Can a Herpes Blood Test Be Wrong? Yes. More often than you have been told, and in a specific, predictable way that the number on your report will reveal if you know how to read it. I want to be careful here, because this article gets misused in both directions. Some...
Is the Western Blot Worth It? Every article you have read about herpes testing mentions the Western Blot, calls it the gold standard, and stops there. None of them tell you how to actually get one, what it costs, or whether your particular situation warrants the...
When Should You Actually Get Tested for Herpes? The honest answer is that you are probably going to test too early, get a result that cannot answer your question, and spend the following weeks believing something that is not yet true. I want to save you from that if I...
Your Herpes Test Results Do Not Say What You Think They Say You got a number back and a word. Nobody explained either one. Maybe the word was “positive.” Maybe it was “exposed,” which is worse, and I will come to why. Maybe there was a number...
The conversation most people with herpes dread is not actually the conversation they need to be having. The standard advice — the version you will find on every herpes forum and in every well-meaning article — frames “The Talk” as a confession. You have... 