What Kind Of Hiv Tests Are Done In The Doctor's Office

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Counselling at the Doctor Office?

Hi...Thanks for you answer to my question about HIV and Doctors...I called the clinic again, and the receptionist still says that the doctor will call if anything is abnormal, that was about a month ago. I also got tested again a couple of weeks...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

NO, and completely inappropriate. MH... Read more »

A Doctor Fingered me in his office

Hi Doc,Days ago I went to a doctor to have my body checked. He put his finger into my anus to see if I have anything wrong there (really bad experience, painful and embarassing). He had his glove on but I did not check the lub liquid before he...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,A doctor "fingered" you in his office??? And you're worried previously "fingered" patients may have gotten their blood into the doctor's "lub." ("Lub"??? What the hell is that???)Dude (or... Read more »

Exposure at Dentist Office

Dear Dr. Bob:First let me start by saying I'm sorry that I'm bugging you again. I do suffer from OCD and I've been taking medication to calm my nerves. I live in fear of hiv all the time. I have had several scares in the past year...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Yep, you're a "nervous nelly!" Your dentist did absolutely nothing wrong. Your exposure is not low risk; it's no risk. No, you do not need HIV testing. No, HIV is not "out to get you specifically." Yes, your... Read more »

doctor shannon clear my doubt kindly

is 90 days mark hiv antibody test is conclusive?after that the body get hiv positive is possible?kindly reply mw ,thank you...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiThe guidelines for HIV testing are to be initially tested at 3 weeks then again at 3 months, if both of these tests are negative then so are you, as long as there were no other types of exposure during that 3 month period, if so then the timing... Read more »

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Just came back from the Doctors office

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi all,

According to the specicalists here at the body my 'exposure was relatively low', but they are not willing to say the my 16 week test is final - should it be negative. I just got back from the Doctors office where they drew blood for analysis... Read more »

Two Potential Risks at Doctor's Office

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I wentto a dentist who did not change his mask in between patients. He had small spots of blood on his mask. Maybe 10 minutes or so went by before he worked on me. The other thing that happened was that my hand came in contact with a wet... Read more »

what kinds of blood testing can determine HIV?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

What kinds of blood testing can determine HIV? i had a blood test rescently but i dont know what it is for yet. Im not sure if i have hiv or not and im just wondering if the blood test i had can determine if i have HIV eventhough i didnt get a... Read more »

Kind of dumb question about test names

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I know I should know this, but with the stress I've been feeling, and all the different test names - are some of them called by different names or short/long names? I mean, I've run across (at least as far as viral):
NAT
p24
PCR
RNA
DNA
bDNA

Then, there's... Read more »

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