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I don't like HSV-1 antibody tests
Hi, all. This is my first time posting on a medical support forum, and I suppose I'm just venting a bit of anxiety. I just want to say that I don't like hsv-1 antibody tests.
I'm a 32 year old guy and recently have had to return to the dating pool. After a condom scare, my current date went to an urgent care clinic and got a full STD work up including hsv antibody titers. She was positive for hsv-1 IgG and nothing else. She has never had cold sores. A little more than 60% of people our age have these antibodies, meaning that I in all likelihood have them myself, though I don't know.
So we both performed oral sex on each other last night, and I can't stop thinking about it now. She did not have any cold sores, never has to her knowledge. I know there's no concrete data on actual rates of transmission in this setting, but I guess I'm just looking for confirmation that I'm not at high risk of contracting hsv1 genitally from a single act of oral sex in the absence of sores.
In other news, I really don't like being single -- there's so much to be anxious about! Had she never gotten this test, I would not be anxious at all. Now I'm a basket case, which is why I'm here for support. Thanks, friends.
I'm a 32 year old guy and recently have had to return to the dating pool. After a condom scare, my current date went to an urgent care clinic and got a full STD work up including hsv antibody titers. She was positive for hsv-1 IgG and nothing else. She has never had cold sores. A little more than 60% of people our age have these antibodies, meaning that I in all likelihood have them myself, though I don't know.
So we both performed oral sex on each other last night, and I can't stop thinking about it now. She did not have any cold sores, never has to her knowledge. I know there's no concrete data on actual rates of transmission in this setting, but I guess I'm just looking for confirmation that I'm not at high risk of contracting hsv1 genitally from a single act of oral sex in the absence of sores.
In other news, I really don't like being single -- there's so much to be anxious about! Had she never gotten this test, I would not be anxious at all. Now I'm a basket case, which is why I'm here for support. Thanks, friends.
Found a very comprehensive thread from 2009 that really calmed my nerves. If anyone has similar questions, this thread is really very helpful:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/risks-for-hsv-1-transmission-by-asymptomatic-shedding/show/1019622
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/risks-for-hsv-1-transmission-by-asymptomatic-shedding/show/1019622
No, we just had oral sex yesterday. But it does help to hear you say that the odds are that low. Do you happen to have a reference for that? I know I'm being overly anxious about this, and that it's far more likely that I would contract oral HSV-1 from passionate french kissing (inevitable, considering that ~90% lucky enough to live long lives will get it in our lifetimes), but I'm a numbers-minded guy and would benefit from your knowledge.
It sounds like you are more than 14 days past incident. Hence given odds were 1 in thousands to begin with, then without sores you can be confident you were not infected genitally.
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
