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Can Monistat Cause False Positive In An HSV1/2 Blood Test?

Posted on Mon, 24 Oct 2016

Question: Was recently diagnosed with herpes. I am a post kidney transplant patient due to lam with tsc . I'm in disbelief of this diagnosis. I go to the doctor regularly and I always have blood work. I was using monistat at the time of my diagnosis and I know vagisil can give a positive reading of herpes, is the same true for monistat?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Monistat doesn't cause false positive herpes results

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for being at healthcaremagic
I am Dr Asmeet Kaur Sawhney, a dermatologist.
Monistat will not cause false positive results of herpes.
Have you developed rahes of herpes ? If yes kindly upload the photographs of the affected areas so that I can have a clearer picture of the condition and can guide you accordingly.
Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (19 minutes later)

No rash. It is genital herpes I had pain in my vaginal. Thought i had a yeast infection b/c my husband had a yeast infection b/c diabetes meds he is taking. At least thats what he was told. We assumed i had gotten a yeast infection from him.

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Yeast infection causes itching & discharge, herpetic lesions are painful

Detailed Answer:
Yes yeast infection is common in diabetes and it can be sexually transmitted.
But yeast infection usually causes whitish curdy vaginal discharge and itching in females.
It is not associated with pain.
On the other hand herpes is characterised by painful tiny fluid filled blisters which rupture to cause painful erosions.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj