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Failure to develop antibodies

Good news! My blood test came back negative for HSV! My doctor still can't explain the positive swab back in 2009 by an albeit disinterested, lackluster, and utterly disappointing doctor at the time. The disappointing news is that he said it's possible that there's a 1% chance that my body didn't develop antibodies and recommended a vaginal swab if I have recurrent symptoms. Is it even possible for the body to not develop antibodies? He put me on 500mg Valtrex since he suspected HSV, but I honestly have seen little to no improvement in my symptoms (urinary discomfort/pain, abdominal tenderness--recent tests confirmed no UTI, vaginitis, vaginosis or trichinosis either, but chronic history of vaginal issues and UTI symptoms--sometimes with or without bacteria).

He recommended that I follow up with the urologist, but I feel like I'm not out of the woods yet if, 6 years later, my blood test came back negative for antibodies. Any thoughts?
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Those are questions that I fear I will never be able to answer. I think I will take this negative test result as a sign that I don't have HSV. The Valtrex has done nothing to help, and I have never had lesions or outbreaks since the one tested back in 2009--just lots of urinary and vaginal complications.
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Hi, yes there are some that never develop anibodies and a positive swab would be considered the true result. the only way its wrong is if there was a lab mix up. So was there a lab mix up or are you in the 1%? only another swab would tell but is your meds are not helping then the symptoms are not herpes related.
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