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A member asked:

1st chlamydia test at outside doc positive, had 2nd at my regular obgyn negative, but was on period. should i trust 2nd test or get 3rd to confirm?

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Dr. Jeff Livingston answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Up to you : False negatives are more common than false positives. Blood can increase risk of false negatives if done as an endocervical swab. You can just get treated based on the first test or repeat if you don't feel comfortable

Dr Willson agreed

Answered 4/27/2015

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Hi, i am confused. My chlamydia test show IgG positive but IgM negative. My partner is oposit, he is IgG negative but IgM positive! Do i have chronic chlamydia and gave it to him? Or he just get new infection and i didnt get it from him by some wonder?! P

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Tested twice for hsv2 (first time 1.25, second time 1.93[time between tests maybe a month due to retesting for chlamydia to be cleared]). My HSV2 inhibition test 3 weeks after second positive came back negative. Could this mean I have hsv1?

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Good evening doctor. My partner of 4 years and I recently went to get tested for stds and he came up positive for chlamydia. I came out negative. He swears it's only been me for 4 years. Is there a possibility that the test could've been a false positive?

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Hello, so I tested positive for chlamydia and was treated with doxy for 7 days and am now wondering how soon I can retest for TOC? I know normally you would retest 3-4 weeks but my new partner wants a negative test first before any sexual activity?

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Hi docs, would sulfamethoxazole treat chlamydia?

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