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HEP B, HEP C, & HIV
#31123 - 04/03/02 08:57 AM
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If one was infected with HEP B or C and took and HIV test at 12, 15, and 17 weeks (excessive testing I know, can't help it) would a negative test be accurate or not?
17 weeks out would HEP B or C affect a HIV test?
Does it affect the test at all?
Does it stretch the window period?
Someone??????
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There have been several posts on this subject in the last 2 weeks. You can do a search to lists the posts that cover this subject. I guess my question to you is do you know you have hepititis? And if you have tested postive for it, what did your doctor say? If you haven't even tested for hep, what makes you think you even have it in the first place? And if you don't know if you have it, why ask the question?
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Well I don't know if I have it but I have it but I have something. I ask the questions because of all the pains that I have been experiencing in my joints and muscles. I only thought to take the HIV test and the last was at 17 weeks, I have read that I should also be tested for HEP and now worry that the HIV test could not be accurate. So do I start to worry about still being infected with HIV or not?
I don't trust my doctor do to the fact that My spouse is in the service and in the case of these 3 subjects what they tell me is what they tell him and I want to be the one to inform him if in fact my one mistake caused something to be wrong, or shall I say even more wrong.
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Sometimes Hep C can cause delayed seroconversion IF you are in acute infection for both. It is very rare for that to occur. It sounds like there is some guilt involved. Guilt, stress and anxiety can cause the ongoing symptoms you are experiencing. Sometimes people don't believe their negative test results because it's easier to continue to focus on HIV then the guilt.
It sounds like you are stretching to find reasons not to believe your results.
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So your advice would be?
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Believe that your test was accurate and go on with your life.
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These questions were bothering me a while ago, and I have posted some information in last few days about this.
Since you were lasy to look into last few days - than I will try to sumerise it.
Most of specialist in HIV field will not beleive that coinfection will delay any antibodies in new infection. When you got confusion is that if you are chronicaly infected with HIV and get Hep C - than delay of Hep C antibodies can happened.
Hep C is extremely rare to get via Sex.
Ryan Kull has in month of March answered specificaly that question please look at hos post - the title is A Challange.
Hep B hardly plays any role in HIV, and Hep B is not a big deal - you will turn yellow if infected and loose month of work.
Vast majority of people will test positive on Hep C by 3 months, window period for Hep C is 6 months, and if you are anxious you can take HCV RNA test for Hep C to rule it out. Since you are out of 3 months this test will conclusively rule out Hep C - as being different in PCR test than HIV.
read Hepatitis on Body forum and you will find first 2-3 answers are telling something about PCR for Hep C.
Some doctors beleive that coinfection will actualy speed up antibodies production as they are two different varusis that attacks the body and body reacts faster in launching the counter attack. This is little bit adanced and I am not sure about but sure that US and Australian doctors both agree on the subject.
If you continue reading a lot about it - you will find some information that will tell you about coinfection that are old and not accurate as PCR HCV is a newer test and just recently have made us understanding how Hep C has been reacting in the body and what happens once is there.
Considering you are not going tobeleive all this (as I didn't myself) than take PCR test.
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