non reactive second result

[sheNeedshelp]

good day..

i do need your help.. am a blood donor for almost 4 years..the last time i donated blood was they found out that i have syphillis.. i got paranoid til i decided to ignore it. self denial actually.. it was almost 6 - 8 months past..i made a decision to have VDRL test.. then found out non - reactive.. what should i do next?should i go for another test?am afraid...really i do need your help.i did not undergo any treatment yet. for the reason that my latest result was non reactive.shpuld i go for another test?

[sheNeedshelp]

i got my 3rd result... it 's NON-REACTIVE.. should i go for another test?the first one is REACTIVE didnt undergo any Treatment i decided to Have VDRL for my employement and it was NON REACTIVE.. after 1month i decided to have another test and just yesterday i found out that it was NON REACTIVE.. question.. should i go for another test?i know stupid.. for me there is no need. but i want to know your end..


Thanks and Regards

[sheNeedshelp]

my question is what kind of test?what if she rubbed her hands into her vagina.and then after that she finger me.would it transmit?

[Healthadvisory]

Test again to see what the results are, syphillis is a sexually transmitted disease and it is a bacteria. You are not gonna get syphillis by fingering.

[sheNeedshelp]

would fingering and touching each others vigina can transmit syphilis?why do syphilis exist? i dont understand syphilis..how this form?is this bacteria + other bacteria = T.pallindum(sysphilis).why i was positive and turned out negative without any treatment..please answer all.

Thanks

[sheNeedshelp]

hi.good day.. i have a questions .. what kind of test should i go for this time?to make sure that am not infected. what a had last time was VDRL (RPR) andd it was non-reactive... should i go again with the same test but different laboratory?

thanks for being responsive guys.it really help.

[Healthadvisory]

A false positive result is when a test says that a person has a disease when they do not. Conversely, a false negative result is when a test incorrectly says a person does not have a disease. Depending on the severity of the disease, and doctors' ability to treat it, one or the other type of false result may have more severe consequences. For example, in a non-contagious disease where treatment delay doesn't have any long-term consequences but the treatment itself is grueling, false positives are far worse than false negatives. On the other hand, if early treatment is important for good outcomes, false negatives will cause more significant problems.

How often a test gives a false positive or false negative result depends not only on the sensitivity and specificity of the test but how common the disease is. I could show you the math to prove it (and do in this piece over here), but since I figure that the vast majority of my readers would skip right over it I'll ask you to take me at my word. It is important to understand this, however, since it's why testing companies and physicians can't just give you a simple answer as to how likely an incorrect result is. It depends not only on the test but on the population it is used in.

So what do you do if you get two different results from two different diagnostic tests? It depends on the disease. If it's easy enough to treat, and the treatment doesn't have any serious side effects, just go with the flow and take the drugs prescribed for you. If not, then take yet another test. Depending on the type of tests involved, it becomes less and less likely that you would continue to have false results with each subsequent test that you take.

[sheNeedshelp]

my partner never had a boyfriend since.just like me..so is it still possible that one of us got syphilis?and why do false results happend?

[Vance2335]

Yeah that would be the best option and non-reactive would ease your mind.

[sheNeedshelp]

actually i didnt saw the result. but the doctor told me that it was very low percentage..thats what i know.secondly i dint experience any symptoms..i dont even remmember when was the last time i got a fever.. i dont have a boyfriend.. but i have a girlfriend(bisex).. im planning to undergo for another test with her.so i would know..if she's non reactive then i would be glad and satisfied of the result.. what do you think?

[Vance2335]

False positives do happen. I would go for 1 more test. Do you know or can you find out what the initial positive number was?