 [ Symptoms ] how soon can the blood test detect if you have genital herpes if you get the blood test after you have had unprotected sex with someone who has herpes and it comes back negative is there still a chance you can have the herpes virus [ Disease ] if you do not have signs of bleeding and your platelet count is not too low you may not need any surgery and if there is no signs of internal bleeding is present then you can give medications a chance otherwise surgery is strongly recommended if any bleeding risk is present thanks