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Oct 9, 2008
I married a man in 1999 and left in the year 2000 two years later i found out he was dying of aids and died. I got tested right after i found out and it was neg. been tested serval times after. I just gave blood 2 months ago 2008 and got my card. so i assuming that they check it for hiv. do i still have to worry? The heath department told me that it had been 2yrs and it would show if i had it and that the test they had nowadays they would find it that was in 2002 .is this true? please let me know and thanks
victoria
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Response from Dr. Horwath
Yes, the health department is correct. The test you took in 2002 confirmed that you are negative. You were not infected with HIV from your ex-husband.
If you always use condoms when having sex, you should remain HIV negative.
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