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Hello doctor I am very much worried regarding this I just want to confirm that since one year me and my gf have regular sex day before yesterday I did the test for syphilis fta-abs and the result was negative I just want to this test result is conclusive or not?
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Hello- no. The fta-abs test doesn't actually check for the syphilis infection itself. However, it can determine whether you have antibodies to the bacteria that cause it.
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