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1) How many patients have you treated over the years you have practiced (guess-timate)?
2) How many seroconverted after a negative 6 week OraQuick?
3) How many seroconverted after a negative 8.5 week OraQuick?
4) Do you believe a negative 8.5 week test is over 99% accurate?
My encounter is actually unprotected vaginal (several times) with a Nurse. She has been tested at the times above since her last encounter with a different unknown status and I have been tested negative prior (at 13 weeks, before this encounter) I reset my own clock (no lecture needed). Sept 4th will be her 12 week (84 day) since prior to me (she remembers the date due to a nasty breakup the day after (he cheated! I found out later..). Her relationship lasted 12 years with this individual whom claims he had 1 encounter that broke the marriage. I have known her for years prior and always had an interest.
Ok enough..blah..blah..onto your educated answer...
2) How many seroconverted after a negative 6 week OraQuick?
3) How many seroconverted after a negative 8.5 week OraQuick?
4) Do you believe a negative 8.5 week test is over 99% accurate?
My encounter is actually unprotected vaginal (several times) with a Nurse. She has been tested at the times above since her last encounter with a different unknown status and I have been tested negative prior (at 13 weeks, before this encounter) I reset my own clock (no lecture needed). Sept 4th will be her 12 week (84 day) since prior to me (she remembers the date due to a nasty breakup the day after (he cheated! I found out later..). Her relationship lasted 12 years with this individual whom claims he had 1 encounter that broke the marriage. I have known her for years prior and always had an interest.
Ok enough..blah..blah..onto your educated answer...
Thanks. I will relax and get the conclusive @ 12 weeks. (CDC being conservative actually puts me at ease)
@alienshadow: Yup... your right. I did. I dont think it hurt anything except my bank account ;)
@alienshadow: Yup... your right. I did. I dont think it hurt anything except my bank account ;)
He needs to spend 15.00 which he did on the std forum to get the answers we gave him nursegirl
Yes...a 3 month result is conclusive.
As per the experts (docs here)...they have said NUMEROUS times that they have NEVER seen anoyone test POS after a 6 week NEG result. Does it mean that it doesn't happen? Of course not.
With the patients I have personally cared for that have been HIV+, my experience is about the same...the people all tested POS within a fairly short period of time. 4-6 weeks post exposure.....some literally within a week or two.
That's the thing...in a HUGE majority of people, antibodies are formed rapidly, therefore a NEG result at 6-8 weeks is VERY reassuring.
The CDC recommends 12 weeks for a conclusive result, and that figure is conservative.
So....basically...a 12-13 week NEG is your proof that you are not NEG (and your partner too). That's why it's quite frustrating to have people here testing for YEARS post exposure. They just cannot accept their results as being conclusive, and it is sad.
As per the experts (docs here)...they have said NUMEROUS times that they have NEVER seen anoyone test POS after a 6 week NEG result. Does it mean that it doesn't happen? Of course not.
With the patients I have personally cared for that have been HIV+, my experience is about the same...the people all tested POS within a fairly short period of time. 4-6 weeks post exposure.....some literally within a week or two.
That's the thing...in a HUGE majority of people, antibodies are formed rapidly, therefore a NEG result at 6-8 weeks is VERY reassuring.
The CDC recommends 12 weeks for a conclusive result, and that figure is conservative.
So....basically...a 12-13 week NEG is your proof that you are not NEG (and your partner too). That's why it's quite frustrating to have people here testing for YEARS post exposure. They just cannot accept their results as being conclusive, and it is sad.
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