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Is it possible to have herpes over 20 years and not know it. how can yoube tested for it if the blister is in your rectum?
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Get a culture: Current blood tests for herpes only tell whether you have been exposed to the virus, not whether it is present in a silent or latent form somewhere in your body. The best test to have would be a culture of the fluid inside a blister.
Answered 1/20/2017
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