Is it possible to have STD symptoms and get a false negative result?

by Symptom Advice on February 26, 2011

I got a full test done for different sorts of STDs and everything came back negative. However, I still see red spots on my penis head that were not there before and a couple new bumps at the base of my penis. Can a person have STD symptoms, but still end us getting a false negative test???

Yes. there is usually a window period for each type of STD. the window period varies, but during that time you can contract a disease but show no symptoms, and some tests can't detect the disease until it is fully incubated.

Yes you can have a false negative and also a false positive. Tests like these are rarely 100 percent accurate.

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