[Question #425] False negative RPR
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
109 months ago
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Welcome to the Forum. I'll be pleased to help. You do not provide any background as to whether or not there is a reason to worry that your husband might have had syphilis but from what you have said, I think it is unlikely that the lesion he experienced was syphilis or that you have the infection. Although syphilis can present in a wide variety of ways, whitehead-type penile lesions are not typical and there are a number of other benign dermatological conditions that could cause such lesions. In addition, if you had untreated syphilis, your RPR would almost certainly have been positive. Further, just as an FYI, if you have donated blood or been pregnant in the interval since you noted the pimple you describe, you would have been tested for syphilis at that time.
My advice- believe your test results and don't worry that the lesion you noted six years ago was syphilis. I hope my comments are helpful to you. EWH
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
108 months ago
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