|
|
HIV Antibody
#8352 - 08/14/00 03:45 AM
|
Reply
|
Quote
|
|
|
Dear all, it may sound crazy but one question pop up about the antibody test. Will the antibody count go down as the time passed by? That mean you will have less antibody for the TEST AGENT to pick up if you take a test too long after exposure?? Will the HIV virues will stay and hide in the body that our system cannot find it.
Post Extras:
|
|
|
|
Once you test positive, you will always be positive. The antibody count will never go down below detectable levels - and that's a good thing. YOu would want those antibodies - they are what keep you healthy for so long after you become infected.
If you have taken an ELISA test, and really it doesnt matter what generation test it is, and the test was done at 12 weeks after your last risk of exposure, you can count on the results as conclusive. Waiting a year, if you had the virus to begin with, it will still show up a year later.
Post Extras:
|
|
|
|
The only time antiodies in someone who is HIV infected would dissapear would be at the extremely late stages of the disease (i.e. when the immune system is so damaged, it cannot produce antibodies anymore). Basically, this would be the late stages of AIDS. It doesn't happen to everyone, but does happen to some people.
Someone who has progressed this far into the disease would probably know they had AIDS anyway due to the myriad of health problems they would be facing.
Post Extras:
|
|
|
|
BDG
Do you agree that a 12 weeks test is conclusive??
Have you done yours?? I hope you are perfectly OK ans same as all people in this forum.
Post Extras:
|
|
|
|
Wouldn't the window be extended if you got aq couple infections at the same time? I have read that syphilis and hiv together can cause later seroconversion. Has anyone else seen this? Will people generally convert in the normal window even with multiple infections?
Post Extras:
|
Previous
Index
Next
Flat
Threaded
