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Posted on Aug 17, 2016, 9:23 am
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So I recently found out that having HIV or Hepatitis B would make you ineligible to have limb lengthening. I was so paranoid that I even got tested for STDs, Hepatitis A, B and C. Luckily, all came back negative.

However, I recently read on the internet that HSV/Herpes is very very very common. And it is NOT included in standard full STD tests because almost everyone who gets tested will come back positive. According to the World Health Organization, 67% of the population age 50 and below have it (http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2015/herpes/en/). That means more than half of the people under 50 years of age in this forum most likely has it. False positives are also common.

I don't have symptoms but I'm starting to worry again, since it does not show symptoms in a large number of people. If ever I do have HSV 1 or 2/Herpes but don't have any symptoms, will this disqualify me from having cosmetic limb lengthening?

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Posted on Aug 17, 2016, 12:26 pm
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Quote from: Ozymandias on August 17, 2016, 10:17:06 AMSooo... you were concerned about having HIV or Hepatitis... because that would make you ineligible to have limb lengthening??  Is HSV/Herpes included in the blood test prior to limb lengthening?

This forum, man. It never stop amazing me.


Well, both of these diseases are manageable through modern medicine. So I don't see how it could affect me aside from preventing me from growing taller.

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Posted on Aug 18, 2016, 3:59 am
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