Fatigue 5 Months No Antibodies

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Fatigue

The Bottom Line Fatigue is a very common condition for people with HIV. Untreated fatigue can make HIV disease progress faster. It can be very difficult to figure out the cause of fatigue. Several different factors can cause the same symptoms. Blood tests can identify some causes but not others. The more information you can give your health care provider, the easier it will be to determine what is causing your fatigue and how to treat it.

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negative at 5 months, but still fatigue and pain

Dear Dr.Robert, You are the angel. I really appreciate your exellent work. I was lucky to find your forum, and it is you who support me to go through my last 5 months.It was really hard for me. I had oral sex with a man of unkown status 5...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,WOO-HOO, you are negative. That note about "does not preclude previous exposure or infection with HIV" is a disclaimer. If, for instance, you had an exposure 2 weeks ago, and went for HIV testing today, the test might indeed come... Read more »

Symptom start after 3 months (will donate, please answer) "resubmitted form the Fatigue and Anemia Forum."

Dr. Frascino, Many thanks for reading my post, Anal - Oral sex by sex worker. ELISA test negative 84 days (standard 90 days). Symptom start develope on 87 days like red rash that come and go, tongsil in deep red and pain and headche( pain at the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Anal-oral (rimming) is not considered a significant risk for HIV transmission/acquisition. However, other STDs can be transmitted or acquired via rimming or getting rimmed. You can read more about this in the archives.Symptoms that begin 87 days... Read more »

antibodies

I hope you can answer my question.I have chronic fatigue syndrome and was possibly exposed to hiv. (partner status unknown). I have been tested by elisa and pcr at 3 months. - both negative. With my chronic fatigue status how confident can I be...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Your HIV antibody test should be reliable at three months. The fact that you have chronic fatigue syndrome should not have any effect on the accuracy of the test. If you have more questions about HIV antibody testing, read through the CDC's... Read more »

Question validity of HIV antibody tests due to multiple infections and symptomatology

Dear Doctor:Wrote you about five months ago regarding my case, HIV testing along with Hep A, B, C and HIV1 and HIV2 till a year and a week with negative results for contact with urine container in clinical site. About nine months prior had another...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Welcome back to the forum. Sorry you are still plagued with worries about HIV! There is certainly no medical or laboratory justification for such worries!Your two incidents have extremely low risks for HIV transmission. Your multiple (highly... Read more »

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Could I have HIV Without Antibodies?

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

About three weeks after a couple incident of unprotected oral sex with high risk women I got a 4 month long sore throat, sever fatigue, and lymph node swelling. This was followed by a continuation of and frequent sore throats and sinus infections,... Read more »

antibodies and seroconversion

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Does anyone know long it takes for antibodies to be detected after seroconversion ? Read more »

HIV Antibody Testing

Posted by sunkyst, 3 Replies

Does anyone know why HIV antibody tests are done, rather than just directly checking for the HIV virus in the bloodstream? In HIV+ people, their blood can be checked for viral loads, why can't they do this when doing a HIV test, rather than test... Read more »

antibodies

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

people always ask should I test at 3 or 6 months
the answer is 3 because it dosent take 6 months
to make antibodies it takes a few days after infection
to make antibodies and a few weeks for the antibodies
to become detectable with the new tests.

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