I am 47 years old and have been going to Doctors and OBGYN Doctors for many years I was tested by a blood test and they said I have Herpes 1 and 2 I have a IUD and the one before this one gave me prolems they had to remove it. Why didnt those Doctor find any Herpes? and can this test be wrong? about the herpes?
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10/ 3/08 2:41pm
Hi Jeanette,
It's possible to be miss diagnosed, from the research that I've been doing in the past 3 days I've found that HSV can be confused with syphilis. I go to the OBGYN every 6 months for tests, they think I have cancer, and part of that test is a STD/HIV test (I do both blood and saliva). When the test results came back I've always been negative, but I found out yesterday that they don't test for HSV in the STD/HIV testing.
From what I've read from my college health clinic, Herpes can be in your body for years and it takes either a low immune system (catching a cold) or stress to bring out an outbreak. I don't know if this really answers your question but that was the 1st question I asked the doctor that diagnosed me. One website that answered the majority of my questions is: yoshi2me.com. There's books on that website that can explain things that we (the newbies) need to hear/know.
Remember it's going to be okay and you're still beautiful.
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