Still testing positive after 6 moths!

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My sister had covid in early January this year. She is still testing positive. Never had a negative test at all. Has anyone else heard of this?

Faulty batch of tests?
not testing correctly?
testing after eating or drinking so affecting accuracy?

I haven’t heard of anyone testing positive for so long & our employer needs a negative test before allowing people back in work.

No I don't think it's any of those things. She's never even had a negative.

How often is she testing? Is it possible she's caught it again?

Hi OP,

This sounds like an interesting situation. Is your sister actually unwell with the positive tests, or has she been initially unwell and now is recovered but still showing a positive?

She's been testing weekly I think. I told her to stop, but I think she's doing it out of curiosity. She was symptomatic when she first got it. I do wonder if she's had it again though. Especially when it was rife earlier in the spring.

Which tests is she using and is it a clear positive or a faint line. Lots of people including my DS seem to get faint lines on the flowflex ones (his real positive was a lot clearer).

I mean I think I'd be testing weekly too in her situation. It's very odd.

Are they flowflex tests?
I've heard of people continually getting positive tests with these

It's an odd one, but as long as she isn't actually unwell (or noticing everyone all around her dropping like flies) I wouldn't worry about it.

I'm just sure which brand they are. It's the ones from the NHS. She's going to buy some that are a different brand to see if it's different. Apparently they follow the exact same pattern every time.

There were several nhs ones. I have 3 different ones - orient gene, flowflex and then unbranded ones - all came from the nhs

I've heard of this before. People testing positive on flow flex ones when they weren't positive

My DD always tests positive on Flowflex. We have to use the other ones for her.

Our parents have got her some different ones. Though I throughly enjoy telling her that she's a freak of nature!🤣

Does she have a compromised immune system? I remember there was a report of a man who tested positive for over a year but he had various medical issues.

There was an article I remember reading that some people have more acidic saliva, which is why certain tests like Flowflex will show false positives for some people and not others.