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My wife tried donating plasma last week. With the first donation they screen for various diseases. The first syphilis test came up reactive- when they did the follow up it came up as non- reactive which they said is a false positive. This is puzzling to us because we both have only been with 1 other person- I have never had sex without a condom nor has she- and I'm heterosexual. I guess my question is- should she follow up with our family doctor- the plasma people left us with the impression that the test was inaccurate and following up with our doctor would be more for our own piece of mind. Any advice would be great!
Yup. She has donated blood quite frequently- she donated 2 months ago and was recently called and informed they used her blood- We have been married 4 years and are faithful- my last partner was over 7 years ago and it was a one time thing and I used a condom- same- same with my wife- the first and only other partner she had was a virgin and it was her first time also and it was one of those things where it was only in for a few seconds. After researching I saw that certain things can cause a false positive- one being Epstein Barr- my wife did have a bad case of mono in 2005 and I know that virus always stays in your system. Neither of us have ever had any symptoms of syphilis- no rash, no chancres ect. Thanks for the answers- just gave us a little worry since it really came out of nowhere- I guess they do two tests- and the confirmatory test said it was non reactive...
there can be false positives which is why they do confirmatory testing.
if she's donated blood in the past and never tested + and neither of you have had other partners in the last few months, you know it really was a false positive and nothing to worry about.
grace
if she's donated blood in the past and never tested + and neither of you have had other partners in the last few months, you know it really was a false positive and nothing to worry about.
grace
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