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How accuret is vidas (duo test) at 25 post exposure?
Hello, i had unnprotected sex with this guy that i barely knew ( im a 23 year old girl ) and this guy loves women too much as in he would do anything to sleep with anyone! Since that i started worriying that what if i contracted hiv from him. Anyways after 9 days when i went to pee i saw 3 drops of blood in my urine so i rushed to the A&E and they told me that the could i have blood in urine but it was negative so they said that my period is comming. they also checked for hiv using the figer prick which was neg but told me to have another one later on as its too early to test for hiv. Two days later when i was getting shower and i was weeing i saw more blood in my urine i was conviced is not because of my period as it didnt even come yet and has to be with sexual intercourse i had! I started going out of my mind. So that same day i went to the local gum clinic they tested my urine and said that there was not blood present at that time and said i had UTI and gave me tablets to take for two days. In that time (two weeks) i lost 2.5kg and then i was reading sympthons of hiv and waight lost was one of them at this point i conviced my self that i had hiv. When i spoke to my doctor he said that blood in urine is never nothink to the with hiv.but i was still conviced it was! I think there was a change in my bowel movent two! 25 days after expousure I took a test, they call the VIDAS (duo test) which thank god came back negative and the lady said that i dont need to come back i was anymore i was so happy and later i started thinking why did not advice me to come back after three months. I always had heartburn when i drunk tea and i always had dry skin but i know now its more and developed a cold after 6 weeks after and a bit of temperature when i went to sleep and woke i noticed that i sweted quite a lot and the next day i was feeling better i still have runny nose and sore throte and swet a little a at night . My other concern is that my period is running late the second time. My question is do you think is stress and fact that i lost 2.5kgs in so little time cousing a little change in my bowel movements? And that i have more dry skin and heart burn could it be because i have hiv and therefore im more prone to things . My other question is realible is the 25 day test ? Sorry for the long story and thank you werry much for your opinion on my story
That test is very accurate in that time frame,However you do need to repeat the test at 12 weeks for a 100% conclusive result.All the best.
Thank you werry much for your rapid reply! What chances do i have that the test will be possitive at 3months?
Highly unlikely that you will test positve after that negative result you received,However you still need to take another test at 12 weeks to obtain a 100% conclusive result.
Thank you and two more questions if you dont mind some people say its 99.8% accuret and some say its 99.5% what do you think? And does the fact that i went to get the test at 25 days insted of 28 make big difference or would my results still be negative if i took the test at 28 days . And have you known any case which someone tested neg at 25 days and tested positive at 3 monts ?
The doctors in our expert forum continue to say that a DUO is 100% at 4 weeks,However,if you follow the guidelines from the CDC and FDA,you need to repeat that test at 12 weeks.I can tell you that a 6 week negative has never then turned positive in recent years but 25 days is a bit early to say that.Just have another test at 12 weeks and it will be final.
Sorry that im asking the same question again but do you think that the fackt that i got tested 3days early makes a big difference?
No,it wouldn,t make a difference at all.p24 antigen is at high levels at that time frame.
Thank you werry much that makes feel a lot better because i was mainly worriying about the fact that i went 3 days early! All the best
What about HIV-DUO (serum) by MEIA (IV th Generation test) is it also accurate in 25 days
Hi. I went get my blood test today wich is two months now .. My results will come on this following monday... Im so scared of the result... Can you give me some support as what i should do? If it was possitive how long will it take to accept my status and will i ever be happy again? Thank you
I very much doubt that you will test positive after a negative duo test at 25 days.
I think you have nothing to worry about, just learn from this and make sure you always use condoms in the future.
I think you have nothing to worry about, just learn from this and make sure you always use condoms in the future.
Thank you verry much for your reassurents really appriciated! I will deffinitly take your advice and be more careful in the future! Just praying everithing will be fine! