Strange symptoms... negative herpes test.. positive partner with no symptoms.. w!
Question: ok. so a few weeks back I started having some strange symptoms, mainly cramps and back pain. I went to the doctor and they suspected it was some sort of std.. My test came back negative for everything, but my boyfriend was tested at the same time and tested positive for herpes. My test was negative, but I did have an abnormal papsmear and am undergoing cervical cancer screening, but I never found out what made me sick in the first place. My b/f has never had an outbreak and shows no symptoms.. should I be tested again? Is one of our tests wrong? Lately I have been breaking out in hives on my arms and legs... is that related? Can anyone (with or without the virus) shed some light on this for me? Help!!
Answers: ok. so a few weeks back I started having some strange symptoms, mainly cramps and back pain. I went to the doctor and they suspected it was some sort of std.. My test came back negative for everything, but my boyfriend was tested at the same time and tested positive for herpes. My test was negative, but I did have an abnormal papsmear and am undergoing cervical cancer screening, but I never found out what made me sick in the first place. My b/f has never had an outbreak and shows no symptoms.. should I be tested again? Is one of our tests wrong? Lately I have been breaking out in hives on my arms and legs... is that related? Can anyone (with or without the virus) shed some light on this for me? Help!!
People can indeed have herpes and never have apparent symptoms. In fact, most people who have herpes don't know that they have it.
It is quite possible that your boyfriend has herpes and you simply have not caught it. Or (since it was determined via a blood test) perhaps he has oral herpes on his genitals, or genital herpes on his mouth - which you have never caught.
From now on, though, I would suggest he wear a condom when you have sex to prevent passing the herpes on to you.
As for your other symptoms, I would guess that they are not herpes. Cramps and back pain without any lesions would be unusual symptoms for herpes, so I don't see any reason to get re-tested.
Most likely scenario: He has herpes but has never had an outbreak. You have something else that has yet to be determined.
I would suggest returning to your doctor, or going to another doctor, and figuring out what is wrong with you.
And, for the record, I have had genital herpes for the last ten years.
Good luck.
get tested again
Ask for a blood test
thats how you detect herpes