Confused no symptoms - possible misdiagnosed?

Sexual health
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I tested positive for HSV-2 in April 2014 and am totally confused since I have had no symptoms whatsoever.  I'm 60 and my relationship with men is few and far beyond can count on one hand.  The last person I was intimate with one weekend, ex-boyfriend says he doesn't have it and I trust what he says.  I absolutely have no symptoms and wondering if this virus mimicks other ailments?  I had several test done since I was entering back into the dating scene having been divorced for 23 years, and was shocked when told I tested positive.  I had just finish a full body detox with DHerb.  The results tested high, but absolutely no first outbreaks.  I know my body and notice everything. The doctor offer medication but I refused due to the fact I have no symptoms or out breaks, and second I am very sensitive to foreign medications in my system.  I'm opting to use good antiviral essential oils to build my immune system.  The other baffling thing is since I am single and have been inactive sexually for most of my time during my divorce since 1993, can count the number of sex partner on one hand, so I go through periods of masterbation unaware of having this virus. Why haven't I gotten HSV-1 oral, using my fingers, touching mouth, lips, face other parts of my skin, body?   Is it possible I have been misdiagnosed?

Totally confused, I do plan on retesting with another lab

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Was it an IgG type specific test and what are you values?

80% of the population is asymptomatic w genital herpes. Either they have zero symptoms or they're so mild, they're mistaken for something else. I know of another that came to find out the way you have and she was shocked to and had no synt. Ad she chatted w me and I told her about how it caused me neuropathy, she then figures out how she gets nerve pain in the bath of her thigh and buttock sometimes.. She would have never linked the two, had I not told her about mine, but she's never had physical symptoms such as a rash, blisters or any lesion of the sort.

Herpes is often so mild in people, that it is mistaken for a heat rash, yeast infection, jock itch, razor burn or irritation from sex...it can be itchy one day and then be gone the next. It never presents the exact same in any two people.

The fact that you are asymptomatic means your immune system does an amazing job at handling it, no worries about boosting it.

There are stories of elderly women that have only been w their husbands and they passed and have OB out if the blue and leaves them confused.

Your situation is so much more common than you think and your last partner may be asymptomatic too. He may very well believe he doesn't have it, because what most don't know is, herpes testing is not included in a full STD panel. Unless you specifically request to have herpes treated for, they won't test you.

Do what made you go for herpes testing in the first place, if you have no reason to believe you had it?

Doctors usually won't out you in for that, even for a full panel, unless you ask or have symptoms.

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Oh and in regards to your question about why haven't you gotten HSV 1 orally from having HSV 2 down there and touching your mouth is simple.

Hsv1 and two share 50% of the same DNA, but are two different simplexes. HSV 1 can actually be transferred to the genitals through oral sex and 50% of all new genital herpes cases, is caused by HSV 1. HSV 2, primarily known as genital herpes just doesn't seem to do well in the mouth. Only 1% of oral herpes cases are from HSV 2 and those have typically been in immune comprised patients, such as those w HIV.

So, although they are couaibsz they are not the same virus

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Thank you for the information.  I am embarking upon a new relationship for over a year now and things are getting serious, marriage serious and just first of all don't believe I have HSV-2 and second if I do don't even know how to approach this especially if I have no symptoms; and of course, by faith I'm believing and claiming my healing spiritually (by faith) and physically doing my part to make my immune system even healthier with antivirtal essential oils.  The bizzare thing is the few men I have been initmate with must all be aysymptomatic or else they/I just don't have HSV-2, and that's sort of scary if you ask me to think more people have this then we know. 

Second I  have fibromyalgia and Polymyalgia Rheumatic, some fribroid issues and facing having a some other female issues addressed.  But I'm pretty healthy as as can be expected at my age.   With the other ailments, anything is liable to flare up with my health.  I wouldn't know if it was my ailments or the HSV-2 at this point.  But like I said I have no symptoms at all.   But thank goodness I have eliminated stress in my life.  I am at a lose for words on this subject.  I don't wanna say I'm in denial but I surely don't want to empower HSV-2 with words and beliefs.  I know healing can happen supernatually. I bare witness to folks being healed.  But I also know that we in general must do our physical part, and healing our/my immune system is where I am at with this...

