Has anyone ever heard of the Shingles Virus causing a false positive on an HSV test??!
I seriously have the same exact question!
I haven't heard of that happening....I was hoping at one point because I did have a shingles outbreak lol.
Viral cultures or special antibody tests, differentiate between VZV and HSV viral types. I'm not sure what test(if any) would give a false positive.
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It jus blows my mind. Every time I think I'm having an outbreak because I start having extreme nerve pain down my left leg into my foot. And no outbreak every manifests. I just get nerve pain and I know the postherpetic nueralgia is common post shingles outbreak. However I know nerve pain is a common prodrome symptom. I just am wondering why it stops at the nerve pain? I get it every other week. Thanks for responding!!
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@IAMMORE
I know!!! It is so frustrating not being able to tell things apart! After several months had passed after me contracting hsv2, i started getting shooting pains on my top left thigh…it would make me jump lol. but no outbreak…
as for my shingles…I got the shooting pains on my back before the rash started.
@IAMMORE I WAS ASKING MYSELF THE SAME QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAD AND RANDOM OUTBREAK LAST SUMMER ON MY LEFT BUTT CHEEK AND WHEN I WENT TO THE ER THE DOCTOR TOLD ME IT WAS SHIGLES AND I HAD TO STOP STRESSING OUT AND THEN I FOUND THE WEIRD BECAUSE I'M 25 YEARS OLD AND SHINGLES ONLU HAPPEN TO PEOPLE 60 OR OVER AND THEN ON FEBURARY 15 OF THIS YEAR I GOT ANOTHER OUTBREAK BUT NOT ON MY BUTT CHEEK THIS TIME IT WAS ON MY LOWER LEFT SIDE ON MY LABIA CONFUSED AND FEELING HOPELESS SO KNOW THE FEELING