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HIV Study - Delayed Seroconversion
Can anyone make sense of this study? Why did the patients in the study seroconvert so late? According to the study the maximum a patient seroconverted was 42+months (3.5 years)! Please leave your comments stating what your interpertation of this study is. Copy and paste this link in your broswer to see the study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2512827&dopt=Abstract
3 Months is more than enough time to produce detectable antibodies or p24 antigen.Most people will test positive by 6 weeks and that's a fact.This 6 to 12 month nonsense is old.
Like I mentioned, I REALLY REALLY hope the 3 MONTHS guideline is accurate.
The thing is, when you are being attended by doctors physically (and I have seen 3), none ever said 3 months. I don't know why - in fact, I had 3 different answers - 6, 9 and 12 months.
I know you might say they are not "specialists", but these centres provide testing, so they must be educated to provide advise and assurance. So they must have been given guidelines by certain quarters (maybe the Government or even the disease control department - I don't know really).
That's where our problem lies, but having said this, again, I REALLY REALLY pray and want to believe the 3 months mark mentioned here is correct.
The thing is, when you are being attended by doctors physically (and I have seen 3), none ever said 3 months. I don't know why - in fact, I had 3 different answers - 6, 9 and 12 months.
I know you might say they are not "specialists", but these centres provide testing, so they must be educated to provide advise and assurance. So they must have been given guidelines by certain quarters (maybe the Government or even the disease control department - I don't know really).
That's where our problem lies, but having said this, again, I REALLY REALLY pray and want to believe the 3 months mark mentioned here is correct.
Yes,but the tests these days are far better than the tests of the past and more sensitive and you never needed to test out to 6 Months.You wasted your time.You have the whole symptom thing going on in your mind.Let it go.You don't have Hiv.
I know it is.Not suggesting otherwise.Just saying what Sydney clinics are advising for any Australians that maybe using this forum.
Guys think of it this way: the human body will not seronconvert differently nowadays than in the nineties. It is the same body so yes the study still applies nowadays and the tests are not accurate. Listen to the documentary 'numbers' about hiv and you will learn about it from experts also. I still cannot believe that i am not hiv+ within me having aids symptoms. Last test done at 6+ months mark.
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