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picture attached. My husband cheated 3 years ago - we both got tested 5 months after the infidelity. I have absolutely no reason to believe he has cheated again and I can say that confidently. But the time he did, even though we were tested almost 6 months after it happened and I’ve been tested twice more after that is it possible that we are now positive or I am positive even with my negative tests last year? 
 

please see image. It has a burning sensation. Constant burning and has been happening for 5 weeks now. It is right on the inside of my vulvar area. 

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Hello there @Helpmepleaseeee and welcome to this website community!

The testing that you had is more than conclusive. Neither you nor your husband have HSV-2. I am assuming that you both tested for IgG antibodies type specific for HSV-1 and HSV-2? What was your respective HSV-1 outcomes?

You have no reason to believe you have genital herpes. In terms of the pic and what you describe, these are not really symptom of herpes. There is nothing in the pic that looks abnormal or suggestive of herpes.

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2 hours ago, WilsoInAus said:

Hello there @Helpmepleaseeee and welcome to this website community!

The testing that you had is more than conclusive. Neither you nor your husband have HSV-2. I am assuming that you both tested for IgG antibodies type specific for HSV-1 and HSV-2? What was your respective HSV-1 outcomes?

You have no reason to believe you have genital herpes. In terms of the pic and what you describe, these are not really symptom of herpes. There is nothing in the pic that looks abnormal or suggestive of herpes.

Could it be possible since he only tested 5 months after his encounter that he received a false negative? And only now had spread to me?  We were told for him to retest 3 months later but he never retested. 
 

i have had cold sores and canker sores since I was a baby and I always test negative for these since I haven’t had one in such a long time.  Would it be possible it was dormant for 7 years and only recently reoccurred due to having COVID? I’m just at such a loss as to why I now have these burning sensations and I did teat negative for chlamydia, yeast etc. 

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Hey at @Helpmepleaseeee no it isn't really feasible that your husband has herpes. 5 months is more than conclusive in this regard.

The reason why you test negative for HSV-1 is not related to when you last had an outbreak. rather:

  • you may have sero-reverted owing to the infection being in childhood
  • what you thought were cold sores were something else (canker sores are not related to HSV-1)
  • you're not having the right test (why would you have had a HSV test in the past?)

Also not your oral HSV-1 can only cause oral symptoms and cannot be responsible for anything genitally.

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