Hi there,
Is there any way that both the culture and the blood test can both be false-negatives? Not that I want herpes, I just don't believe that what I have are shaving bumps, as my doctor told me. I was tested with the culture 4 days after the bumps appeared which I heard could cause a false-negative, and I read that you have to have herpes for at least 3 months before the anti-bodies show in the blood test. Is this true? And if it is, doesn't this mean that both test could be false-negatives?