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What Do My Herpes Test Results Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 28 Apr 2016

Question: Hi.. i got my Herpes test result back. Here is the result

Component     Your Value     Standard Range
HSV 1 IGG, EIA      >5.00      <0.90
HSV 2 IGG, EIA      0.11      <0.90
Hsv 1 IgM      Negative      Negative
HSV 1 TITER REFLEX      Not indicated
HSV 2 IGM, QUAL      Negative      Negative
HSV 2 TITER REFLEX      Not indicated
HSV 2 IGM, QUAL      Negative      Negative
HSV 2 TITER REFLEX      Not indicated

Could someone please explain whether I have herpes or not?

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
No recent infection.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.

I have gone through the mentioned reports. While IgM indicates recent infection, IgG indicates existant immunity which is likely to have occurred due to a previous infection. In short you had HSV-1 sometime in the past but there seems to be no recent infection.

You never had any infection with HSV-2.

Hope it helps. Please let me know if I can guide you further.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (1 hour later)

Dear XXXXXXX

Thanks for your response.

Nope. I don't have any kind of herpes history in the past. Then how did i get this now! It is making me sad.

COuld you please tell me is it harmful? And how i can cure this?

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
It is a very common virus. Most of us have been infected with it.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. Sorry for not being able to respond faster. HSV-1 is a very common virus and it causes the cold sores that we often get. Most of us have been infected with it sometime or the other. It can be so minor that we might not even realize it. You need not worry or become sad. It is not something harmful and needs no treatment or cure.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (2 hours later)

Dear XXXXXXX

Thank you for the explanation. It relieved me better now.

Thanks

Answered by Dr. Prof. Kunal Saha (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Glad to be of service

Detailed Answer:
In case you found my answer to be helpful, I would request you to close the thread with a positive review and a 5 star rating.

Wish you health.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar