Confused about syphilis and gonhorrea testing

[Rockyboy06]

Hi, so I’m feeling anxious about some conflicting information I’ve heard and read about testing for syphilis and gonhorrea. Is it true that a gonhorrea test can be negative if you actually have it and the infection has spread? Also my doctor and others have told me that I don’t need to worry about syphilis unless I have symptoms, but I’ve read on the internet that sometimes people have had it and claimed they haven’t had symptoms. Also, would a urine test for gonhorrea be accurate if I had performed oral on someone else, is gonhorrea of the throat a real thing? Would a urine test cover that? This is all causing me some worry, I just want I make sure I’ve tested for the right things and that the tests are accurate, any clarification would be great, thank you.

[DragonPulse]

Gonorrhea and syphilis can both spread through oral sex, but the risk is low compared to penetrative sex.

A test for gonorrhea will be accurate 3 weeks after the encounter, and urine needs to be hold in the body at least for a few hours in order to get an accurate result.

A test for syphilis is most of the times accurate 6 weeks after the encounter,  but there are people that take longer to show a positive result, so in case of getting a negative one at 6 weeks, it would be interesting to repeat the test 3 months after the exposure.

Regarding the symptoms, I will tell you that sometimes, stds don't show any symptoms at all, and that's the reason why is good to test if we have encounters with people we don't know.