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Going crazy. Finger prick positive but oral swab negative
Hello. I am a 27 yr old female and recently had unprotected sex. It has been about 8-9 weeks and I've been driving myself crazy so I decided to get tested. When I went in and got tested they initially used the finger prick method which came up positive but a faint line. So they decided to do an oral swab which came up negative. When that came up negative they decided to do another swab which also came up negative. They decided to draw my blood and have it sent to a lab for further testing just to be sure but does this happen? Which is more accurate? The oral swab or the finger prick method? This all just happened today and I've been driving myself insane with all the possibilities. Any advice?
But if you do come back negative, you need to be using condoms each time for unprotected vaginal/anal sex until you are in a mutually monogamous relationship.
Both are accurate. You may have had a false positive. Hopefully your confirmation comes back negative. I don't see why it wouldn't. I know you're in a tough situation and I'll keep you in my thoughts.
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