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crippledyouth
10-24-2004, 06:06 PM
Willl a bloodtest show if u have herpes, even though you dont show any symptoms????

sbabayan
10-24-2004, 07:01 PM
yes, that is how i found out.

backpacker
10-24-2004, 10:07 PM
You have to wait a certain amount of time after exposure, though. I'm not sure what it is--a few weeks?

internet!
10-24-2004, 10:43 PM
took me six months...they recommend 12-16 weeks

crippledyouth
10-25-2004, 07:10 PM
really?? That long!!!
Is a person still contagious if it doesnt come up in their blood?

internet!
10-25-2004, 10:52 PM
not to freak you out, but on another board I read of a girl that took 20 months to test positive thru blood.

and yeah, you're still infectious (probably more so) before antibody production

backpacker
10-26-2004, 11:18 PM
Sometimes you get false negatives, too.

 
 
 




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