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A member asked:

Can taking nitrofurantoin affect the results of a herpes blood test (i.e., cause a false negative)?

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

No it will not. It is an antibacterial - Herpes is a virus

Answered 7/5/2023

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I went for my scheduled pap test and ask my doctor to run a urine test. He called and said I had blood in my urine and put me on a five day regime of nitrofurantoin and said if it does no clear he would refer me to a urologist. Should I b worried?

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I've been tested (blood test) for STD and i had negative result for herpes. Does that mean i don't have either hsv1 or 2?

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Blood test results say herpes ab type 1 iGg: 0.10 and herpes type 2 igg: 0.23 if I'm negative why aren't the numbers 0 why are they 0.10 and 0.23?

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Can I trust my negative herpes igm blood test results after 3 weeks post exposure? How long will igm antibodies stay in blood ?

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If you think you had a oral herpes outbreak in 2014 and took the hsv1 igg blood test both in 2018 and Summer of 2020 and it came back NEGATIVE could it be possible that its a false negative?

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