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What Does The Following Blood Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 15 Dec 2014

Question: HSV-2lgM and HSV-2lgG results related
urologist reply please!!

HSV-2lgM ratio <1 is normal which shows in lab report
HSV-2lgG RU/ml < 20 is normal value level which shows in lab report

Mine is HSV-2lgM <0.1
HSV-2lgG is 3.0
chlamyden is negtiv
HIV Negativ

first question is
my question is whats range HSV-2lgM of usual person? less than 3 in HSV-2lgG?
what will be kid have HSV-2lgM level ? is it 0Ru/ml?

second question is
I had girl friend 2 years ago and she had few partners before me.and left her for personel reasons and not had sex with anyone after her for 2years and then
I got married now and my wife never had partners before me.
so my HSV-2lgM is 3.0 .is it because of my x-girl friend?

Answered by Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (35 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
IgM indicates recent infection. IgG past infection

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for query.I am Dr Bharatesh D Basti answering your query.
The titres value depends on the laboratory where performed .
Usually the values less than 1 is considered negative and > 1 is considered positive (IGG or IgM).
Here IGM is less than 1 means negative for IGM. IgM presence indicates recent or active Infection.
IgG is 3 means positive for IgG.It is usually indicates past infection and will be present for long time i.e years.
If Kids have IGM means infected or recent infection .
Second time you say that IGM is positive 3 .It can come positive in recurrent episode. HSV is known for recurrence.
If your second partner or wife is negative for HSV then it is likely from 1st partner.
HSV 1 or 2 can be spread by kiss or skin to skin contact or as STDs.
You can get back for any clarification.
Thank you
Dr Bharatesh D Basti
Dermatologist and venereologist

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (4 minutes later)

i think that you misunderstood european standards

the think is < 20 RU/ml is normal which shows in medical report
then I have got only 3 RU/ml

so i don't have hscv2 lgg.i met urologist

understand questions and then reply

my question is about general nd not about me

Answered by Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Due to technical or physiology or cross reaction .

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for follow up query.
Yes < 20 RU/ ml is taken standard in European lab.As mentioned earlier values deoend on each laboratory.
I think your doubt is negative should mean zero why the titre shows 3 instead of as zero.
It is not hard and fast rule that the titres should come zero even in children.The limit is kept to rule out the possibilities of false positivity.Some other disease IGM or G antibodies can give some titre changes.Some physiological changes also alter titres marginally.
So do not rate it by values once negative.
Even technical errors also can give some variations in titre.
So keeping all these in mind they keep cut off values.
I think I have clarified your doubt .
You can get back for any clarification.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (31 minutes later)

great
thanks for your answer

what is the upper normal range or lower normal range of hsv2lgg/m?

Answered by Dr. Bharatesh Devendra Basti (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Less than 20 is normal.

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thank you for follow up query.
Less than 20 according to the European lab as mentioned earlier is normal.Do not think of upper and lower value in this.Any value is normal in this range.
You can get back for any clarification.
Thank you
Dr Bharatesh Basti

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar