Testing result accuracy

[lasttimed]

Hi All,

I had a exposure.after 9.5 weeks I have done a rapid test and it came out negative. Can I be confident ?

I am following Dr.Hook as he explains as below:-


"As far as the varying recomendations, the difference in 98%, 99%, "most" and "all" are semantic. We get asked the same questions repeatedly, sometimes on the same day. Sometimes the words come out a little differently.  Don't get hung up by it.

Finally, with regard to testing time, I will paste in a comment I made to another client explaing the situation - "We get many questions about the meaning of HIV test results at different time points.  This is now confused by the availability of a variety of different types of tests.  The traditional and most widely used tests for HIV are tests for antibodies to HIV which are available both as so-called "rapid" or point of care tests which can be done in the clinic and laboratory based antibody tests. For all practical purposes both of these types of test perform comparably and provide accurate information on the presence or absence of HIV infection in virtually everyone at 8 weeks following exposure.  The recommendations for testing at 3 and even 6 months are the result of two factors- data from older tests no longer used (you really do not need to worry about which generation of tests you were tested with, at this time virtually all tests are far more sensitive that they were even 2-3 years ago when the 3 month recommendation was made) and secondly, the fact that some, mostly governmental agencies which have to provide recommendations for virtually everyone without the sort of interactions such as those you get with your doctor or on personalized sites such as this one, feel the cannot "afford" to be wrong and therefore make recommendations and guidelines which leave most people unnecessarily nervous for 4-6 weeks longer than the 6-8 weeks it takes virtually everyone to develop HIV antibodies."

Can I move on now.?

[Teak]

I don't care what other places say or do, this is a US Based Website and if you don't like the replies you recieve feel free to move on to another website.

[lasttimed]

That is not the issue here..I was jst asking that Dr.Hook has told/replied to so many people saying eight weeks in more than enough..and that is in THIS WEBSITE..

[Teak]

You find a test that is approved to give a conclusive test result earlier than 3 months and you post it.

http://www.oraquick.com/  

Warnings & Precautions
A positive result with this test does not mean that you are definitely infected with HIV, but rather that additional testing should be done in a medical setting.
A negative result with this test does not mean that you are definitely not infected with HIV, particularly when exposure may have been within the previous 3 months.
If your test is negative and you engage in activities that put you at risk for HIV on a regular basis, you should test regularly.
This product should not be used to make decisions on behavior that may put you at increased risk for HIV.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm310542.htm

FDA aproved 7/12
Similarly, a negative test result does not mean that an individual is definitely not infected with HIV, particularly when exposure may have been within the previous three months. The test has the potential to identify large numbers of previously undiagnosed HIV infections especially if used by those unlikely to use standard screening methods.

[lasttimed]

Keep this aside please.

with due respect to you, can you show me one event where someone becomes +ve after 9.5 weeks negative result ?

[Teak]

What does that have to do with you? You were advised when to test, it's up to you.

[lasttimed]

That is not the point..point is ;- is my 9.5 weeks test is useless ?