you can have what they call "blood work" done, its a full blood test, they check for everything.
I had meningitis a few years ago and the doctor had my blood tested every few months for over a year. It will show if you have STD's, are on drugs, what drugs, if you have other issues in your body, low white count, high white count, low red count, high red count, etc. The report is pages long.
2007-01-22 06:08:03
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answered by Anonymous
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There are different tests available for herpes. One test, a viral culture, can be done if you are experiencing symptoms. Blood tests are available for people who may not have had symptoms or if the signs have already healed. Not all tests are accurate, however, and many health care providers are unclear on which tests to perform. If symptoms of herpes appear, they can vary widely from person to person. If a person does experience signs of infection, it is recommend to obtain a culture test (a swab from the symptom) within the first 48 hours after a lesion appears. Results are usually available in about a week's time. The major advantage of the culture is its accuracy in giving a positive result. A culture can also be “typed” to determine whether the infection is caused by HSV-1 or HSV-2. If you test positive by viral culture, you can be sure you have the virus. The major disadvantage of the culture is its high rate of false negatives. Because a culture works by requiring virus that is active, if a lesion is very small, or is already beginning to heal, there may not be enough virus present for an accurate culture. Beyond 48 hours of the symptoms appearing, there is a risk of receiving a false negative test result. Viral culture is even less accurate during recurrences (positive in only about 30% of recurrent outbreaks). Blood tests can be used when a person has no visible symptoms but has concerns about having herpes. Blood tests do not actually detect the virus; instead, they look for antibodies (the body's immune response) in the blood. When an individual contracts herpes, the immune system responds by developing antibodies to fight the virus: IgG and IgM. Blood tests can look for and detect these antibodies, as the virus itself is not in blood. IgG appears soon after infection and stays in the blood for life. IgM is actually the first antibody that appears after infection, but it may disappear thereafter. Many assume that if a test discovers IgM, they have recently acquired herpes. However, research shows that IgM can reappear in blood tests in up to a third of people during recurrences, while it will be negative in up to half of persons who recently acquired herpes but have culture-document first episodes. Therefore, IgM tests can lead to deceptive test results, as well as false assumptions about how and when a person actually acquired HSV. For this reason, it is not recommend using blood tests as a way to determine how long a person has had herpes. Unfortunately, most people who are diagnosed will not be able to determine how long they have had the infection.
Hope this helps
matador 89
2007-01-22 14:19:28
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answered by Anonymous
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I tried everything, of course I went to the doctor around a hundred times, probably not that many individuals, however it sure appears just as it. It never did any valuable for long and brought on different varieties of other issues expecting to do with taking an overabundance of antidotes poisons.
I know the feelings of vulnerability, separation and real longing to be rid of herpes.
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2014-08-18 14:27:07
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answered by Anonymous
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not necessarily, the herpes virus is usually only detectable in the blood stream when you have an active lesion. If you had chickenpox as a child you have the virus in your nervous system. That is where it stays, dormant until something triggers it, then it can be found in the blood stream. So, yes you can have herpes and it may not show in the blood tests, because it lives in the nervous system and remains dormant until triggered.
2007-01-22 14:11:01
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answered by essentiallysolo 7
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No blood test to diagnose Herpes.
2007-01-22 14:10:02
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answered by jelmar106 5
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AND?
It's spelled..SYMPTOMS
2007-01-22 14:06:17
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answered by S H 6
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