False negative bacterial vaginitis test?

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Close to two months ago I had unprotected sex with a new partner and almost immediately after I started experiencing itching and slight burning with urination. I went to the doctor and was tested for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and a UTI which all came back negative. The doctor then did a pelvic exam and ruled out trich based on sight alone but I did test positive for BV and I was prescribed metronidazole. This cleared up the infection and I didn’t see that partner for a while. 2 weeks ago we met up again and had unprotected sex, but neither of us slept with anyone else in between. Almost immediately after, the symptoms returned and so I assumed it was BV again and went back to the dr. Because the symptoms were the same, they just had me self swab and only tested for yeast and BV. This time, both tests came back negative. Is it possible the BV test is a false negative because my symptoms are exactly the same as they were before and started at exactly the same time (about 12 hours after sex with this partner). If it isn’t a false negative, what else could it be? I really do not think it is an std.

[specialmom]

So, first.  Your original symptoms were not from the BV.  Just FYI.  BV does not itch and the discharge is thin, grey and watery.  It smells bad.  Those are BV signs.  Itching is usually more fung  (fungal or yeast.  So, finding you had BV was by chance.  BV is resilient.  And can be passed back and forth between partners.  If your partner has it and you have sex again after you were treated, you'll get it again.  You should consider that you don't have it though based on those symptoms as those are not BV symptoms.  Look to fungus or yeast.  good luck  Oh, and std's do not present that way either.