Once positive for herpes will you always test POSITIVE

[Loyalloulou]

I was postivite then negative

Once infected with herpes will you always test POSITIVE ??? 

Doctora: said positive 

Blood work with with symptoms 

Doctorb: negative 

Blood work and culture with symptoms 

Can someone please explain? 

[mr_hopp]

Yes, once infected with herpes you will always be positive for herpes, but unfortunately, some of the blood tests out there give false positives and false negatives, so you won't always *test* positive for herpes. Which blood test did you get? If you got a culture, then that should have come back positive, unless there wasn't enough of an outbreak to get an adequate culture to test. For blood tests to be accurate, you should either get the IgG test or Western Blot (WB is most reliable) and wait at least 3 months after initial exposure to get a reliable result. 

Here's more on that: https://herpeslife.com/herpes-tests/

[Loyalloulou]

Igg 

Both times I went with a bump that was painless small no pain no itching just there they didn't get any bigger or smaller they didny crust or any