Question - first outbreak - help

[Tanyava]

Hello all!

I am finally recovering from my first outbreak. It was awful.

What makes it even worse is that I've only had sex with one man for the last six years. He swears he did not cheat on me, but two doctors have told me it's just not possible for me to have had this for six plus years with no outbreak until now.

He got tested and the blood work came back negative for hsv 1 & 2, however doctor said that it could take months for it to show up in a blood test. (My blood test was also negative.)

I don't know what to believe. I guess my question is could this recent outbreak be caused by sex with someone over six years ago? 

Thank you for your time. My head is spinning.

 

 

 

Edited March 9, 2017 by Tanyava

[WilsoInAus]

Hello @Tanyava and welcome to the website.

I really hope we can stop your head from spinning. There are a few very possible and rational explanations here.

First thing to note is that your doctors are right. You describe an awful outbreak which is highly likely to mean a recent infection, just days before the sores appeared. Your current partner is the source of herpes little doubt of that.

Did you have a swab of symptoms? If you have, given you do not know type, then it appears you had an untyped culture. If they still have the sample it can now be tested for type. Maybe check this with your doctor.

Did he have the right test? The only test that is valid is an IgG antibody blood test type specific for HSV-1 and HSV-2. We see doctors do the wrong tests such as IgM antibodies and even PCR on blood. Get copies of the blood tests to make sure the right ones have been done. If they haven't, then anything is possible!

Something that is very common in these circumstances is that your partner has an oral cold sore infection (HSV-1). Many obtain this infection before living memory and a decent proportion of the population seemingly no longer test positive for it more than say 20 years from infection. If you received oral sex in the week before the sores started then this is a very rational explanation. No cheating by either of you, no malice, just a rather unfortunate event.

In order to narrow things a bit more, then whatever test results you have to hand will be useful to know in detail (or get them!).

Does this help? Any further thoughts or questions?

Edited March 9, 2017 by WilsoInAus

[Jesus Chuy]

3 hours ago, Tanyava said:

Hello all!

I am finally recovering from my first outbreak. It was awful.

What makes it even worse is that I've only had sex with one man for the last six years. He swears he did not cheat on me, but two doctors have told me it's just not possible for me to have had this for six plus years with no outbreak until now.

He got tested and the blood work came back negative for hsv 1 & 2, however doctor said that it could take months for it to show up in a blood test. (My blood test was also negative.)

I don't know what to believe. I guess my question is could this recent outbreak be caused by sex with someone over six years ago? 

Thank you for your time. My head is spinning.

 

 

 

lets be honest... your boyfriend gave it to you. he recently got infected. get tested at 16 weeks. my prayers go to you.