STD panel while taking antibiotics

[cabbro98]

Long story short, I had unprotected sex about a year ago and developed aching testicles shortly after. It lasted about a month and then it started to fade but I still get occasional mild aches. I have taken two courses of antibiotics for unrelated reasons (dentist), and I just got tested for STDs while I was on my second course of antibiotics. Everything is negative but I wonder if the antibiotics could have caused a false negative? Either that or the antibiotics cured it? Should I retest or just leave it alone?

[auntiejessi]

Depending on the antibiotics, you may have cured it if you had something, but for sure, you could be getting false negatives.

Over how long have you been taking the antibiotics? Has this been an ongoing issue? So for example, I just went through a whole tooth thing where for months, I was battling a tooth infection, and was on 3 rounds of antibiotics over a 7 month period. Is that similar for you? I ask because even if the antibiotics haven't cured you, they can slow the growth of something to the point where you aren't seeing big and bad symptoms.

After you are done this round of antibiotics, you can wait 2 weeks, and test again.

[cabbro98]

I had a tooth infection issue as well and took antibiotics first to keep the infection down before my root canal, then again after the root canal to finish it off, and my test was during that second round. Guess I should message my doctor asking to test again? It was way before the antibiotics that the ache went down but it has been popping up every now and then for a long time now.

[auntiejessi]

If it still happens after the antibiotics, maybe you should see a urologist.