How does one diagnose genital herpes?
There is a variety of signs and symptoms associated with herpes Type 2. Certain health care providers can diagnose genital herpes by visually inspecting the outbreak if the outbreak is a typical one, or by taking an actual sample from a sore and testing it in a laboratory. Herpes infections can be diagnosed between outbreaks by the use of an antibody blood test. These blood tests, which detect antibodies the body produces to fight HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection, can be useful, although the results are not always absolutely clear.
