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I had protected sex with a prostitute in April 15th, and I took a igG test in quest diagnostic in July 9th. The result came back negative (less than 0.9). However, I just went to a regular check up 1 week ago (8.5 mths after exposure) and I did all std test again. The doctor told me that my result was equivocal from IgG test (0.98). During this 8.5 months, I didnt even have sex at all.
She told me that I have Herpes now. I was shocked and my tear almost came out.
I do another blood test for igG test again, and I told her to send it to another lab for confirmation.
I am so depressed now. Can anyone help me out?
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207091 tn?1337709493
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Yes, I would take that as a negative. The QL Real Time PCR Test is their confirmation test, which is awesome that they do that, and yours was negative.

You can move on from this with no more testing.

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Thank you so much for your time and your advice, auntiejessie. I really appreciate your help here.
You're welcome. :)
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I got my result back today and it was diagnosed in Quest Diagnostic. The test came back at 0.99 which is still in equivocal range, and it 0.01 higher. Should I worry about the 0.01 increase?
However, quest diagnostic also did a "QL REAL TIME PCR TEST" from my blood, it came back "HSV 1 DNA: NOT DETECTED ; HSV2 DNA: NOT DETECTED; REFERENCE RANGE: NOT DETECTED".
Does it mean I do not have herpes?
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207091 tn?1337709493
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I don't know why your doctor told you that you have herpes, because we don't know that.

Equivocal means "we don't know yet", and official test guidelines say that anything over a 1.10 is a positive. As Tontonic mentions, experts think that anything under a 3.5 needs to be confirmed, which you are doing.

If you had gotten a 1.25, for example, you'd have at least an 85% chance of that being a false positive.

So don't worry yet. See what the results of this test say, and we'll go from there.
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That's what I asked her, and she told me that it is a positive result to her.
I kinda dont believe her, so I did the same test again and told her to send the blood sample to quest diagnostic which I got my negative result few mths ago.
I wouldn't believe her either. She's wrong. I wouldn't trust my sexual health to her.

Is this the same Planned Parenthood that diagnosed you with dermatitis? At this point, wait for your results, and we'll figure it out from there.

When do you get those back?

Planned parenthood diagnosed me with dermatitis only. I went to quest diagnostic and did my own first igG test with negative result. And second time was done with my family doctor.
The result should be back next monday.
Oh ok, got it. Maybe your family doctor shouldn't be handling your sexual health - she's clearly not up to date on this stuff, and to be fair, family docs need to be current on a LOT of things, so sometimes things get missed. Unfortunately, STDs are usually in the "missed" pile.

Let us know what the results say.

Sure. Thank you for helping me out here.
Anytime. Let us know if you have any questions in the meantime.
I got my result back today and it was diagnosed in Quest Diagnostic. The test came back at 0.99 which is still in equivocal range, and it 0.01 higher. Should I worry about the 0.01 increase?
However, quest diagnostic also did a "QL REAL TIME PCR TEST" from my blood, it came back "HSV 1 DNA: NOT DETECTED ; HSV2 DNA: NOT DETECTED; REFERENCE RANGE: NOT DETECTED".
Does it mean I do not have herpes?
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I'd relax and see what this other test says.  8 post exposure the igG. Should be past the equivocal stage. It's neither pos or neg. Disregard what the Dr said. It may very well be a false pos. Do you have any symptoms of concerns?  Keep in mind anything over 3.5 is a pos when testing igG. Upon infection the immune system would recognize and start the antibody process. Meaning they spike up soon after infection. Not much later.
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I have rash on my penis and it kinda itchy sometimes. 2 mths ago, I had dematatis on my penis area. Are these symptoms of herpes?
Sorry, let me correct it. I have rash on my penis and it kinda itchy sometimes. 7 mths ago, I had dematatis on my penis area. Are these symptoms of herpes?  
I did the igG test 1 mth after I found out I had dermatitis.
Dermatitis isn't herpes. It can appear similar to it, though. How were you diagnosed with dermatitis? Have you ever had that cultured or PCR swabbed for herpes?
I went to "planned parenthood" and she told me that I have dermatitis by looking at the rash and redness.
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