[Question #4360] Dr Handsfield/ Dr Hook
82 months ago
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13 years ago I had sex with a
boyfriend that did not tell me he was newly infected with hsv. (I later found
out it was hsv1) We had sex at night and the next morning he started having
symptoms/leisons and told me we could not have sex that day because of this.
I was
very upset bc at the time I had hpv and was open and honest with him about the
warts I had treated.
Of
course after this I had testing done. At that time i had no idea hsv1 could
cause genital herpes and was more focused on that. But I don’t know if I was
tested for hsv1 or hsv2 through blood or if they automatically test for both.
After
this I would get a reoccurring vaginal cut where my warts were treated. Upon
visual diagnoses I was always told it did not look like herpes. Until my gyno at
that time finally gave up and said maybe it was bc nothing else was making
sense. The tests she ran all came back negative. Im not sure is she tested me
for just 2 or 1 as well. Or how swabs worked back then.
I let it
go for a while bc everything kept coming back negative and the cuts stopped.
Nothing during pregnancy and my ex hubs Never complained of anything.
Four
years ago the cuts returned, so off I went again to be tested and was nearly
laughed out of the office bc they said it did not resemble herpes. Now that I
knew he had hsv1 I had the blood tests redone. Twice. Both times negative. My
concern is that I get these cuts in three areas, not usually at the same time
and they heal almost as fast as they show up. Ex. Feel it Sunday night by
Tuesday morning gone. Even can repeat in same spot weekly at times. (I
can’t recall how long the cut would last years ago.)
So my
worry is , is it possible I am one of the many false negatives? Would the fact
that he had lesions mere hours later make me a sure bet to have contracted it
but have atypical symptoms? Thoughts?
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
82 months ago
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82 months ago
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
82 months ago
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82 months ago
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Terri Warren, RN, Nurse Practitioner
82 months ago
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