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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lot's of posters in denial. You either likely have dormant HSV1, HSV2, HPV, or you are sleeping with someone who is infected lol

There is a reason why a standard std panel doesn't test for HSV. [/quote]

I actually think it’s just a couple people on the thread who have it and want to make it seem like way less than a big deal than it actually is. Most people dating these days are pretty serious about sexual health(at least the people I know in the 30s and 40s groups) and I personally wouldn’t be with anyone before a full std panel which included both Herpes types. And it seems pretty standard.  [/quote]

You can request to be tested for HSV, but it's certainly not standard. It's not exactly a reliable test anyway and the psychological impact generally outweighs any potential health benefit. You should probably be more concerned about HPV. And unless they just invented an HPV test for men, good luck with that. Anyone who thinks they aren't actually at risk and are totally clean are kidding themselves.[/quote]

In the majority of people-HPV doesn’t cause any visible symptoms and as a woman I get tested for it every year plus with my pap smear that’s considered highly reliable to detect if further testing is needed for cell changes. So yeah unfortunately the HPV worries are on a woman but being exposed to HSV-2 and having painful outbreaks of sores is far worse. But you know that-you are just trying to convince everybody that they already have it which is just simply not the case. And the HSV tests i’ve taken have said they are 99% accurate-so i’m not really sure why you think they are unreliable-they aren’t any more unreliable than any other std test. [/quote]

HSV blood tests have a high false positive rate of about 20%.  Swab tests on blisters are highly accurate, but of course you need a blister to perform one of them.  [/quote]

the newer type specific blood tests are between 96%-100% accurate. They improve constantly. [/quote]

Exactly: the even can show if HSV infection is recent and thus potent infection or "dormant" eg since childhood etc which is not shedding when the person has no outbreaks. My dermatologist told me the same: it has little to no shedding when it's from childhood and I dated/actively kissed etc and Neve caught it from partners who had it since birth[/quote]

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