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Syphilis negative test at home
Hello everyone. I posted the other day about my concern of being infected with Syphilis from an encounter that happened about 6.5 years ago. After this encounter I developed a rash on chest and body + fever which made me freak out resulting in me testing for hiv twice at 6 weeks and then about 12 weeks. Both time came out negative. I also tested for Syphilis at 12 weeks and it came out negative as well. I don't why i started to freak out again with this lately as i read symptoms can remain hidden for years and a false negative is not impossible. I ordered a mö-quick Syphilis test which involved dropping to dropes of fresh blood and one of their solution to detect qualitative antigenes. I did 8 tests in total and all came back negative. I am just concerned cause on the manual it is specified that it "the Syphilis test only indicates the presence of anti-TP antigenes and should not be used to detect Syphilis" which doesn't make sense to me. How accurate are these tests ? They say it's above 99% accurate. Should i test again ? (https://www.praxisdienst.de/Laborbedarf/Tests/PoC+Tests/moe+quick+Syphilis+Test.html?cur=2) Thank you so much for your help.
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You did 8 tests. They were all negative. I don't think you need to do anymore.
Your negative test at 12 weeks was conclusive, which I told you before.
This is not a syphilis or testing issue. The tests are fine. You are not fine. You have an anxiety issue - a serious one. Doing 8 tests is not rational behavior. Doing 1, maybe 2 is - and it's pushing it since you had the conclusive test 12 weeks ago. Doing 8 is 6 years later is not.
You do not have syphilis. 9 tests have told you that.
I'm not judging you, I'm trying to help you. Really hear me on this - if I thought you had even a chance of syphilis, I'd tell you that. I don't. You need to talk to your doctor about anxiety and possible obsessive or compulsive thoughts/actions.
Mental health is as important as your physical health.
Your negative test at 12 weeks was conclusive, which I told you before.
This is not a syphilis or testing issue. The tests are fine. You are not fine. You have an anxiety issue - a serious one. Doing 8 tests is not rational behavior. Doing 1, maybe 2 is - and it's pushing it since you had the conclusive test 12 weeks ago. Doing 8 is 6 years later is not.
You do not have syphilis. 9 tests have told you that.
I'm not judging you, I'm trying to help you. Really hear me on this - if I thought you had even a chance of syphilis, I'd tell you that. I don't. You need to talk to your doctor about anxiety and possible obsessive or compulsive thoughts/actions.
Mental health is as important as your physical health.
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Hey mate thank you so much for your response. Yes i know I have to go seek help for my anxiety and I will! All the best
Also, how accurate would that be after so many years?
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100% accurate.
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