I just spoke to my reg GYN Dr, he said I have the antibodies in my immune system which means I was exposed to herpes2 at some point in my sex life, since I have never had an outbreak and this is my 1st blood test for it, I could have had it for years. He said again it is very common, and me not ever having outbreaks means my immune system was able to fight it.
He said my H may not have it, if he did not give it to me, since neither one of us have ever had outbreaks. He said if H test negative, then he did not give it to me, and as long as I dont have an outbreak I cannot give it to H going forward. DR said if your immume system is strong you can be exposed but not have an outbreak ever and not pass it on. If H immumes system is strong he may not get it from me, if he did not give it to me.
If H does have it, still cannot tell who gave it to who.
I would have had to had the blood work done before Sex with H to know that I did not have it at that time before sex with H.
DR said I do not need to do anything different, no need to contact past partners, he said my H know nows and if he gets tested great and if not that is up to H, it should not change my sex life with my H unless I start to get outbreaks which he would be surprised if I did now, he said the antibodies level I had indicates I had this for some time in my immune system.
DR is very straight forward and told me to that at this point , he would not worry about this unless I have an outbreak and or a new sex partner, adn even with a new partner to tell them I have the anitbodies so I have been exposed, but again if no outbreaks I cannot pass it on. He said people just recently started to get the blood test for Herpes and usually only if they continue to have outbreaks...
I told him on the internet it says you can have outbreaks that are not visible... DR replied maybe but he has not seen that before..
He also rechecked my record and said he never seen any outbreaks in my files and since 1999 I have never come in with concerns about any STD's.
Job I was tested for STD's when I got pregnant in 1999 but no Herpes blood test, DR said at that time if there was no visible outbreak there would have been no test and at that time the test would have been a culture of the outbreak not a blood test.
Dr also said these antibodies in my blood could be for 1 or 2, but most likey herpes 2. He said 90% of the population has been exposed to either Herpes 1 or 2 and if tested would have the antibodies in there immune system.
I have not had any other partners since 1996.
I can breathe a lil better, but this has shaken me! Now I was all getting tested cause I worried that my H had a PA , and it may end up Im the one with a virus., that I could have given to H.
Me 43 ring off Oct 2014 (my ring back on Feb 2015) H 51 (ring off 7/2013) M 2007 T 1996 S 14 July 2013- H told me he was unhappy.....said he is staying for Son Feb 18 2014 Found out about OW
