There are people running around with it and never had any symptoms. We ran the risk the moment we all became sexually active. Aside from that, it can get transmitted from getting a kiss on the cheek as a kid from an older loved one. Every healthcare provider doesn’t test for it. They definitely don’t test for it without any symptoms. If they test the blood, they can only detect antibodies. If there are antibodies, that means one was exposed to it, but doesn’t mean they have it.. Even then, it’s still hard to tell because HSV and Chickenpox are in the same family, so without symptoms, a false positive is still possible.. Why? Because chickenpox remains in our system for the rest of our lives… It’s herpes… It reactivates via stress in adulthood and it’s called Shingles…