Treated but symptoms came back after a few weeks

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    • August 13, 2026 at 10:08 pm
    paper_lantern
    Participant

    Finished treatment, everything cleared, and about three weeks later it’s back. Same symptoms. I’m assuming this means the treatment didn’t work?

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    • August 14, 2026 at 7:08 pm
    kite_and_string
    Participant

    Before assuming treatment failure, the question to answer is whether your partner was treated at the same time. Reinfection from an untreated partner is the usual explanation, and it’s so common that clinics generally treat partners as standard rather than as an afterthought.

    Go back and say clearly that symptoms returned after treatment. They’ll want to retest rather than just repeat the same course blind.

    • August 15, 2026 at 6:08 pm
    greytide
    Participant

    This was us. I was treated, he wasn’t because he had no symptoms and assumed that meant he didn’t have it. He did. Both treated, no recurrence since.

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