I forgot to mension I was protected all the time.
sounds like a fungal infection more than a std. have you been seen yet?
was this protected sex?
grace
I just saw a dermatolog for this, he recommended 8th week testing. About the peeling he said altough the size is consistent with the chancre it's not the usual presentation if it is, so I have to get tested again for 2nd time. He said something about upper layer of skin is peeled and nothing more..
6 weeks is considered conclusive. Don't see a reason for testing again. But if you had a canker then your body would have antibodies and it seems rather late for a canker to show up.
I've done the 8th week VDRL testing and it came back negative (this time without TPHA). I'm still nervous about my antibiotic use in the 3rd week because I think it might killed the bacteria but not enough to kill them all. I'm thinking about getting the 12th week test.
do you still have your rash?
honestly I wouldn't bother with more syphilis testing .
yes but it's not a rash but more like upper layer of skin is peeled away. I'm dark skinned so it looks patchy. the scar was never open kind of wound, no indurated edges, just a very small peeling altough I made it big because I scratched it a lot to see what it was.
this doesn't really sound like a syphilis related rash. I'd go back and be seen again by a dermatologist.