I was recently told I had herpes and then told my blood test came back negative but I'm still worried that I do have it! I started having signs of a yeast infection but didn't think much of it. Two nights later I had unprotected sex with a new partner. I took a monistat three nights later and the next day I started noticing sores. I was able to get an appointment at planned parenthood four days later. When I went in I was told that I had herpes. She was absolutely positive but I insisted on doing a test so it was 100% sure. She told me she'd be calling me in about a week to give me the results but in the mean time she went ahead and put me on medication. I also had started my period two days before I went to my appointment. A week later she calls and tells me that my results were negative. The sores had completely gone away the day before she called. It was still a little tinder but nothing was visible anymore. She said it must have been a reaction to the monistat but I'm worried it might have been a false negative. So my question is, is it possible that I had a false negative blood test during my outbreak?? Or would the virus have been present in my blood if I was having an outbreak. I'm going back in a month for another blood screen but I don't want to stop taking the medicine and risk having an outbreak if it was a false negative!
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