Is Any Medicines Hide HIV Virus In Blood Test

Here's a taste of what TheBody.com has to offer on this topic:

Get the Facts

Understanding HIV-Related Lab Tests I: Complete Blood Count and Blood Chemistry

Lab Tests Are Important Tools The Basics Complete Blood Count (CBC) Blood Chemistry (Chemistry or Chem Screens) The Bottom Line Lab Tests Are Important Tools Having regular lab tests is a necessary part of good health care. Lab testsare important tools that help you and your health care provider keep track ofhow you are doing in the following areas: Immune System Status How HIV is affecting your immune system If you...

Ask the Experts

VIRAL LOAD TEST..DOES VIRUS HIDE IN LYMPH NODES

My son is taking the protease inhibitor Crixivan along with 3TC and AZT.While he is feeling great and his T-cells are higher (216), I was shocked tosee how swollen his parotid glands are. He gets the best of care but I can'thelp but wonder..is...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

Swelling of the parotid glands is not uncommon in people with HIV infection. Parotid glands are not lymph nodes, they are salivary glands. Nevetheless, parotid enlargement sometimes occurs in people with generalized lymphadenopathy, and in those... Read more »

HIV playing Hide n seek

Hi! DoctorYou are the best ! Indeed the best.1) In one of your posts i read that the Virus can hide in the lymph nodes--now what the hell is this ?How antibody/rapid test will behave if the virus is hiding-will it always be negative in hidden virus...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,It is true some virus can "hide" in various sites within the body, but that would not affect HIV-antibody tests. Anti-HIV antibodies are proteins made by the body's immune system in an attempt to fight off the infection. These... Read more »

can prednisone hide antibodies against hiv?

Hello doctor,I'm an italian electrical engeneer 30 years old.20 months ago i had 5 unprotected sex relations with an high risk woman, 2 months later I developed a light form of pemphigus vulgaris (confirmed by biopsy). 4 months ago I began a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello fellow Italian,Come sta? Prednisone will not affect your HIV antibody test. Yes, prednisone is an immunosuppressant, but it does not affect that aspect of the immune response. You're negative! No additional tests are needed. I'll... Read more »

is a test for the virus in the blood, accurate early?

i recently was exposed to a hiv infected person thru intercourse with them. it has been 10 weeks since i was exposed. i went and saw an hiv specialists. he had two main tests done an elisa and a specialized test. elisa of course tests for antibodies...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Possible, but extremely unlikely. MH... Read more »

Go to Ask the Experts »

Connect With Others

Normal Blood Test - Would the virus show up?

Posted by Anonymous

I am worried that I may have contracted HIV and have yet to go to a clinic for a test. However, a few days ago I went for a blood test because I have been feeling tired for over a year now. My question is this. Could the virus show up on the blood... Read more »

PCR/ELISA & "Hiding HIV"

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I tested negative on a standard ELISA test AND a DNA PCR test at almost 5 months post-exposure. The results were negative. Nevertheless, joint and node pain continues. I can't stop thinking that HIV is somehow hiding in my nodes and thus escaping... Read more »

Is there any test which look for HIV virus itself

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi everybody I am wondering is there some kind of test which look for virus itself?
I am becoming paranoid about hiv i tested 8 months after my last sex and i am still woried becouse i started doubting everything medicine science even my own body.
Read more »

Hiding behind HIV

Posted by Magnet, 4 Replies

I write this question in the hope of gaining insight from both HIV positive gay men as well negative men in "magnetic partnerships".

I only now discovered this term "magnetic", as it relates to my life! It can no longer be a twist of fate that my... Read more »

Connect on Our Bulletin Boards »

Tools

My Health Tracker

Assess Your Risk for HIV

Find Local HIV/AIDS Services

Resource Centers

Guides for People With HIV

View All of Our Guides >>