STD test comes back in less than 24 hours?? What?

[Livinglife33]

How long does it take to get a STD test back?

[victoriaxxx]

Usually it takes 3-4 days for mine to come back. You have to give the lab time to assess it. They also assess a lot of other peoples tests in the lab.

 

I usually give it at least 3 days. Then I call in and check.

[JustSmile]

Mine took about a week. Got tested on a tuesday morning. Got the results back the following tuesday evening

[victoriaxxx]

Yeah see it is different for every doctors office, every place you go.

[Livinglife33]

But is it possible to get the results back in less than 24 hours?

[victoriaxxx]

It is possible, but less likely. Do not stress yourself out love.

[JustSmile]

Idk about blood test results but for a culture (and I'm diggin back in my memory bank from a bio-technology class I took 10 years ago so it may have changed) but the swab would need to be sent to the lab and then they rub the swab into a dish which then sits to let it "grow".

cultures usually take time before they grow enough be seen under a microscope.

[WCSDancer2010]

Different STD tests take different time - they now have an HIV test that comes back in 20 min in office in a lot of places.

 

Yes - a culture has to be grown so a lot will depend on how many virus are present in the original swab as to how long it will take to have a result.

 

Blood tests - well, there are a lot of different tests out there (believe it or not......Biokit Rapid Test, Bioplex HSV, Capita ELISA, Euroimmun ELISA, Western Blot, etc) that different labs use ... all their standard times are 1 week except Western Blot (which I believe is the most accurate and is used to determine a previously confusing result) which can take 2-3 weeks. They have to separate the blood and plasma, find and identify the virus and determine if the numbers are high enough for a "positive" result.

 

So no, you won't likely get a Herpes result back in 24 hrs ... hopefully one day they will have some kind of at home test (like they do now for HIV) but at present, we have to play the waiting game for results :(