Still confused

[Sadmae]

After having until protected sex..few days later I thought I had ingrown painful pimples in gential took 2weeks to go away .A couple of months later same symptoms...so I went to planned parenthood to get std test.she saw sores and said it looks like herpes to me . She did a swab got blood and other gunk on it. Week later Dr called back to tell me..test was negative. 6 months later same symptoms start with itchy then big cluster white sores painful for 2 weeks then scab and heal. Am I crazy should I get blood test...has anyone ever been told negative when they had it?

[WilsoInAus]

Swabs do miss infections, usually when the sores are progressing toward healing. If you had the swab within 48 hours of them appearing, you chance of identifying the virus is very high indeed.

Visual diagnoses are not more than 75% accurate.

There is definitely enough here to warrant attempting to exclude herpes as a possibility. I suggest you absolutely obtain a blood test for IgG antibodies, type specific for HSV-1 and HSV-2. Note that if you are positive for HSV-1 this may be as a result of an oral HSV-1 infection in which case a swab is needed to confirm the genital location.