Can Lyme Disease Interfere With Hiv Results

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Lyme Disease vs HIV testing

HiCan you please explain the similarities and differences between lyme disease testing and hiv testing? Is it possible for someone who has been tested positive for the ELISA and western blot tests may not neccessarily be infected with HIV? The...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

The combination of ELISA and Western blot are very good at detecting HIV. The ELISA is less specific but is sensitive - menaing it has permits false positives so as not to miss people with antibodies to HIV. The Western blot is more specific so... Read more »

Antibiotics, Lyme Disease, and HIV testing

After testing negative at 3 and 6 months, I had a positive ELISA, negative Western Blot at 12... Read more »

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H. »

Diagnosed with Lyme Disease First, then HIV suspected

Hi Doctor;I entered the ER 2 weeks ago for fever and watery diarrhea -typical stomach flu, which... Read more »

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results

Posted by worried22yo, 4 Replies

Well, despite an overwhelming amount of dr. diagnosed symptoms all within the appropriate time frame for HIV infection and despite similar symptoms of my partner...results: NEGATIVE.
I do not even know what to say or how to feel. I keep waiting for... Read more »

hiv 1 and 2 results

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi, its me again. Well I took the specialized testing hiv 1 and 2 test for $189.00 it was negative(non-reactive). My neck still feels stiff at times and my tongue still looks strange but now I'm going to leave it in GOD's hand and just pray that... Read more »

Getting HIV result tomorrow

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

I am very scared. I have been told that the risk was very low and so low that one of the ASO counsellers would bet everything she has that I would be ok. With the sympthoms I have, I am quite certain that I've already been infected. My life has been... Read more »

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