Do I Have To Wait Weeks Before Hiv Test After Initial Exposure

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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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Follow Up: K's 14 week post exposure HIV 1/2 test (ANOTHER FLUFFERNUTTER REGAINS HIS SANITY AND TESTS HIV NEGATIVE, 2010)

Hi DR.Bob;Hope you are well. K here with you. Finally got my over 3 months post test results back..NEGATIVE!! for HIV p24 antigen and HIV-1/2 antibody! What a rollercoaster ride. I guess you were right and i was wrong!! I assume the test is...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello K,WOO-HOO! Are you actually admitting I was right??? WOWZA! Well spank my butt and call me a Republican. I can hardly believe the words I'm reading! BRAVO K for believing your definitive and conclusive test results. Many folks who have... Read more »

I am 35 weeks pregnant and waiting for results (PREGNANCY AND INDETERMINATE HIV TEST, 2011)

If it wasnt for your website I would had died of anxiety already!!!Thank youI have only had one partner my whole life, my husband was married for 5 years and then had 2 relationships after that @2007 where he had unprotected sex. I began my...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.Relax! If you've had no HIV-risk exposure, there is no way you could be HIV infected. It is not uncommon for women who are pregnant (or have been pregnant) to have false-positive or indeterminate HIV-antibody tests! It's due to... Read more »

Indeterminate result HIV test 13 weeks pregnant (PREGNANCY AND INDETERMINATE HIV TEST, 2011)

Hi, I'm sorry to ask this question, as I realise that there are lots of similar questions on the subject, but I wanted something a little more specific as I am so stressed out!I am 13 weeks pregnant with my second child and had my routine...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible and hence so is your chance of being HIV infected. Please note an "indeterminate" result is not a "positive" result! Pregnancy can induce nonspecific cross-reacting antibodies that can... Read more »

HIV-2 Initial test positive. Probabilities...

Hello,I recently had an STD checkup. Apparently, it was the first time I was checked for HIV as well.I am going off memory here, but I received complete negative on a Western blot for HIV-1. I received a positive for HIV-2, but the clinic said...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Worried Guy,If you've had essentially no potential contact with HIV-2, the chances of you being HIV-2 positive would be so remote that they become essentially nonexistent. HIV-2 remains extremely uncommon here in the U.S. I would surmise the... Read more »

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Had initial test now I wait

Posted by Anonymous

I'm the dad with the two year old that posted my guilt a couple of weeks ago. I got my initial test results back neg after only two weeks so I'll test again at my physical in April and that should end that chapter in this whole thing. Still very... Read more »

Tested waiting on Results

Posted by Cajunman, 3 Replies

Well I just did a home Access test and sent it off. This is 80 days(11 weeks + a few days) after my possible exposure(unprotected Vaginal).
I still have swollen nodes in my neck, armpit, and groin. I also have pains in my elbows and knees. I guess... Read more »

How bad can initial infection get?

Posted by Anonymous

OK. So now I'm getting worried. How bad can the symptoms of HIV be in the first 4 weeks following exposure? I still have gastritis (from 6 days post exposure), and today (15 days post exposure) I am developing a sore throat and having severe... 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 »

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