Every Time Blood Is Taken Is It Checked 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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blood to blood (HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES) (HIV FROM TWO HIV NEGATIVES)

If you're having unprotected sex and both of you bleed, can this cause HIV to form, or if you're both clean, will nothing happen?Sex ed never teaches you about how it forms....

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Here we have another example of the consequences of abstinence-only sex education! Can there be any doubt we need to bring back science-based sex education?Questioner, HIV is a virus that is transmitted from one infected person to an... Read more »

Atripla and Isentress taken at same time

I was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS when I went in for a HIV test in January 2008. At the time I went in I was not suffering any HIV related symptoms and thought I was neg, but then I found out otherwise. After 5 vials of blood were drawn and after 2...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

Thank you for your question.It seems that the Isentress was added because your viral load had not reached undetectable. You do not mention whether or not you were missing any doses of your medication, which could effect the response to treatment.... Read more »

How timely do HIV meds need to be taken

Hi, I'm newly diagnosed,and I've not yet started on any meds. I travel a lot with work. Often spending months at a time in different countries and time zones. Do I have to take my meds at the same time always, ie midnight in NY, but 5 am...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

Good question. If you are taking Atripla, a pill that has three medicines that have a long half life,or a boosted protease, you may have a little lead way when you travel. When I travel across oceans, I may take one dose of pills earlier than I... Read more »

Can Antibiotics taken after exposure delay seroconversion (ANTIBIOTICS AND HIV TESTING, 2010)

Dr. Bob, I want to thank you for taking the time to answer my questions in the past. Unfortunately I am still very worried. I still have symptoms I cant explain and now I have a rash on my body 12 weeks later after my possible exposure and I am so...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,As with so many of the questions cramming their way into my overstuffed inbox, your question has been asked (and answered) numerous times before. A quick search of the archives would have revealed this. See below!Dr. BobCan antibiotics affect... Read more »

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Question to those who have taken the HIV test..

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

and were found negative...
Did the clinic or wherever place you went to get tested call you tell you that your results were in? or did you check back periodically to see that they were ready?

umm... does anyone know of the general protocol

bugging out... Read more »

ALL THE HIV TESTS TO CHECK FOR HIV

Posted by nomoreworry4me

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 »

taken nothing...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I knew about my HIV positive since 1988 when I was having a relationship, he was not
infected, but I knew I was, so since that moment I just strongly decided that this will never
put me down, and I started to live my... Read more »

Guys check this please when u have time

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am the guy who had oral sex performed on him last week without a condom for 10 secs or so and then had protected sex for 1 or 2 mins and ended up the next day with a sore penis and groin area..anyway the only positive result I got on my blood work... Read more »

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