I have type 2 diabetes. Recently, I tested positive for syphilis, but I have no symptoms of syphilis. I detected syphilis antibodies, and the rpr is 1:1. Will this be a false positive caused by diabetes?
The TPPA is (+)19.16, the rpr is 1:1. I never have chancer, recently my arms have rashes , I suspect it’s syphilis rash. I think syphilis come from once uncertain time oral sex.
The rash didn’t like the typical syphilis rash. But I still don't think I have any symptoms of syphilis. My doctor said that some people may not have any symptoms if they are infected with syphilis.
I heard that the risk of oral sex is very low. I don't know when my oral sex was infected with syphilis.
I heard that some people will cause two positive results due to certain diseases. I don't know if this will be the case.
I cared about the changes in my body very much. I firmly believe that I have never had symptoms of first-stage chancre and second-stage rash. That's why I always thought I was not infected with syphilis.
The doctor said that some people will not have any symptoms if they are infected with syphilis, so I will think that what I get is asymptomatic syphilis. I don't think I can miss the symptoms.
My exposure is only oral sex. When oral sex, I would always notice the chancre of the other party's genitals, and my genitals have never grown chancre. So I doubt whether I have been infected with syphilis through oral sex.
So I repeatedly asked you if you would have a fake double positive result.
You haven't asked me about fake results. I asked you if you had gotten confirmatory testing, and then I asked about those results, because the TPPA is usually reported as a positive or negative, not with a number.
I can't tell you if you have a false positive, or if your results are somehow suspect. You say that you always notice sores, but you might not if it was inside someone's mouth, on the roof of their mouth, or in their throat, for example.
You've already been treated. You had a 1:1 on your RPR, so it will be hard to know if you had any real difference from treatment. Usually, they look for a drop in that number - if you had a 1:64, they look for a 4fold drop in that, to a 1:16. They can't do that with a 1:1.
Your TPPA may turn negative if treatment is successful. For some, it stays positive.