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Originally Posted by pting
If I have HSV-2 blood test > 3.5, how reliable is the test? I never have a ulcer or blister on dick. Can HSV-1 or chicken pox antibodies give rise to positive HSV-2 blood test? I recall do have bad sore throat with fever, everytime recover faster than the previous, symptons look more like HSV-1 according to what I read.
Does swab test more reliable than blood test? If so, why doctor encourage blood test for HSV despite no sympton.
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The majority of those infected with HSV NEVER have any symptoms so it is not at all surprising that you have never had any herpes lesions.
A swab test is more reliable than a blood test but if you don't have any lesions there is nothing to swab so a blood test is the only option.