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Worried
Last unprotected sex with female of unknown HIV status was 15 years ago.
Tested non reactive 2008 and 2010 advia centaur HIV 1/o/2 assay. Wife also tested negative in 2008 and 2010.
My symptoms point to aids. 7 lbs weight lost no appetite, nausea, blurry vision in right eye, light night sweats off and on, possible thrush and folliculitis.
Verry concerned that my test might be wrong?
I check my lab reports from 2008 and 2010 and the same lab tech did the tests. Just concerned about this guy knowing how to do his job.
So veery scared about having aids and my daughter losing her parents to aids.
Do you think I should trust these results and move on?
Tested non reactive 2008 and 2010 advia centaur HIV 1/o/2 assay. Wife also tested negative in 2008 and 2010.
My symptoms point to aids. 7 lbs weight lost no appetite, nausea, blurry vision in right eye, light night sweats off and on, possible thrush and folliculitis.
Verry concerned that my test might be wrong?
I check my lab reports from 2008 and 2010 and the same lab tech did the tests. Just concerned about this guy knowing how to do his job.
So veery scared about having aids and my daughter losing her parents to aids.
Do you think I should trust these results and move on?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Your test result proves you don't have HIV, and of course recurring cough and cold symptoms occur all the time in people without HIV. I'm glad you're seeking professional counseling. That's exactly the right response when anxieties persist despite evidence they are irrational. Good luck with it.
I received my HIV results yesterday and they were negative like you said. But with this recurring cough due to post nasal drip and all the other symptoms I'm still worried. So I went to see a mental health doctor to help me out. Thank you and best wishes.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
HIV doesn't cause symptoms like that.
In the 8+ years of this forum, nobody who asked a question on it ever had a positive HIV result at all -- and therefore none outside the window. Outside-window positives are extremely rare with the currently routine HIV tests, if they occur at all. That's an urban myth left over from the earliest HIV tests developed more than a quarter century ago.
In the 8+ years of this forum, nobody who asked a question on it ever had a positive HIV result at all -- and therefore none outside the window. Outside-window positives are extremely rare with the currently routine HIV tests, if they occur at all. That's an urban myth left over from the earliest HIV tests developed more than a quarter century ago.
Thank you! One last post. Also upon waking in the morning I have shivering fits like it is cold but is 72 degrees in the house but I don't have a fever?
The 2008 and 2010 report share the same name for lab tech I assume this is the man running the machine, not the person who drew the blood.
In all your dealings on this forum are you aware of anyone who tested negative outside the "window" but was proven to have HIV/aids based on other diagnostic measures (viral load, cd4 counts, etc.).
I should get my results tomorrow. Wish me luck. This will be last post. Thanks
The 2008 and 2010 report share the same name for lab tech I assume this is the man running the machine, not the person who drew the blood.
In all your dealings on this forum are you aware of anyone who tested negative outside the "window" but was proven to have HIV/aids based on other diagnostic measures (viral load, cd4 counts, etc.).
I should get my results tomorrow. Wish me luck. This will be last post. Thanks
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome and thanks for your question. My opinion and advice agree with those on the community forum. You can relax: you need not be at all worried about having HIV.
You describe a low risk exposure all those years ago, and if you had HIV for 15 years, you would most likely be much sicker than you are, likely dead by now. But most important, the HIV blood tests are among the most accurate and reliable of all diagnostic tests, for any medical condition. Your test resuls prove you didn't have HIV in 2008 or 2010. The lab-based HIV antibody tests, including Advia Centaur, are highly automated and cannot be altered by lab tech errors. (And the person drawing your blood probably was not the person who actually ran the test machine.)
Your symptoms are not typical of either a longstanding or new HIV infection, but even if they were typical, they are meanginless with respect to HIV; and the identical symptoms you describe are common with innumerable medical conditions other than HIV/AIDS. In any case, HIV test results always overrule symptoms, and your results prove that something else is the cause, assuming you haven't been exposed to the virus since 2010.
So you can definitely expect your upcoming repeat blood test (which you mentioned on the community forum) to be negative. When you get that result, believe it. Then see your doctor to learn what is causing your symptoms.
I hope this has helped. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
You describe a low risk exposure all those years ago, and if you had HIV for 15 years, you would most likely be much sicker than you are, likely dead by now. But most important, the HIV blood tests are among the most accurate and reliable of all diagnostic tests, for any medical condition. Your test resuls prove you didn't have HIV in 2008 or 2010. The lab-based HIV antibody tests, including Advia Centaur, are highly automated and cannot be altered by lab tech errors. (And the person drawing your blood probably was not the person who actually ran the test machine.)
Your symptoms are not typical of either a longstanding or new HIV infection, but even if they were typical, they are meanginless with respect to HIV; and the identical symptoms you describe are common with innumerable medical conditions other than HIV/AIDS. In any case, HIV test results always overrule symptoms, and your results prove that something else is the cause, assuming you haven't been exposed to the virus since 2010.
So you can definitely expect your upcoming repeat blood test (which you mentioned on the community forum) to be negative. When you get that result, believe it. Then see your doctor to learn what is causing your symptoms.
I hope this has helped. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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