Hi!

I recently had a Herpes I & II IGM (Elisa)  and Herpes SELECT I IgG and Herpes Select II IgG tests (1/30/19) and got my results. The IgM tested 1.15 and the Select I 0.2 and Select II <0.2. I’ve been stressed out with these results (have read that IgM results are not recommended) but do know I’m not necessarily a low risk candidate. My previous partner has Herpes, while we did have sex (condoms and still wearing boxers and had this crazy idea wiping myself with alcohol would help), he had an outbreak (rarely has them since he’s had herpes for a long time) in December…we waited around 3 weeks to have sex, did have an encounter a week and a half before his outbreak and our last one was January 13th. His sore disappeared within 3-4 days.  

I’ve had no visible symptom, the only thing I’ve felt for a week and a half was a slight nuisance in my throat (similar soreness to when in front of an AC for long) and very tired but also had my period. Not sure if to test for something else? (Mono?)  I left my results with my Doctor and he said that I had the virus and suggested I get a IgG test done after the 2/14, that if it was negative to not worry about it. This comment after me bringing up it being a low positive and perhaps cross reactivity. I’ve read of sometimes Rheumatoid Factors also interfering, I’ve had Ana tests come positive then specific panels come out negative. Not really sure if it’s that kind of RF but figure the more info the better. Also asked about the Western Blot but he didn’t know one was available for Herpes and then proceeded to mention that in his 30 years of experience the Herpeselect worked just fine.  

I’m not really sure how to proceed from this point. While I’ve tried to reach STI clinics/My Dr. feel like a lot of the information isn’t necessarily the most updated. Some clinics deal with HIV and other STDS but not Herpes. Inquiries on medicine usually goes if there’s no physical symptom they can’t give prescription and none recommend suppressive therapy because see it as pointless. 

Aside the horrible anxiety of not knowing 100% if I do have it not feeling like the information is reliable makes it feel even worse and completely uneasy as to what should be my next steps or if I do see another Dr. how to talk to them because it feels like just get a generic response that feels outdated.