Question:
Hi,

Can anybody recommend a doctor in Southern California that specializes in Herpes, in my case it is Oral HSV-1.

Thank you.

Answer:
Try checking out the Herpes Support Groups and see if you can dig up a herpes aware doctor. You can also try taking a look at my Herpes Doctors page.

Hope this helps,

Angela

Answer:
Thanks, Angela. I was diagnosed with oral HSV-1 a couple of weeks ago and now after reading some of the posts about the test that my doctor recommended (that was IgG) I think that I might want to re-test. Even though my result was high - 4.7, form what I understand with this particular test I can not even be certain that it detects the type accurately.

I will appreciate your opinion about it, or anybody else who will not mind to reply.

Thanks.

Answer:
Thanks, Angela. I was diagnosed with oral HSV-1 a couple of weeks ago and now after reading some of the posts about the test that my doctor recommended (that was IgG) I think that I might want to re-test. Even though my result was high - 4.7, form what I understand with this particular test I can not even be certain that it detects the type accurately.

I will appreciate your opinion about it, or anybody else who will not mind to reply.

Thanks. Actually ~ IGG is what you want to follow. It's the IGM numbers that don't mean anything.

Angela :wink:

Answer:
Angela, I want to make sure I understood your reply. So, you are saying that IGG is an accurate test? In this case I do not need to re-test. I was considering Western Blot test. Do you thing I can still benefit from getting the Western Blot test done?

Thank you.