Syphilis

Negative six months ago and positive now

Routine test in the spring was clear. Positive now. Trying to make sense of the window.

spare_room 3 months ago

NoteMember experience, not medical advice. Symptoms overlap between infections and only a test can tell them apart.

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far_field 3 months ago

That actually helps you rather than hurting you. A documented negative narrows the acquisition window to the period between the two tests, which makes staging easier and usually means early infection.

Early infection is treated with a shorter course than late or unknown duration.

apple_crate 3 months ago

Make sure the clinic has the earlier result. If it was done elsewhere they may not, and without it you default to unknown duration and a longer course.

blue_hour 3 months ago

It also tightens the notification list to that window rather than a year or more. One negative result doing a lot of useful work.

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