Abortion And Hiv Testing

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HIV Testing

What Is HIV Testing? HIV testing tells you if you are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes AIDS. Most of these tests look for "antibodies to HIV. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system to fight a specific germ. Other types of HIV test look for signs that the virus itself is in the blood. When people already know they are infected with HIV they might get other "HIV" tests. These measure how quickly...

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abortion/aids?

when an abortion is performed, do they usually automatically test for aids?also can having more than one abortion affect future chances for havinghealthy children? Thanks for your help...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. When a woman gets an abortion, they arenot normally tested for HIV infection. The posting, "Blood Test" discusses the circumstances that a physician would normally do HIVtesting. Depending on the state... Read more »

HIV...Scared (PREGNANCY AND FALSE POSITIVE HIV TESTS)

Dr. Bob,My wife is preganant with our first child. She has had multiple preganancies before, even a few miscarriages. Her two initial HIV tests came out positive ELISA, indeterminate Western Blot. Her last test came out positive Western Blot. I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Pregnancy can induce cross-reacting nonspecific antibodies that can lead to indeterminate or false-positive HIV-antibody test results. (See below.) If you are HIV negative and your wife has not had any HIV-exposure risk, there is really no way... Read more »

HIV testing

If a female were to become pregnant, but seek an abortion. Would she have to first see a doctor to prove that she is actually pregnant first? And if so, do doctors always recommend an HIV test along with other blood tests? Would the doctor still...

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

I am not aware of any doctor who would perform an abortion without first assuring the woman was pregnant through a pregnancy test. Although HIV testing is recommended for all pregnant women, it is not required. I am sorry to say that there are some... Read more »

Pregnant and just tested positive on the routine HIV test

I am pregnant and part of the labs I had to get drawn was a HIV test. I was shocked when I came up positive. I even made them test it again, because I was sure they mislabeled a tube. Still positive. I have never used drugs and only had sex with...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Allison,I'm sorry to hear about your recent positive HIV test; however, if you've had absolutely no risk exposures for HIV (no blood transfusions, sharing of intravenous drug paraphernalia, unprotected sex) other than sex with your... Read more »

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abortion

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

My wife has been [posting on this board for over 2 yrs and i have come to the realization i cant handle this anymoer she has had many hiv 1 test and a antigentest nat test hiv 2 test all which were from exposures back in 91,92,93,94 her last test... Read more »

Testing for Hiv-accuracy of test after Exposure!!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Anyone please help with this one!! IF you had a possible exposure to Hiv, how long Before Tests will pick up the infection, and how accurate are the rapid Hiv tests against the Elisa tests? If you are Elisa negative at 8 weeks after infection and 12... Read more »

HIV tests that detect the genetic material of HIV

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HIV tests that detect the genetic material of HIV itself (rather than antibodies or antigens) are known as PCR tests. PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction and is a common way of testing for a variety of different organisms. The overall process... Read more »

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