Does Routine Blood Work Check For Hiv

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Blood Work: A Complete Guide for Monitoring HIV

Introduction Lab tests, or blood work, can give important clues about your overall health and HIV disease. Many of these tests should be done shortly after learning that you're HIV-positive. This will establish a "baseline" measure of your immune health and show how active HIV is. Knowing this information will help you watch for changes in your health over time as well as check the impact of any treatments that you take. Factors such as age,...

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Routine blood work can't show hiv disease?

I understand you get sick of answering this question and that anyone exposed should definitely be tested, which I agree. I understand that hiv can not be diagnosed from routine blood work, let's say a CBC for instance, but there are very few...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"In your medical opinion, I can have all this blood work done, be considered completely health by doctor, and HIV would never even have an impact on my blood work?" Yep! That's exactly what I'm saying! As I've stated... Read more »

Hiv found in routine pregnancy blood test

Hi Dr. Frascino,I had a routine blood test for my pregnancy and the results came back with a trace of HIV Ag/Ab, the sample was sent for confirmation by Western Blot which those results came back as HIV 1 Western Blot indeterminate Gp 3 and HIV p24...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,A "trace of HIV Ag/Ab"???? I have no idea what that even means. If we assume your screening HIV test was repeatedly reactive (positive) and we know your follow-up Western Blot is indeterminate (however, I don't know what... Read more »

Routine check-ups

I am a person with AIDS. My CD4 count is somewhere between 300 and 400. The virus is undetectable. I have been on AZT+indinavir+ddI for 33 months now. I had tuberculosis (when I tested positive)three years ago, which was successfully treated.I have...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

I do NOT think "scans" are necessary. The American Cancer Society regularly issues guidelines on how to prevent cancer. These apply whether or not you are HIV-infected. They include recommendations (this is a partial list) such as 1) Avoid... Read more »

Blood Work in Labs

I am doing a research paper on HIV and I was wondering if all routine blood works that go into blood labs are required to do a HIV test even if not asked? If someone goes in for a normal routine check up and blood is sent to the lab to check for...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

In the U.S., written informed consent is required for HIV testing.... Read more »

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HIV in routine Blood Tests?

Posted by Hifb, 2 Replies

I had unprotected oral sex and intercourse with a man of unknown HIV status about three years ago- Since then I have donated blood (about 3 months after the encounter) and had several blood tests, one for mono and two during emergency room visits(At... Read more »

Routine Testing...

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