Possible hsv exposure

Sexual health
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Hi everyone, please help. 5 weeks ago I had a sexual encounter with a sex worker. I used a condom and it only lasted for about a minute or two. A few days later I started reading on stds and went crazy. I started to feel sick, fatigued and abdominal pain. It went away after I took some medicine. Just to add the whole world was sick at the same time. I took a pcr for Herpes blood test after 4 weeks post exposure. It came out negative.The same day I went I was reading on nerve damage caused by hsv2. Shortly after I started feeling a very mild pain in lower back. I work at a very physically demanding job so I thought this was the reason. One night I slept on a very hard bed and woke up with the back pain a little more painful. After I stated feeling some pressure on my buttocks down the back of both legs. I randomly get a sharp pain in left calf and right thigh. Could this be Herpes? I really freaking out!!!

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First of all, you had a very brief protected sexual encounter, so the risk is already lower. Secondly, your symptoms are all easily explained by other reasons, and you didn't notice any of them until you started reading about symptoms... Thirdly, you have not developed an outbreak, which you would expect by now if you're truly symptomatic. I would stop worrying and simply test for HSV2 IgG only at 3 months for peace of mind. Incidentally, the pcr blood test is not appropriate for routine herpes testing, so I have no idea why that was done.

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P.S. Ignore Jonny. He is a scammer. There is no miracle cure for herpes that can turn you negative, etc 

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Thanks for the feedback. Well it was a specific pcr test for Herpes. Not your standard pcr blood test. It actually looks for the virus. I’ll try to hang in there and wait the three months. By the way i figures it’s a scam. Thanks again.

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But HSV is not blood-borne and is rarely found in the blood except in exceptional cases. Therefore a pcr blood test is never done for routine herpes testing. Pcr swabs on lesions are, however. And blood tests that look for antibodies to the virus, not for the virus itself.