has anyone ever been misdiagnosed with herpes??

Question

i was diagnosed about 2 years ago and have not had ANY reoccurances...no itching no burning nothing!! I don't know how reliable the lab that did my work was because i've heard that they've missed things with other people. just wondering if i should go get retested.


ps i'm not doing suppressive theropy either, and still no symptoms...what would you do??

okay not to be rude...bc i really appreciate the help..but i do use a condom..and i told my bf before we had sex for the first time..i'm trying to be responsible. i just want to know if it could be misdiagnosed!!!

Answer 1

Hi the simple answer is NO, you have been diagnosed positive so it doesn't go away, just some people react differently with syptoms but never the less, you are always contagious so your partner has to wear condoms to lessen his risk.
You are still a carrier just coz that it doesn't outwardly flare up means that your body is coping with it better than some others . ♥

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Answer 4

There are two types of herpes simplex virus: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both virus types can cause sores around the mouth (herpes labialis) and on the genitals (genital herpes). Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
Cold sores sometimes called fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the lip and around the mouth. The skin around the blisters is often red, swollen, and sore. The blisters may break open, leak a clear fluid, and then scab over after a few days. They usually heal in several days to 2 weeks.
The herpes simplex virus usually enters the body through a break in the skin around or inside the mouth. It is usually spread when a person touches a cold sore or touches infected fluid—such as from sharing eating utensils or razors, kissing an infected person, or touching that person's saliva. A parent who has a cold sore often spreads the infection to his or her child in this way. Cold sores can also be spread to other areas of the body.
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Answer 5

There are two types of herpes simplex virus: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Both virus types can cause sores around the mouth (herpes labialis) and on the genitals (genital herpes). Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).

Cold sores sometimes called fever blisters, are groups of small blisters on the lip and around the mouth. The skin around the blisters is often red, swollen, and sore. The blisters may break open, leak a clear fluid, and then scab over after a few days. They usually heal in several days to 2 weeks.

The herpes simplex virus usually enters the body through a break in the skin around or inside the mouth. It is usually spread when a person touches a cold sore or touches infected fluid?such as from sharing eating utensils or razors, kissing an infected person, or touching that person's saliva. A parent who has a cold sore often spreads the infection to his or her child in this way. Cold sores can also be spread to other areas of the body.

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Answer 6

This is why they generally do not test for herpes as its almost pointless. A positive result will not tell you the geographic location of the infection. Most tests, even the ones labled specific, arent actually type specific. The tests that actually do test for type specific glycoproteins are time consuming and/or expensive and generally thought to be unnecessary (like the western blot). Since over half of the population would be + for HSV any way, it goes back to the first point- whats the point? Also, the majority of people with HSV are asymptomatic or have subclinical symptoms without supressive nucleoside analogs. You are just one of the many in this group of asymptomatic cases.

What should you do? Definitely not worry about it. If you ever manifest clinical symptoms and you feel it necessary to seek treatment, then by all means have a doc re-evaluate your situation for your own peace of mind. But till then, I would not worry too much about it.

Answer 7

I know of incidents in my time in the service where these guys were misdiagnosed by army doctors of course to have herpes well in both cases it turned out to be a skin rash brought on by a simple circumstance. these two guys almost lost their relationships with their women and of course nothing happend to the docs one more reason as why i have a dislike for officers. so yes i say get retested but do some research before you do.

Answer 8

RE:
has anyone ever been misdiagnosed with herpes??
i was diagnosed about 2 years ago and have not had ANY reoccurances...no itching no burning nothing!! I don't know how reliable the lab that did my work was because i've heard that they've missed things with other people. just wondering if i should go get retested.


ps i'm not...

Answer 9

20% of people with herpes never have any symptoms at all. Another 60% don't have any symptoms they recognise as herpes. My sister didn't have a second outbreak for 6 years. It probably just means you are lucky and your immune system is good at suppressing it.

Answer 10

HSV blood tests are reasonably accurate, but not all that useful in practice. Unless they're being used for a small number of specific purposes they tend to cause more anxiety than they're worth.

Most people get at least one of the two herpes simplex viruses at some stage in their lives. Most people are asymptomatic or only get occasional symptoms. For some people the frequency or severity of attacks makes treating the virus with suppressive antivirals worthwhile. Rarely, HSV causes serious disease, for example in newly infected pregnant women, in people with severe immune suppression, or when the virus affects the nerves of, or around, the eye.

Most commonly the infection is around the mouth or the genitals. Either virus (HSV1 or HSV2) can affect either site, but recurring attacks are more likely to be HSV1 if they're round the mouth, and HSV2 around the genitals. Overall, HSV1 is four times more common than HSV2.

People tend to get more anxious about genital infections than oral infections because of cultural assumptions about infections that are transmitted sexually. In fact, most really serious HSV infections are type 1, and associated with infection at the head end rather than the genital end of the body.

I wouldn't bother getting retested. It might be helpful knowing whether the virus you have (which isn't causing problems) is type 1 or type 2, but that doesn't necessarily tell you whether it's a mouth or genital infection.