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What Does This STD Test Result Mean?

I took an 8 panel STD testing and just got the results that I have HSV 1 IGG TYPE SPECIFIC AB 5.00 H and HSV 2 IGG TYPE SPECIFIC AB 5.00 H I have only been with one partner for the last 2 years. He also took the test and it said that he had HSV 1 IGG TYPE SPECIFIC AB What does this mean?? Could there be an error?? I am freaking out
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Hi
I had gone through the question and umderstand your concern.
Positive HSV-1 tests are almost never false, particularly with strongly positive results like yours. You have HSV-1. So do half of all adults in the US and up to 90% of people in some countries. The lack of symptoms is typical; most infected people have no recollection of symptoms of either oral or genital herpes. Unless you develop symptoms in the future -- which you probably will not -- you will never know whether your infection was oral or genital. But the majority of HSV-1 infections are oral, most commonly acquired in childhood.
I hope this information helps.
Let me know if you are having any symptoms.
Wish you good health
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What Does This STD Test Result Mean?

Hi I had gone through the question and umderstand your concern. Positive HSV-1 tests are almost never false, particularly with strongly positive results like yours. You have HSV-1. So do half of all adults in the US and up to 90% of people in some countries. The lack of symptoms is typical; most infected people have no recollection of symptoms of either oral or genital herpes. Unless you develop symptoms in the future -- which you probably will not -- you will never know whether your infection was oral or genital. But the majority of HSV-1 infections are oral, most commonly acquired in childhood. I hope this information helps. Let me know if you are having any symptoms. Wish you good health