgM test. The IgG test does miss about 30% of hsv1 infections, but if you've had no symptoms, you don't need to worry - the negative test and no genital symptoms together means you don't need to worry.

Receiving oral sex would only put you at risk for hsv1, not hsv2.

[kanth5574]

Thanks a lot for your reply.  Both IgG and  IgM tests were negative . I took the test after 60 days. Also my syphilis test is also negative  in 60 days.

[auntiejessi]

The syphilis test is conclusive at 6 weeks, so you're fine there, too.

You can move on from this, really. You're fine.

[kanth5574]

Thank you for the reply. So nice of you