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Can a doctor tell by just looking at your sores if there are genital herpes or not ?
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Physicians who are well trained and experienced in diagnosing and treating genital herpes will correctly recognize herpes, but not always. Up half of genital herpes outbreaks are atypical and difficult even for experts to be certain about. Genital herpes always must be confirmed by testing, not only to be sure of the diagnosis, but to know if caused by HSV1 or 2, which makes a big difference...
Answered 11/13/2022
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