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I’ve received conflicting results on two gonorrhea tests and I am very confused!
I had std testing done at my contraception appointment and it came back positive for gonorrhea.
I’m in a 3 year long relationship and I haven’t cheated, so it would’ve had to come from my partner who obviously denies anything. I was last tested in August, where I came back negative for everything, so this result was a surprise.
Because of my “clean” std history and supposed monogamy, I asked the dr to repeat the test. The result came back negative today.
She was very confused, but said that the lab tech told her my first vaginal swab was 100% positive and that because the test was positive, they always retest the same sample to double check it. They said I should just consider myself to be positive because the negative result must be wrong.
There was no query whether any lab mess ups happened, so I’m confused what to believe? This obviously places a big strain on my relationship because my partner would’ve had to have cheated on me. He’s currently out of the country so it’s not even like he can get tested immediately either.
Is it possible that the first positive was down to human error and that the second swap is accurate? The dr seemed very pessimistic, but as I said, I’ve NEVER had an STD before and I’ve been tested yearly since I became sexually active (including since I’ve been in my relationship).
The sample was from a vaginal swab and tested with nucleic acid and the tests were done exactly one week apart. My partner and I did have intercourse between the first test and the call with the initial result, so I assumed that would’ve given enough time for gonorrhea to have shown up on the second test if I really am positive?
I’m in a 3 year long relationship and I haven’t cheated, so it would’ve had to come from my partner who obviously denies anything. I was last tested in August, where I came back negative for everything, so this result was a surprise.
Because of my “clean” std history and supposed monogamy, I asked the dr to repeat the test. The result came back negative today.
She was very confused, but said that the lab tech told her my first vaginal swab was 100% positive and that because the test was positive, they always retest the same sample to double check it. They said I should just consider myself to be positive because the negative result must be wrong.
There was no query whether any lab mess ups happened, so I’m confused what to believe? This obviously places a big strain on my relationship because my partner would’ve had to have cheated on me. He’s currently out of the country so it’s not even like he can get tested immediately either.
Is it possible that the first positive was down to human error and that the second swap is accurate? The dr seemed very pessimistic, but as I said, I’ve NEVER had an STD before and I’ve been tested yearly since I became sexually active (including since I’ve been in my relationship).
The sample was from a vaginal swab and tested with nucleic acid and the tests were done exactly one week apart. My partner and I did have intercourse between the first test and the call with the initial result, so I assumed that would’ve given enough time for gonorrhea to have shown up on the second test if I really am positive?
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