Confused with blood test result - do I have it or not?!

Hey

I just had my blood test results for various STD's and the Herpes Type 1 came back undetected, Type 2 IgG came back "detected", and then Type 2 and 1 IgM came back "undetected"


I went for these tests a while back and i was told if i had anything abnormal show up then they would call me.

I got no calls from the doctors, so assuemd everything was ok


I actually went in today about something totally unrelated and i ask for a print out of my results.


She showed me them and to my suprised i saw that it had detected, at some time - i was exposed to the virus


When i asked if that meant i had herpes - she just said "it means you were exposed to it at some point and your body has produced the anti bodies"


I never recall having a break out, no symptoms (as i know many people dont have any) but what does this actually mean!???

I mean - if i hadnt have gone in about something else then i woudl have carried on thinking everything was ok..... i mean, it FEELS like it is ok...i dont feel any different

And the doctors response was pretty ambiguous when i asked if i had it...she merely said id been exposed to it... i didnt have it *now*


I just read up on the blood tests and they say that:


The herpes blood test cannot tell:

which part of your body is infected (lips or genitals)

whether you will develop symptoms of herpes

if your symptoms are due to herpes.

It may take between six and eight weeks to detect antibodies in a herpes blood test after first becoming infected with HSV. Also, antibodies may disappear with time, especially if the person has infrequent recurrences of herpes.





So what does this all mean!? and does anyone know how i can get rid of the anti bodies?????


Ahhhhhhhh!!! :)