In march I got sick which looked like herpes got igm test postive and igg negative. went beck seven months later and igm postive igg negative I have been fine since March. strep b came back postive in March as well. If its not herpes what could it be?
HI, thanks for using Chat Doctor IGM and Egg are types of antibodies that are formed when the body reacts to the presence to a particular virus, bacteria, fungi. When the body picks up the infectious agent, it forms antibodies against it. The IGM antibodies are formed first then disappear and then the Egg antibodies are formed later. When checking whether a person had a particular infection in the past or has it at the moment or recently, the Egg and IGM can help. IgM means it is a recent infection, Egg means the infection was in the past. You had positive IGM antibodies, this means that you were positive for a present/recent infection of herpes. The negative Egg antibodies means that it wasn't a past infection, this infection recently happened. It is herpes according to these results. I hope this helps