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HIV Monitoring Test Basics

Your HIV-positive test result only lets you know that you've been infected with HIV. To find out if it's time to get HIV treatment, you'll have to visit a health care provider and get two additional tests: a CD4 count and a viral load test. This resource breaks down what it means to monitor these two important numbers. You'll want to have them checked a few times a year when you visit the doctor for monitoring. If you want, take some time to...

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is instant hiv test possible?

sir,i am an engineer working on a project related to aids involving tech based ideas.i would like to know that is it possible that we may device a handy set to instantly indicate whether a person is hiv+ or not. such a device would potentially...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

There are HIV antibody tests that can detect the presence of antibodies in as little as three minutes. It seems that an "instant" test to detect or quantitate the virus is farther off. It either requires detection, and amplification of the... Read more »

Instant HIV test Conclusive?

Let me 1st start by saying someone with HIV/AIDS tried to infect me threw a blowjob...Bit their lip and dabbed the tip of my penis with blood! I have been scared to get tested and bought an instant HIV test online that says 99.9% accurate..The test...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Assuming it was a reliable home test kit, such as the FDA-approved Home Access Express Test, yes, a negative test a year after a potential exposure would be considered definitive and conclusive.Dr. Bob... Read more »

Instant Home Test Kits

HelloHas there been any examination RECENTLY on the reliability of the 20-40 home test kits...where you drop a sample of blood and wait a few minutes for a result. I understand that the FDA does not like them for a few reasons, one being there is no...

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

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

No, they're not okay. There have been more than a few people selling false home testing kits, and the FDA has been warning the public about this for some time. The only home testing kit approved by the FDA is Home Access; you shouldn't... Read more »

was on anti depressant(citalopram) for two years and was drinking alcohol in the same two years time, before i got tested. WIll that effect my HIV test result or any other STD test results.

Dear Dr. ConwayI had an exposure, and due to the stress, I was on an antidepressant(citalopram 20 mg everyday) and I was also drinking alcohol everyday again because of the stress. In the morning I used to take citalopram 20 mg everyday and in the...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

None of the drugs you are taking (and no drugs that I know of) have any effect on the HIV antibody test results. I would say the same thing about any of the other tests you have undergone. If the results were negative (for HIV-1 and everything... Read more »

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Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results

By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press writer

BALTIMORE - Thousands of patients could have received questionable HIV (news - web sites) test results not just hundreds, as hospital officials have suggested,... Read more »

will vitamins and Immune system booster affect hiv test results??

Posted by xrayvison, 3 Replies

I have a quick question. I am going to get an hiv test done soon but I was wondering since I take a high dose of immune system boosters like vitamin c, zinc, and vitamin d as a supplement for healthy living, would this affect the outcome of my 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 »

Can Sulpiride affect the result of HIV antibody test?

Posted by character28, 2 Replies

Hi guys, do you have any information about this? Can it be possible that this antipsychotic alters the result of an HIV test? Is there actually any medicine that alters the result of an HIV test? I've asked this questions to the experts at TheBody... Read more »

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