[Question #13371] Oral herpes symptoms but HSV-2 on bloodwork-why?

 
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1 days ago
I have had oral herpes symptoms for decades, but never any genital herpes symptoms or exposure.  On recent bloodwork, HSV-1 was negative, but HSV-2 was positive (STDCheck.com was the order, draw taken by LabCorp).   Can the HSV-2 be causing my oral herpes?  Can I be confident that I only have oral herpes with the HSV-2 positive test, or could I be a silent carrier of genital herpes even though I've never had symptoms?  Is there additional testing that can be done to rule out a potential false positive of the HSV-2?  When I looked online, STDCheck indicated they use IgG for testing, not IgM.  Thank you.