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what's the chances of a false positive result

I recently tested positive for HSV1 and HSV2 both (5H) test done by quest lab . The test was done because my husband had an affair and I requested he get std testing prior to us getting back together. His test came back positve for HSV1 (5.15) and they claimed bordeline for HSV2 (.90) his dr. suggested I get tested. So I get tested and I turn out positive with high numbers(5) but when I showed my husbands results to my dr. she says my husband is neg by reading his lab results and that I couldn't have gotten it from my husband. It's confusing to me because since I've been married 13 yrs I have had no other sexual partners. He had an affair in 2010 and I had a bump on my vagina and a cold sore I went in to my gyn and specifically asked for testing and was told it wasnt  herpes. Now with the positve test I go back through my records to find I did test pos for HSV1 (5) but no results on the HSV2 or the culture done can be found. I'm upset with my dr. for not informing me then and the lab say its to old to get the results. So I go to my husbands dr and have the test done by them lab corp and get pos HSV1 & HSV2 (5.15). How can I have this and my husband not? I was exposed to herpes by an inmate in the prison where I worked who had an outbreak I didnt know she was contagious and a couple of days later I had redness and a swollen cluster of bumps on my side when I aske the PA what it was he said an exposure to herpes. Can that cause the exposure? It still doesnt explain why my husband doesnt happen. Even he doesnt believe he didnt give it to me. Should I get the Western Blot are there alot of false positive in this event?  
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101028 tn?1419603004
you can contract herpes from naked outercourse but the risk of such is very low.
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I meant dec15-18 2012 not 2011
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Is it possible the other guy could have given it to me?
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I am experiencing the same thing...only I have been married 32 years, with sex with my husband only. He was recently caught in an affair, but we decided to try again. I was tested....HSV2 positive. His tests came back negative. I don't understand it, first because he was unfaithful...and how I could have carried it for over 32 years and not given it to him. I need answers as well. I have had no symptoms, except in the past six months I have had two serious UTIs with blood and clots in urine. He has had a UTI as well. I just don't understand.
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101028 tn?1419603004
odds are you weren't tested for herpes 13+ years ago. if you were, odds are it wasn't type specific testing you had done.

you aren't going to be able to tell the exact when and from whom at this point.  your husband is testing negative so you know you didn't contract it from him.  
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yes I had sexually partners prior to my husband, but thought I tested negative to all sexual std's since I always asked every year to be tested until I got married 13 yrs ago. I only tested when I thought my husband was unfaithful which was twice. Now my healthcare provider is telling me that they dont normally test for herpes in std testing. I'm confused I was exposed by the inmate who had a serious outbreak I touched the inmates open sores without knowing and a couple of days later I had burning, redness and a cluster of pus bumps, when I asked the PA to look at it he said it was a herpes cluster and that I had been exposed. I went for testing and it came back negative. That was in 1998. I've had a bump and a cold sore that caused me to get tested again in 2010 and was told I was neg now as they went back through my records I was pos for the HV1 and they lost the HSV2 results. Why is my husband not pos after all this time. During our break up I met a guy and we did heavy petting but never penetration in Dec 15-18, 2011 and again Jan 18, 2013 could I have been exposed by him?
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101028 tn?1419603004
did you have any sexual partners prior to your husband?

you didn't contract genital herpes from an inmate either unless you were naked with them having intimate contact.

grace
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I posted this in the wrong place I guess
Hello I've recently tested positive for the HSV2 virus. I got tested because my husband was tested and they said he might have been exposed and that I should get tested. After getting my results and showing his results, my dr. said he was actually neg and they don't know why they would have told him that. I tested a 5 so I went to his dr and got retested they confirmed he was neg he had a .90 we both tested pos for HSV1. After the retest found out today i've test  pos again 5.17. I'm so confused my husband had affairs but I never had contact with anyone in the last 13 yrs when got married. How could he be neg and I be pos. My dr. confused me saying it could have been dormant for a long time in my system. I'm upset with my dr. because I asked to be tested specifically in 2010 for herpes because of a bump on the genitals she looked at it and said it was an ingrown hair took cultures and later told me my test were ok. Now after going through my medical records and trying to trace my exposure, I found out they never had my test results for HSV 2 but I tested pos for HSV1 and was never told. I went back to the lab to see if they had the results and said it was longer than a yr and they wouldnt have the results. What should I do I've been reading the blogs abt false positives but my numbers seem quite high should I get the western block or should I accept the diagnosis? And please tell me how I can have it and my husband not? Does my high numbers mean a long or short term exposure?
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