How long will I be asymptomatic?

[Stonelayer]

Hello all. I would really appreciate your thoughts and guidance.  I am a 58 year old male.  Last week I did a screening for all stds using stdcheck services.  Everything was negative except I was positive for HSV-1 and HSV-2.  The test was the IGG and the values were 5.84 for HSV-2 and 17.6 for HSV-1. The last time that I had been tested was about 5 years ago and I was negative for both HSV-2 and HSV-1.  WHile I know that I cannot be certain when I was infected, my suspicion is with someone I met about 8 months ago.  To my knowledge I never had the primary symptoms of herpes.  I've never had a cold sore or blisters on my genitals.  The only symptom that I could possibly relate to HSV is small bumps that periodically appear at the back of my knees along the tendon.  These only appear on one side and are very itchy and go away as mysteriously as they appear.  My main question is whether or not I am likely to remain asymptomatic (I've also seen this referred to as subclinical).  Is there a "normal" course of the infection for someone like me who has not had the primary infection symptoms?  Thank you for any perspectives.  This was a surprise to me and I really appreciate any knowledge that anyone can share.

[feelingundone]

It would be very unlucky to get both at the same time. If you did you would surely have had a primary. My guess is you've had hsv1 orally a long time.
Yes you are correct. When someone has hsv1 and contracts hsv2 the symptoms can be very mild or like in your case, completely asymptomatic.

[Stonelayer]

Thank you once again for responding.

[feelingundone]

It is likely you may be asymptomatic for life. They say most people don't know they have it because they've never had symptoms.

[Stonelayer]

Thank you very much for your response.  I was also wondering if it is possible that I was infected with HSV-1 and HSV-2 at the same time, or maybe that is not possible.  I have also read that if ne is positive for HSV-1 then there may be some immunity that is built up so that if one is then infected with HSV-2 there may not be primary symptoms.