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I really got confused with my Blood
Dear Doctors
One of my friend have informed me about your Forum and how you are honest and giving the right advices because what I’m facing is really strange, and honestly drove me crazy, so please explain to me what is going on with my blood? During my last holiday in a different country 3 months ago I went to donate my blood voluntary and because I’m not that country's citizen the blood centre's management informed me that they should do HIV test and they did it and the result came positive and honestly because I’m not HIV educated person I got disappointed and I decided that I will not complete my holiday and I next day I went back home, then in 1 week time I have informed my fiancé that I have HIV and I got infected maybe from the massage places where I go to or maybe from the GYM or the dentist which I visited 100 days ago but after informing her about the HIV thing she decided we should get separated, then my friend requested me to do another HIV the test after 1 week of the initial test so in Oman the doctor used the same white kit which they did use in that country ( Rapid) and the result came negative then the doctor told me to come back in 21 days to do another test to see if I’m really OK so he did another test called Elisa and came Negative, in that same day he toke another blood sample to do another test which is HIV DNA then after 1 week he got the result which was Negative so after all those tests he did the last HIV Rapid test for the 3rd time after 3 months of the initial HIV test and the result was Negative!
Please help to understand what is my situation now and why their are differences in the results bearing in mind the same test method been used, the same HIV KIT type been used ( Rapid) and the same blood which is my blood and now am I OK? or do I need to do another test or I can move on my life as I’m planning to work again and of course my new employer will do a medical examination for my self to get the Job
One of my friend have informed me about your Forum and how you are honest and giving the right advices because what I’m facing is really strange, and honestly drove me crazy, so please explain to me what is going on with my blood? During my last holiday in a different country 3 months ago I went to donate my blood voluntary and because I’m not that country's citizen the blood centre's management informed me that they should do HIV test and they did it and the result came positive and honestly because I’m not HIV educated person I got disappointed and I decided that I will not complete my holiday and I next day I went back home, then in 1 week time I have informed my fiancé that I have HIV and I got infected maybe from the massage places where I go to or maybe from the GYM or the dentist which I visited 100 days ago but after informing her about the HIV thing she decided we should get separated, then my friend requested me to do another HIV the test after 1 week of the initial test so in Oman the doctor used the same white kit which they did use in that country ( Rapid) and the result came negative then the doctor told me to come back in 21 days to do another test to see if I’m really OK so he did another test called Elisa and came Negative, in that same day he toke another blood sample to do another test which is HIV DNA then after 1 week he got the result which was Negative so after all those tests he did the last HIV Rapid test for the 3rd time after 3 months of the initial HIV test and the result was Negative!
Please help to understand what is my situation now and why their are differences in the results bearing in mind the same test method been used, the same HIV KIT type been used ( Rapid) and the same blood which is my blood and now am I OK? or do I need to do another test or I can move on my life as I’m planning to work again and of course my new employer will do a medical examination for my self to get the Job
Dear Doctor Hunter
I do agree with you it is became a psychological problem rather than a physical problem because when I lived for the whole 1st week believing that I already got infected with HIV virus this was for sure cause for a shock on my brain, but after all the follow conformity Negative tests and your assurance that I’m clean from the HIV virus I should forget about that false Positive and I will do my best to move on, Thanks for the wonderful work you are doing and how you are helping people like me.
Kind Regards
Yara
I do agree with you it is became a psychological problem rather than a physical problem because when I lived for the whole 1st week believing that I already got infected with HIV virus this was for sure cause for a shock on my brain, but after all the follow conformity Negative tests and your assurance that I’m clean from the HIV virus I should forget about that false Positive and I will do my best to move on, Thanks for the wonderful work you are doing and how you are helping people like me.
Kind Regards
Yara
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum.
HIV tests sometimes are falsely positive. It happens more commonly with the rapid HIV tests, which many blood donation centers use routinely. They should have told you that you need a confirmatory HIV test before concluding whether you really were infected, but apparently did not do that.
Now you have had several kinds of repeat tests, including the confirmatory tests -- undoubtedly an HIV Western blot test as well as the DNA test. You can be 100% certain you do not have HIV and the initial test result was false. It's is OK to move on with your life. If and when you have any further HIV tests in your life, you might tell the provider you once had a false positive rapid test and prefer a laboratory-based HIV test.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
HIV tests sometimes are falsely positive. It happens more commonly with the rapid HIV tests, which many blood donation centers use routinely. They should have told you that you need a confirmatory HIV test before concluding whether you really were infected, but apparently did not do that.
Now you have had several kinds of repeat tests, including the confirmatory tests -- undoubtedly an HIV Western blot test as well as the DNA test. You can be 100% certain you do not have HIV and the initial test result was false. It's is OK to move on with your life. If and when you have any further HIV tests in your life, you might tell the provider you once had a false positive rapid test and prefer a laboratory-based HIV test.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There has been little research (none I know of for sure) about the frequency of future false positive ELISA results in people who have an initial false positive test. Surely the chance is somewhat elevated, but I cannot say by how much. As I said, the rapid tests -- any test with 5-20 minute results, whether done on blood or oral fluids -- are more often false positive than laboratory-based testing. That's why I suggest only lab-based tests if and when you have any future HIV tests.
Your somewhat plaintive "please help me" suggests you are continuing to react emotionally in an irrational way. It is not normal to be so unable to accept such strong evidence. If you cannot accept the reassurance you have had, not only here but from your own doctors, talk to your doctor about possible professional counseling. I suggest it out of compassion, not criticism.
That's the end of this thread. Take care.
Your somewhat plaintive "please help me" suggests you are continuing to react emotionally in an irrational way. It is not normal to be so unable to accept such strong evidence. If you cannot accept the reassurance you have had, not only here but from your own doctors, talk to your doctor about possible professional counseling. I suggest it out of compassion, not criticism.
That's the end of this thread. Take care.
Dear Doctor Hunter
You are right as the lap did HIV Western blot along with the DNA test which came negative but you mentioned in your reply that ( I can be 100% certain I do not have HIV) and you didn't even say 99% or their a chance of the virus to appear again, Doctor do think that the false positive which I got 3 months ago will not effect my future HIV tests?
Doctor I do believe you please help me
You are right as the lap did HIV Western blot along with the DNA test which came negative but you mentioned in your reply that ( I can be 100% certain I do not have HIV) and you didn't even say 99% or their a chance of the virus to appear again, Doctor do think that the false positive which I got 3 months ago will not effect my future HIV tests?
Doctor I do believe you please help me
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