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Syphilis discordant?
On 12th April 2011 my wife tested reactive for VDRL & TPHA during a test ordered following pains in the pelvic area. Myself i tested non-reactve. On 14th we decided to test elsewhere as the results did not make sense.......she claims to have been always faithful like i have! VDRL test was still reactive for her and non-reactive for me. She was immediately put on penicillin injections once a week. So far she has received three times and is due for the last one tomorrow. Meanwhile i have personally been going for VDRL test every week but so far i have been non-reactive. I want to believe her but i get confused as the days pass by. Also our last born is five years and she was tested before giving birth in 2006, and i believe she must have been non-reactive since she was not put on medication. Please advise.
I resumed intimacy in July. I went for retest on 21/08 more than 4 months since my wife's first test and more than 6 weeks since resuming sex with her and my results for VDRL and HIV are still non-reactive.Can i will assume she is OK and go on with normal life?She has refused to go for retest!!
Son is fine, you are fine also. I see no problem continuing relations with wife since it has been 1 week since medication. But you might want to confirm with a Dr 1st.
Yesterday i took my son for testing. VDRL was non-reactive. He is turning 6 next Tuesday.
I also did a retest and this was still non-eactive, about six weeks after my last intimacy with wife. Do i need further retesting? My wife still insists she has been faithful. Should i resume normal relationship now that its over a week since she finished medication?
I also did a retest and this was still non-eactive, about six weeks after my last intimacy with wife. Do i need further retesting? My wife still insists she has been faithful. Should i resume normal relationship now that its over a week since she finished medication?
Thanks Vance. She completed her injections yesterday. From my research VDRL will still be reactive for some time due to the presence of antibodies.
So when there is no syphilis sore (Chancre) there is no risk of transmission? How about mother to child?
Thanks in advance
So when there is no syphilis sore (Chancre) there is no risk of transmission? How about mother to child?
Thanks in advance
Well syphilis is only transmitted when you come into contact with a syphilis sore. And a sore only appears at the primary stage.
Maybe wife should be retested to start.
Maybe wife should be retested to start.
Is it possible to have relationship for so long without myself being infected? I have been married for 15 years and have four sons, 15,13,11, & 6 years! I wonder if to take all or only the last for testing?
Am in Kenya and i doubt the hospital will easily give me 2006 results. Tho i will try!
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