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being diagnosed with herpes

An_246280 posted:

hello, I was recently diagnosed with herpes. When i went to see my doctor he didn't do any test or anything, I have been with the same guy for 9 years he was my first. So why all of a sudden herpes popped up? he hasnt showed any symptoms or anything and he swears he has been faithful, I read that it can be in your body without knowing for years. I had my son a year and a half ago and they do blood test to see if you have anything and nothing came up. So I am not sure how I got herpes.

4 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:being diagnosed with herpeshello, I was recently diagnosed with herpes. When i went to see my doctor he didn't do any test or anything, I have been with the same guy for 9 years he was my first. So why all of a sudden herpes popped up? he hasnt showed any symptoms or anything and he swears he has been faithful, I read that it can be in your body without knowing for years. I had my son a year and a half ago and they do blood test to see if you have anything and nothing came up. So I am not sure how I got herpes.

georgiagail responded:

So how did your physician diagnose that you now had this virus?

Gail

Report This| Share this:being diagnosed with herpesSo how did your physician diagnose that you now had this virus?<br /><br />Gail

gml02 replied to georgiagail's response:

he just looked at it.

Report This| Share this:being diagnosed with herpeshe just looked at it.

abe648 replied to gml02's response:

Looking at it is not good enough. The Doc should have taken a swab and had it cultured to see if it was herpes and if so which kind of herpes. HSv 1 or 2. What you need to do now is go and get a type specific igg blood test for HSV 1 & 2 and ask for a copy of your test results and post them on here. It will be something like this HSV 1 igg is 1.60 and HSV 2 igg is 2.90 or what ever it says and post them on here so someone can help you as to your sttatus.

To learn more read the Herpes Handbook. Terri Warren's book The Good News about the Bad News. It is available now as am e-book. Click on The Tiger to get more details.

Report This| Share this:being diagnosed with herpesLooking at it is not good enough. The Doc should have taken a swab and had it cultured to see if it was herpes and if so which kind of herpes. HSv 1 or 2. What you need to do now is go and get a type specific igg blood test for HSV 1 & 2 and ask for a copy of your test results and post them on here. It will be something like this HSV 1 igg is 1.60 and HSV 2 igg is 2.90 or what ever it says and post them on here so someone can help you as to your sttatus.

gml02 replied to abe648's response:

ok thank you so much.

Report This| Share this:being diagnosed with herpesok thank you so much.

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