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Is it possible to get syphilis from your partner of 5 years without infidelity?

I met my husband 5 years ago. He has a needle phobia so has not been tested for STDs until a recent hospital stay for depression. I have been tested every year for everything during my annual gyno appointment and specifically for diseases such as syphilis during both of my pregnancies in the last 5 years and never tested positive for anything. His results several months ago showed that he had syphilis with a 1:8 titer. We went to the health clinic together and i tested negative for it. He received 3 treatments once a week. Then about 3 weeks ago I had my annual exam and was tested for everything ago. This time I tested positive with a 1:2 titer. I've read conflicting information about when syphilis is contagious. My husband insists that he didnt cheat and had to have had this before we met but I'm having a hard time believing that that is a possibility. Is it even possible? I understand that the more likely answer is that he cheated. But is it possible that we conceived two children together, had a monogamous relationship for 5 years, all the while he had syphilis and didn't transmit it to me until recently?
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3149845 tn?1506627771
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Youve been testing negative for all these years even since he had the treatment and now testing positive with both tests  i really cant tell whats going on so best to contact your doctor about this.
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3149845 tn?1506627771
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Hi first of all when a person tests positive for syphilis a second more accureate test is performed to rule out false positive as there are many. I beleive its the NAAT test. both of you must  have this test done before concluding anything. My opinion that both of you had false positive.
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The first test is for antibodies. The second is for the actual bacteria. We both had both tests done. It is conclusive that we both have syphilis.
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