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False Positives?

False Positives?

I got my pap smear done back in February and everything came back normal. Well last month my b/f and I had sex (it was protected though) and a few days later I started spotting. I already have a son so initially I thought I was pregnant again. I went to see my OB just to be sure...the pregnancy test was negative but she took a swab to see if it might be Chlamydia. I was so sure it wasn't that because we have been using condoms but she called me a week and a half later and said that the test was positive. I told her how that was impossible because we had been using condoms and I hadn't been with anyone else. She told me that it probably came from oral sex and that my b/f obviously had passed it on to me and to break up with him for it. She also said that condoms aren't always effective and that he more than likely passed it to me through oral sex. I spoke to her a few times afterwards and she kept saying that it had to be him who contracted it and gave it to me. She said how he probably got it from having sex with someone else and that I need to confront him. She said there was no way that it could have been a false positive. After hearing all that I accused my b/f of cheating and since then our relationship has been completely messed up. Well last week he went to a clinic and got tested for HIV, Chlamydia, Gonnorhea (Gonorrhea), and Syphillis (syphilis). He got a blood and urine test done and today we went to hear the results. He was negative for everything and he had no traces of any STD's in his system. I asked the nurse how was that possible (due to what my doctor told me). She said that I obviously just had it to begin with and that he never contracted it. So now I feel like a terrible person for accusing him of it and I am completely angry with my OB for putting the thought into my head. I've called her at least 3 times within the last few weeks to see if they can retest the sample and I've never gotten a call back. Is it possible that the positive result was wrong and what should I do about my OB?
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during your normal pap did they do a routine swab for chlamydia and gono??

If they did a swab during your pap and if that came back neg. and if you and him weren't having unprotected sex and you werent with anyone else... and he tested neg then you could have very well had a false positive, that does happen from time to time.
It would be more likely to have a false pos rather then a false neg.

If they didn't test you during your normal pap then it is very likely that you had it and you didn't know.

If you've already been treated then you cant retest to see if it were a false posative... and they can' retest the same swab. If you haven't been treated then you can retest

Also, chlamydia is very very very rarely transmitted via oral... and shame on your doctor for being so pushy and negitive towards a sit. that she doesn't really know and for even judging
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She told me that they tested for everything and it was all negative and everything looked normal then. We were still using condoms around that time because I had just started a new birth control. Before I got treated I asked if I could get retested and she said to just get treatment and not to worry about it. I am very upset that this whole situation turned out like this and I am seriously considering looking for a new OB.
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I would call up and verify that you were tested for chlamydia and gono and if those were neg. at the time of your pap I would take the second test as a false Pos.

i can't tell you, you really didn't have it or that you really did have it but again the chances of a false neg. is less then a false pos.

Honestly I don't think your doctor should have been talking to you like that even if you did have chlamydia and if you were having unprotected sex with your partner now, if you had other partners unprotected then you could have gotten it from them and you put a pamper on your relationship bc of the things she said and what she put in your head.

Sorry that you have to go through this but again if you really want to ease your mind just call and confirm you had testing for chlamydia and gono during your pap.
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I just called a little while ago and they said she is out of the office for a couple days and that they can't give me that information over the phone without my personal file (which of course is locked in her office). So I have to wait until she comes back. I can honestly say I have not been with anyone else and I was tested for everything when I was pregnant last year and it came back negative. I pray that this was just a clinic error or some kind of mix up because I honestly don't know how I got it. Thanks for all your advice I really hope that I can put this whole situation behind us.
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okay so im somewhat in the same situation i had my pap smaer last week on the 21st and on the 2nd a nurse caled and said i had chlamydia...ive been on birth control for three months because i had my son march 26th my boyfriend was tested last year in may and came back negative for everything same with me before i got pregnant i had my anual papsmear in august all negative, so now my boyfriend went to get checked today for everything he has to wait until the 3rd for his results but we have been together for 7 years, he has cheated on me about 2 years ago only once,i have never had sex with any one but him. so when i told him i had it and we find out its caused only by deep penetration sex he starts accusing me and i accused him, it is really destroying our relationship, can this be a false positive, and just be a yeast infection or whats going on here?
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Hello  /

Sorry to read about this whole mess.  

GET  A NEW OB!!

First is not her place to assume so much of a relatioinship.
Secondly, I cannot believe of all people an OB would tell you how chamydia is transmistted.  You canNOT get chlamydia in your mouth (your boyfriend's that is), and then pass it oral-vaginal. That is unlikely.

ugh, Again get a new OB.  
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