Ma'am, you need to pay for and ask your own question please.
Thank You so much.. I looked all over and could find nothing on the subject. I will pas this information on.
I feel much better and have moved on.The work you all do on this site is priceless. You knowledge on the subject matter far surpasses many other sites. I am still a little skiddish about what is going on in my body but I am confident about my status. I have scheduled an appointment with my neuro for evaluation because maybe it is truly some weird reaction to the medication.I know lymphnodes dont swell as a stress response, but i am sure that my major anxiey played a part in many of my symptoms.
Thank you for taking the time to do the research.
I'm wondering because in your answer it sounds like there could be more "common" and "widespread" conditions (such as an IgG2-deficiency) that might be causes for late seroconversions.
I'm sorry for threadjumping,but I always thought that only people with immunosuppressants because of organ transplant or people with an end-stage terminal disease or PEP-recipients might be late seroconverters.Would you consider someone with an IGG-2-deficiency a possible late seroconverter for an antibody-test?
Sorry again.
Hello,
First of all, I would like to reassure you about the fact that you have not put yourself at risk from HIV, even if this man was positive. You used a condom and that is safe. Therefore there was no reason even to be tested for HIV in the first place.
If your symptoms were related to acute HIV sero-conversion, the test would have been positive, regardless of what medication you had been taking.
Secondly, I am not aware of any evidence showing that multiple sclerosis medication can cause a late HIV sero-conversion. You have not mentioned what medication you are taking. I assume you refer to interferon beta-1a or 1-b injections, glatiramer acetate injections or natalizumab injection. Even though these drugs are immunosuppressants, there is no evidence that they can produce a late HIV sero-conversion, even though the literature on this is limited, but their mechanism of action is different to the production of HIV antibodies. In any case, I strongly beleive that all of this is irrelevant in your case, becuase you did not put yourself at risk whatsoever.
All the symptoms that you describe are more likely to be side effects of the medication that you are having.
I hope this can help to reassure you and give you peace of mind.
Best wishes,
Dr Jose Gonzalez-Garcia
is there any word on this question yet?? I am sure that you can feel my anxiety