Last week I went in for my yearly checkup and asked them to do test for STD's. Two days ago nurse called me and said that I tested positive for antibodies and that I was at some point exposed to Herpes. After that she said something about the type of HVS but I was so stunned that I couldn't even hear what she was saying, and frankly didn't know much about it to even understand. I know she mentioned HVS 1 & 2 but that is about all I recall. All I could ask at that moment was What do I need to do now? Her response was:"nothing, just let us know if you have outbreak and we'll give you pills for it". That was our, less than 2min conversation, yet I felt that my whole World just crashed down at that moment.
I am 39 years old, had very few sexual partners in my life but I know, it takes only one just like for pregnancy. My last relationship ended around October of 2014. I haven't been with anyone since nor did I kiss anyone. I never had any symptoms for HSV-2. Occasional itch but even that was more back in my 20's and very, very rarely these days. All my tests prior to this one were negative but I am now wondering if they even did herpes test before or not?
As a kid I had cold sores but haven't had them for at least 10 years now. People in my family have them. Couple weeks ago I felt little bit of tingling feeling at the corner of my lips, on and off for two days. Went away, yesterday I felt it again at the top of my lip but also went away after an hour. No outbreaks.
I just left a message for the nurse because after reading so many posts here I realize I have some questions to ask about that test.
I guess my main question here is how come this antibodies haven't showed on a last few tests they've done, assuming they did test for herpes when they took my blood? How soon after infection would the antibodies show up in my blood (I read about that too but I think I am having an overload of info in my head right now after reading so much about it in last 24hrs)?
Can any provider order Western Blot test? Would there be any reasons for my OBG to refuse to do it?