I was having unprotected sex with my girlfriend a year ago. About 3 weeks into us having sex (maybe 5 or 6 times) she had an outbreak of something. She got tested and the test results were "inconclusive" but she was given vagisil to help with the painful blisters and sores. I immdately got tested for everything including a blood test for herpes and everything came back negative. We have sex with protection now and she's never had sympotoms or an outbreak of anything like it again and I've never shown signs of anything. Because my tests came back negative roughly 5 weeks after her outbreak, am I in the clear and officially negative? Or is there a chance that an std could be laying dormant and not testable until it pops up later on?
Don't trust your health to the internet. Ask the doc that gave you the test. Ask your girlfriend's doc. Ask someone who knows what they are looking at. Be sure.
Hi OP, I don't know whether you still read this thread or not, but to be 'in the clear' as you put it, you have to wait for 13 weeks post the LAST potential exposure, then get HIV ELISA test, and complete STI panel. Otherwise you're not exactly 'in the clear'. Please note that safe sex (latex condom + water-based lubricant) protect 100% against HIV, but however does not protect 100% against other viruses i.e. HSV (Herpes) and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (Warts) according to the condom's inability to cover all the skin infected areas. However, some infections can occur via kissing i.e. HSV and Mononucleosis (Epstein Barr Virus - EBV). Always practice safe sex (LATEX condom + WATER-BASED lubricant i.e. Durex or K.Y). DON'T: 1- Use oil-based lube, since it'd harm the latex surface and allow an infection to take place. 2- Use 2 condoms simultaneously (or more) during an intercourse, since friction of the two condoms would lead to breakage, and subsequently to potential infection. Good luck.
Oh and please note that NO HERPES TEST IS CONCLUSIVE so far. Science yet has to develop an accurate test for herpes. False negatived are famous with Herpes testing. The only way to know you have, unfortunately, is when you see / feel it. False positives are as famous as false negatives, and consequently HSV lab tests are known to be medically unreliable.
