
What Causes Positive HSV 2 Test With An IgG Value Of 1.8 Indicate?

Not false positive but signals a past infection!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about this test result and all the inconveniences that this has caused you. IgG signifies a past infection and IgM signifies a current infection.. Because IgM is negative, it means that at some point in the past you had been exposed to HSV2. Right now, unless you have some active symptoms, you are not going through an active infection.
I will suggest you stay calm and control the test as recommended. If the IgG are going up, then we would know there is fir real something going on and if they stay stable or go down, then there would be nothing to worry about.
I will not want to label this a false positive as they are unlikely. However, to know how common a false positive is using a test, we need the specific information about the methods and reagents used.
In all, be calm and relaxed. If there are any other symptoms, report to me. Otherwise, control these results and communicate findings to me in future. I wish you well and feel free to request for more information and clarifications if need be.


It signals an old infection!
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I will suggest you don't get bothered by this. I f I were your physician with no symptoms, I wouldn't have treated. I only treat if there are active sores.
Stay calm and control as suggested.
Also, you are not contagious without having ulcers or sores. This is an incidental finding and shouldn't scare you. Have you ever been tested for HSV this before?
I wish you well!


So I am scared now that I may have infected my partner unknowingly. I assume that I have to have this conversation with her now?
And when it comes to having sex with her, do I need to abstain from both vaginal and oral sex?
Many persons are HSV IgG psoitive, yet not infective!
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
If there are no active sores, you cannot infect here. Have this discussion with her and let her get tested. As for me, there us no need taking any precautions as long as there are no active sores.
I hope this helps. I wish you well.

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