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Should i go a step further or believe the lab. HSV results seem weird
Hi everyone,
For some time now I have been testing Via CityMD for all of my STD panels. I recently noticed a strange pattern in my results. If i am correct, the index values for herpes fluctuate even if is not by much. Now here is my dilemma. I have been testing via citymd for 2 years now
First test was in june 2015
Index was .12 &. 09
Next test was in march 2016
Index was .12 & .09
Now i thought it was weird that 8 months later i got the exact number but did not think much of it.
Next time i tested was october 2016
Index values were .15 & . 09
Then my final test was in june of 2017 and the index values were once again
.15 & . 09
Now i test just as normal routine to stay on the safe side. I found it very strange the way those index values seemed to play out. I contacted citymd and they assured me the lab was not simply using the results from a piror test. I wanted further information so i contacted the lab ( shiel ) and they would not discuss anything with me. I since contacted citymd again just to get a little more information and they claimed they spot to a rep from shiel and that it is just another "coincidence" in tested. I know that to be untrue because i have tested via my primary before she stopped practicing and the numbers always fluctuate ( quest)
Should i take this a step further? Does anybody else find this strange or am i worrying too much?
Thanks for your input
For some time now I have been testing Via CityMD for all of my STD panels. I recently noticed a strange pattern in my results. If i am correct, the index values for herpes fluctuate even if is not by much. Now here is my dilemma. I have been testing via citymd for 2 years now
First test was in june 2015
Index was .12 &. 09
Next test was in march 2016
Index was .12 & .09
Now i thought it was weird that 8 months later i got the exact number but did not think much of it.
Next time i tested was october 2016
Index values were .15 & . 09
Then my final test was in june of 2017 and the index values were once again
.15 & . 09
Now i test just as normal routine to stay on the safe side. I found it very strange the way those index values seemed to play out. I contacted citymd and they assured me the lab was not simply using the results from a piror test. I wanted further information so i contacted the lab ( shiel ) and they would not discuss anything with me. I since contacted citymd again just to get a little more information and they claimed they spot to a rep from shiel and that it is just another "coincidence" in tested. I know that to be untrue because i have tested via my primary before she stopped practicing and the numbers always fluctuate ( quest)
Should i take this a step further? Does anybody else find this strange or am i worrying too much?
Thanks for your input
My advice (since i don't work at the lab so i can't say with any certainty what they do) get your testing elsewhere if you're not confident.
Labs are accurate and mistakes are very rare. They could just be giving a generic negative value. You needn't worry
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Wouldn't the lab have simply said that they were using generic values if that was the case?
No, you should believe the lab.
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Can you elaborate a little further? I am just very confused as to why with Quest the numbers always flucuate and with Shiel they don't. Also, my results always state " this was uploaded by an automatic process". Which leads me to question whether or not there is a glitch in their system somehow.
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