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Originally Posted by nunyadambidness  not sure if i was infected or not, but wanna know, and 4 months is a long time to worry lol. but either way, its just a blood test? so say i had sex today, and i go tomorrow, it could say negative but actually be positive later down the road once my blood builds the antibodies for it? ...bummer |
Yes that is true...it may be negative since your body hasn't had enough time to build up the antibodies..and yes its just a blood test.. if you develope lessions then you should goto the doctor to have them cultured.
Just curious do you know that the person you had slept with has herpes? Is that why your asking? I am going to provide you with the transmission rates below.. this should help ease the situation a little when you see how small the chance is (but I know it is still a chance)
Here are the Female to Male transmission rates
If you have 100 couples where the female has HSV 2 but not the male (these figures are over a year) the odds of female to male transmission are if you do nothing other than avoid sex during an outbreak 4 men out of a 100 will get herpes in a year or 4% If you do go on a suppressive therapy then it drops to 2 men out of a 100 in a year or 2% and if you use suppressive and a condom the chances are 1 man out of a 100 will get herpes in one year or 1%.
Male to Female Transmission Rate
If you have 100 couples where the male has HSV 2 but not the female (these figures are over a year) the odds of male to female transmission are if you do nothing (other than avoid sex when there is an outbreak) 8-10 females out of a 100 will get herpes in a year or 8-10% If you do go on a suppressive therapy then it drops to 4-5 females out of a 100 in a year or 4-5% and if you use suppressive therapy and a condom the chances are 2-3 females out of a 100 will get herpes in one year or 2-3%.
The valtrex and transmission study stats are based on having sex 2 times/week.
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