You posted on Aidsmeds earlier.
The forum wasn't on this site and I was looking for other opinions. Anyways, good news for me the confirmatory WB yesterday gave me a negative.
There are no reasons whatsoever to be ask the same questions on two different forums. ELISA is not a confirmative test, WB is a confirmative test.
Few more questions. I think I still have a good amount of a bad cold/bronchitis which a doc said can mess with an rapid test or elisa blood test aside from a flu vaccine if the blood was taken right after which it was administered (and apparently i probably should've had the tests and blood taken before the vaccine) so if it shows via an elisa blood test of a positive hiv test will they automatically test that same blood again or will they ask for more? And is a western blot more confirmatory and can rule out affects of non-hiv antibodies etc vs the elisa test?
Reread the replies that you were given.
I was told also the rapid tests should not have been called faint or weak positives anyways but indeterminate.
I'm aware of that... had a doctor from another site tell me it is possible that if i take a rapid test immediately after a flu vaccine it can possibly create a false or weak positive and could possibly cause a false pos on an elisa blood test but not on a western blot. Nothing much now but to wait for the first phone call. Not sure if they did a western blot of elisa or another kind of confirmatory test but i was told they are supposed to do a western blot after 2 positive elisa tests.
Doesn't mean a thing without a confirmative test result.
The 2 nurses and attending doctor were the ones who told me the two rapid tests results came back as "faint positive". So what causes faint positive results? What does that even mean? I've heard of false positive or inconclusive but never a "faint positive".
No one is going to give you a faint positive because they would have advised you that the test had to be redone.
What can cause faint positive results? I've read too many things about what can cause them or false positives and I'm beyond confused. Please and thanks to anyone that can help. I don't have anymore nails to bite off and I'm feeling the worst anxiety waves every other minute. Thanks much.
What about having another viral infection that can cause actue bronchities or pnuemonia?
Glad flu vaccine doesn't affect results....I was reading that everywhere. What can cause faint positive results? I've read too many things about what can cause them or false positives and I'm beyond confused.
I'm freaking out.
You are wrong. They dont alter the results.
I have heard may be I am wrong that flue vaccines attribute to false positive results.
No the flu vaccine will not affect your HIV test.