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Antivirals skew testing?
Hi everyone, I am having very severe herpes symptoms without typical lesions. All doctors have told me yeast but I know there is something weird going on with my body. I have experienced some form of my symptoms (tingling, itching, burning, swelling, neuropathy) every day since possible exposure which was december. Becuase of my constant symptoms...the doctor prescribed me "valtrex" just in case. At 8 weeks I took a 5 day dose. I think I spread out the the other 5 day dose (taking it very ireggularly after that). So i took a total of 10 days worth sporadically. At 14 weeks I tested negative for HSV-2. Do you think I am truly negative or did the antivirals some how affect my testing?
Yes taking antiviral can slow down your body from producing the antibodies needed to show a positive test result. However, it’s not like you were taking them everyday. If you’re not taking any antivirals now and haven’t had intercourse with anyone since your last possible exposure in December, I would get one last IGG blood test. The test then should be conclusive and you can start looking into what else could be causing this if it’s negative.
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