[Question #13672] HSV testing, new information
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1 hours ago
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Dear doctors,
Here are my testing results for herpes.
They are not from the US if that matters.
IgG HSV 1,2 1,3 ( pos from 1,1)
IgG HSV 1,2 1,3 ( repeated the same test)
Saliva culture HSV (no type) detected 30%
Later (6 months in total, more than 2 years after the thought exposure):
IgG HSV 1 negative 0,02 (pos from 1,1)
IgG HSV2 negative 0,0
IgG HSV 1,2 negative
IgG HSV 1 negative
IgG HSV1. negative
Never ever any symptoms
The virolody doctor in the virolody institute where I did the last IgG saw this all and said that the first positive IgG were a mistake. She thought I didn't have HSV although I told her about the positive saliva culture. I also wrote to you and Dr. Hunter Handsfield said that he tends to believe my type specific IgGs that were all negative. And that some tests falsely detect other distantly related viruses, some are wrong for chemical reasons and testing saliva would be unreliable. Swab has to be taken from lesions (which I never had).Terri Warren said that IgG can miss 30% of infections but was sceptical about my positive culture because of the number 30%, could not say anything definite about my case. Recommended Western blot but I am not in the US.
I like reading other responses here on this site. Doing this I came across different Information. Dr. Handsfield: "PCR is accurate from any fluid" Dr. Hook: " You don't need a lesion for a swab". Other sources say a positive culture is almost never false. Mine was not a PCR as far as I remember, but a culture on cells.
Has the medical knowledge on the subject changed in the meantime and what does it mean for me?
Thank you very much.
