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positive for trich - questions
I had a positive test result for trich. I have been faithful and assumed my boyfriend of six years has been, too. The doctor told me this is passed on sexually. I have been reading online that the parasite can lie dormant for years. However, the affirm test was done on me in both 2008 and 2009, both times coming back negative for trich. If it is lying dormant, can it still be detected on the affirm test? Or should I accept that this is more than likely a recently acquired infection since I tested negative in the past?
Thank you for the responses. I just had a test last week and had symptoms as described in reading about trich, so I don't doubt the accuracy of this test. I was also diagnosed with a bacterial infection, but it was like none I've ever had, further convincing me the diagnosis of both bv and trich was accurate.
My question comes because of reading that trich can stay in a woman for years without symptoms. I had this DNA test done in both 2008 and 2009. Both times it was negative. (I went in for yeast/bacterial infection suspicions and the test my doctor does automatically tests for trich, too.) I find it hard to believe I could have had two false negative tests, especially since everything I've read online says these tests are the most accurate. I am assuming that if I had trich in 2008 and/or 2009 it should have shown up as a positive test result and I didn't have it then.
But then I began to wonder: if it can stay in someone for years without someone knowing, would it show up in this test? When it doesn't cause symptoms, can it be detected? Again, I assume it does. But just to beclear, the test should have found DNA, even if they were not causing symptoms right?
I have read of instances when someone hasn't had sex yet is diagnosed with trich. It makes it all the more confusing. But I don't share towels, go to pools, or sit in hot tubs too often, so I find it hard to believe it came to me that way. At this point, with the help of this thread, board, and time to process, I think I know I did not have trich in 2008 or 2009 as the tests stated I did not. It would have appeared in the DNA test even without symptoms. People can have it in their body for years and not have symptoms, but this doesn't mean they were tested for it and the test was negative - only that they hadn't been tested until symptoms appeared. This is probably a new infection and I got it sexually from my boyfriend. I need to stop imagining/hoping it magically appeared.
My question comes because of reading that trich can stay in a woman for years without symptoms. I had this DNA test done in both 2008 and 2009. Both times it was negative. (I went in for yeast/bacterial infection suspicions and the test my doctor does automatically tests for trich, too.) I find it hard to believe I could have had two false negative tests, especially since everything I've read online says these tests are the most accurate. I am assuming that if I had trich in 2008 and/or 2009 it should have shown up as a positive test result and I didn't have it then.
But then I began to wonder: if it can stay in someone for years without someone knowing, would it show up in this test? When it doesn't cause symptoms, can it be detected? Again, I assume it does. But just to beclear, the test should have found DNA, even if they were not causing symptoms right?
I have read of instances when someone hasn't had sex yet is diagnosed with trich. It makes it all the more confusing. But I don't share towels, go to pools, or sit in hot tubs too often, so I find it hard to believe it came to me that way. At this point, with the help of this thread, board, and time to process, I think I know I did not have trich in 2008 or 2009 as the tests stated I did not. It would have appeared in the DNA test even without symptoms. People can have it in their body for years and not have symptoms, but this doesn't mean they were tested for it and the test was negative - only that they hadn't been tested until symptoms appeared. This is probably a new infection and I got it sexually from my boyfriend. I need to stop imagining/hoping it magically appeared.
The Affirm test is a DNA probe rapid probe test and is fairly accurate, but not perfect. Trich is not something that is easily diagnosed since there are many variable involved. If it's seen in direct microscopic examination, then it's probably an accurate diagnosis, but then again it also depends on the clinician using the microscope. Typically 2 positive tests from 2 different methods can be taken to mean that you are indeed positive for Trich.
It may help if you explain how you were recently tested and if you had any symptoms.
Trich can survive for a long time in women without any symptoms, so there is no way to tell where this came from, or if you really have it based on 1 test. You can discuss it with your partner, but the important thing is for you to both be treated.
It may help if you explain how you were recently tested and if you had any symptoms.
Trich can survive for a long time in women without any symptoms, so there is no way to tell where this came from, or if you really have it based on 1 test. You can discuss it with your partner, but the important thing is for you to both be treated.
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