Diseases That Affect Hiv Testing

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Will having an STD affect HIV tests?

Dear Mr. Sowadsky,Do people who have an existing STD (herpes, clap...) test positive sooner after being infected than those people who dont have an STD? I've often heard this to be the case....

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Thank you for your question. Generally speaking, having another STD would not normally affect HIV antibody tests, and would not normally cause people to show positive on an HIV test sooner (or later) than those without an STD. However, let me... Read more »

Other STDs Affect HIV Test

Doctor Bob,You are a legend -Just a quickie - Can having another more common STD like Chlamydia, Gonnorhea etc have any affect on the HIV blood test ie. causing false negatives or extending window period?I have checked the archives but Im obviously...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Quickie question. Quickie answer. Nope! Concurrent STDs, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis, will not affect HIV-antibody test results or change the duration of the window period.You're welcome!Dr. Bob... Read more »

Will polio affect the result of hiv test

I have polio as a child, will this condition affect the result of a hiv rapid test done by the Home Access Kit...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Nope! Polio will not affect HIV test results.Good luck!Dr. Bob... Read more »

Can having hep c affect hiv testing?

Dear doctor , Is it at all possible that being hepatitis C positive can affect detection of hiv ? For some reason I have this thought in my mind and would really like to know if this can be discarded. Thanking you....

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

You can discard that thought. The tests for both diseases are very specific and they cannot interfere with each other. DTD... Read more »

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Can an underlying disease affect test results?

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If you had an underlying disease like cancer and didnt know it could it affect pcr and anitbody test? Read more »

Do any drugs affect HIV test results?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am taking valium for anxiety and recently had a negative HIV test. Could taking valium have compromised the HIV test results? Read more »

Medication affecting HIV test

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Where can I find out information about medication affecting results of HIV test? I was on antifungal when I took my test & worried about false negative.

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Read this about what affect HIV test and so on!

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http://hopkins-aids.edu/publications/book/ch2_1.html

For you all worried!
Follow this link and read whats affecting the HIV test-False positive and False negatives and window and so on. Link to HIV medical management 2000/2001.

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