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If i have symptoms of herpes at 2 months from exposure, would it be likely that a blood test would come back positive?

Q: if i have symptoms of herpes at 2 months from exposure, would it be likely that a blood test would come back positive?

: If you have visible lesions that could be herpes, examining the a swab of the lesion for Herpes DNA would be a better test than than a blood test.

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If you have visible lesions that could be herpes, examining the a swab of the lesion for Herpes DNA would be a better test than than a blood test.

Answered 1/12/2022

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A member asked:

If i have symptoms of herpes at 2 months from exposure, would it be likely that a blood test would come back positive?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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