It was not a severe outbreak, only a single sore, more like a pimple, I would say,and never actually checked out medically to positively make sure that is what it was. I think I have had in the past ,a cold sore on my lip. No contact with anyone, since end of last year. In order to facilitate recognition of hidden epitopes, and improve protein stability, many smaller versions of antibodies have been engineered over the years. IgMs are even bigger, with a molecular weight of around 1 MDa. But never have cultured or swabbed these lesions. IgG antibodies are high-molecular-weight proteins (150 kDa) composed of four polypeptide chains. So at this point, blood work says HSV-1, since I’ve tested positive in both ’14 and ’17. Which they couldn’t do when I was in a few weeks ago or so. What ever it was or is … I know I need to go in and get it swabbed while active. Before last night for the past week or so, I had been doing pretty good and thought it was behind me for now. I started taking, what I have left of the Valtrex ,last night. By this morning it had settled down for the most part, just red. The other area that I thought had healed but I could still see like 2 red small bumps, before this had happened, with the added itching it had worked up again also. Last night this sore looked like, or had, a small slit maybe ¼” in length on the middle of it, and maybe 1/16” wide. I don’t know what’s going on but last night while working at the desk I felt “itching” “down there” and to make it short, I seem to have another outbreak that I think, started with just one sore, which by it itching I had first noticed. I guess my concern too was from what provider had told me at the clinic and if I have HSV-2 now too also, which I found out last night per blood test, I do not. My HSV-1 went from >5 IGG in 2014 to >58 this week in ’17 ! What does that mean, shooting up so much please, in just a few years ? (Same place that I went in ’14) … and finally my question is…. My question is the following : Ok since they don’t blood test Herpes and really I had no diagnosis except visual ,from this provider, I took a HSV test at Quest Diagnostics. But for the most part it’s doing ok, never really had any pain or symptoms to speak of that caused my much grief, just have to keep everything away from the area somewhat I guess and let it heal. I started taking the meds cause anytime it was rubbed it kinda had opened up the affected area so I’m trying to be careful with it too. Anyway she prescribed Valacyclovir for any future outbreaks. By that time it had kinda covered over w/ no open sores. I went ahead and did all the STI tests they offered, (no results back yet). This month I’ve had an small outbreak on my gentile area and went to a clinic, the provider there told me it was HSV2 since it was on genital area and that blood test aren’t accurate,infact they don’t even test it in there standard STI blood/urine test. I was checked STD blood/urine panel cause of a new relationship, in Oct.2014 and came up positive for HSV-1, my IGG level, was > 5 and had no symptoms at that time Hello Terri and thank you for your services here on line, I’ve found it extremely helpful in just reading the info alone.
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