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Well in the US, 1 in 4 women have genital herpes and 1 in 8 men do. Like 20% and that's only accounting for HSV 2 on the genitals and not HSV 1 on the genitals.

80% of people are asymptomatic... That's why it gets passed around, because people are clueless and have no symptoms. Have you disclosed to your current partner? It's also possible, the last person you were w gave it to you and if not, then it is possible to be w people and not pass it ever.

You won't know your type, unless you get tested for a type specific IgG test. Don't doubt, you never know. Most cases of genital herpes is HSV 2, but it really doesn't matter, because at the end if the day, it's still herpes regardless of type and both types are contagious, although HSV 1 in the genitals sheds less and has less obs.

I have hypothyroidism and Sjogrens and since getting herpes, it triggered chronic fatigue syndrome in me, especially if I go off the meds. I also have stage 4 endometriosis, that I've had surgeries for, so I feel your pain.

I have found others that said herpes triggered fibro in them. A lot more has come to light about HSV and the damage it can actually do, tobour immune systems. Other human herpes viruses are already linked to some like MS and some terminal brain cancers. We have just begun to touch on the top of the iceberg in relation to all 8 human herpes viruses and probably know the least about the strains known as HSV, because they've been seen as rather harmless and not life threatening.

Well, I'd love to believe there was a way to cure HSV, but there is not. The only thing our immune system can do, is control it from breaking out on the skin resulting in sores. However, the virus dkes what is called asymptomatic shedding. This is when it is contagious, but shows no physical symptoms or precense of the virus, which is what most people who are infected experience and is why they are unaware of their infection. So the immune system cannot completly rid itself of the virus, because it hides out in our central nervous system. This is the one place that our immune system does not go and cannot get to.

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Thanks for the info.  I have the test results which is Greek to me even if I did understand it through the fibro fog and I firgot I'm a TMJ (tramatic brain injury) survivier.  I plan on retesting somewhere else after I have completed another full body detox.  While most may not believe they can rid themselves of ailments, I'm gonna stand on my faith believing the impossible because God works through the impossible to heal. I'd like to talk with someone in private about my test results.  Reading stuff can be difficutl because of my TMJ, talking does better and surely I didn't find my doctor to be very  inviting in helping me understand all this.  She handed me a pamplet and pushed meds.  Not very appealing.

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Oops, TBI for traumatic brain injury survivor (lol) sorry about that I do have TMJ all from an auto accident -- I'm a mess right now

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Well you can post a picture of just the area of the results on here and I can read them for you.

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ok, will scan and post

 

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Just make sure you black out personal info

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hi irene (and feelbroken)

..opened your thread because i saw "tbi" in the clip they show in the discussion list.. well, it took till the bottom to find it and then lo and behold, it turns out you suffered a TMJ injury too!

i see the discussion is really about other issues but as a fella with a long history of a tbi, resulting in epilepsy amongst other issues and now after 30 years a total tmj replacement (also all caused by a car ..bicycle got wrecked but i smashed his windscreen with my face, haha!), i'll just hang around long enough to wish you well and hope you manage to resolve your immediate worries, let alone get through all the additional problems head injuries tend to throw at us.

may i also say how brilliantly supportive and sound your responses strike me as being, feelbroken?  i'm new to the site and i've seen some nonsense but this is yet another page where i find truly genuine support mixed with sound knowledge.. priceless!

safe travels y'all!   :o)

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So you never got any symptoms from eating processed foods or smoking or anything? Just wondering

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I know this is an old thread, but I'm recently diagnosed with HSV1 genitally /'d have endometriosis as well. How do you know when you're having an outbreak or it's just symptoms from the endometriosis? I get hip and back pain all of the time from the endo... also my lady bits swell before my period... I'm concerned because I have no idea if I'm having a second outbreak and I don't want to pass anything to my partner. No sores, just pain. Recently shaved as well...