Your dr tells you, you have herpes but past blood tests show negative?

Your dr tells you, you have herpes but past blood tests show negative?

omg suxHerpes is caused by a virus. As a virus, it does not have any cure. If you have herpes, you will have herpes for the rest of your life. Your test will be positive from the moment you test positive until the day you die. The test is accurate even if you don't have a visible outbreak because the virus is still in your bloodstream.A blood test can detect HSV antibodies even when you have no symptoms of genital herpes. A false-negative result from a blood test is possible if you have been infected recently. It takes several weeks for HSV antibodies to show up in the blood.

Another test doctors do is take a sample from a sore and look for the herpes simplex virus (HSV) in it. One test is called a cell culture. Any viruses in the sample are allowed to multiply so that they're easy to find under a microscope. There are other tests, such as PCR, available as well.

The direct fluorescent antibody test is another kind. A solution containing HSV antibodies and a fluorescent dye is added to the sample. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system in response to an infection. If the virus is present in the sample, the antibodies stick to it and glow when viewed under a special microscope.

Unfortunately, an antibody test (usually done on blood samples) only tests whether you have been exposed or ever had herpes virus. It is helpful, but does not diagnose a specific outbreak.

Antibody tests can tell the difference between the two types of HSV. It's important to know which type you have. If you're infected with type 2 (HSV-2), you may have outbreaks more often than would if you had type 1 (HSV-1). What's more, knowing which type you have gives a clue as to how you were infected. HSV-1 usually infects the genitals through oral sex, and HSV-2 usually is passed on during vaginal or anal sex. For help with these terms, see the Glossary.

Cell culture or PCR tests taken from active sores may give a false-negative result if the sores have begun healing.

A positive result from one of these tests is very accurate.

Many people that are infected with genital herpes never know it as their symptoms are so mild and/or completely non-existent. This being said, the virus can lie dormant for years, so he might have not cheated on you. Many people may never notice an initial outbreak, and may never have any reoccurant outbreaks, and as a result, may never know they have it.

Still, with an old prescription, that is horrible he lied to you.

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