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Reliability of test results
Hello all,
I took several 4th generation tests with 22, 25, 32, 62 and 103 days after an exposure (unprotected vaginal sex).
All came negative.
Questions:
1) Do I need further testing? Can I rest assured the result won't change? I've read several things over the net about late seroconversion, about people seroconverting after several months or even years... Is this possible?
2) The test results came with numbers such as 0.35, 0.49, 0.42, 0.32... Is that normal? Aren't these numbers somehow suspicious? The test cut-off is 1.
Thank you all,
A.
I took several 4th generation tests with 22, 25, 32, 62 and 103 days after an exposure (unprotected vaginal sex).
All came negative.
Questions:
1) Do I need further testing? Can I rest assured the result won't change? I've read several things over the net about late seroconversion, about people seroconverting after several months or even years... Is this possible?
2) The test results came with numbers such as 0.35, 0.49, 0.42, 0.32... Is that normal? Aren't these numbers somehow suspicious? The test cut-off is 1.
Thank you all,
A.
Thank you, James!
And what about the numbers? Do they mean something? I know they're all below cut-off but still, they look annoying to me...
Thanks again,
A.
And what about the numbers? Do they mean something? I know they're all below cut-off but still, they look annoying to me...
Thanks again,
A.
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