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AutoImmune disorders???
#182732 - 03/27/06 08:38 PM
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What would be considered an autoimmune disorder? How long would they postpone the tests from finding antibodies?
EX - if I have crhons disease, asthma, allergies..... etc..... since these are considered autoimmune disease would they delay the tests from finding antibodies? Tested negative at 204 days so that's a week shy of 7 months........ input/feedback anyone???
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hi
regards from india
You are HIV negative.
Goodluck
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Take Care
God Bless you
Stay Well
Love Ravi
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I am not sure if I agree with Ravi on this one. i am not sure on this one Anonymous. From what I have read (and i am not an authority by any means) if u have an autoimmune disease then a 6 month should probably clear you. Again this is based on what I have read and know and i am not a doctor so take it with a grain of salt
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I do agree with Ravi. THREE months is definitve. In very rare cases it may take up to 6 months. You are HIV negative, or you are an extremely rare case that we will all read about on the CDC website. (I'm being totally sarcastic. You are negative.)
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Based on what I have read, I do not believe just having an autoimmune disease delays serconversion. It's the medications that the person takes for these diseases that delay the production of antibodies. Most of these medications were meant to severaly suppress the immune system, for instance in transplant patients. The medication suppresses there immune systems so the body doesn't reject the new transplant. Cancer patients on chemo also have severally supressed immune systems, again this is due to the treatment, not necessarily the cancer. The other is IDU's who have injected for decades suppressing there immune system.
Even in this group of people, most will seroconvert by 3 months.
You are definitively conclusively negative, unless you had a recent exposure.
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I tend to agree with you this one as well. i'd be curious to know what GMAN, AIDS2HIV and other folks who have know this stuff in and out would say....... ijn my opinion you're good.....
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These feelings of "I can never be sure" and "I must be the rare one-in-a-million case of seronegative HIV carriers" are unfortunately pretty common. We all have these feelings to some degree. For some people, this certainty that they are HIV positive despite many tests indicating otherwise can become an obsession.
In terms of the clinical picture, you are HIV negative. If you had been infected seven months ago, your immune system would show signs, in the form of antibodies to the virus. Developing HIV antibodies is part of the initial response to HIV and happens within the first few months. The time it takes to develop AIDS depends on a number of factors including the fitness of the virus and the host's immune system. In terms of the testing window period, remember that the average time for people to develop antibodies is actually one month, not six months, and certainly not 7 months. The six month time frame is used to be absolutely certain.
But this clinical certainty about your status doesn't necessarily mean that you are emotionally ready to move on. Whatever happened 7 months ago may still be bothering you on both a conscious and subconscious level. It may have reignited earlier experiences that you had long burried. All this testing is merely a distraction from the "real" isues at hand. Clearly the tests have not helped you so far. Therefore, more testing will probably not reassure you. You may benefit from speaking with a therapist who can help you come to terms with the source of these nagging doubts about your "status."
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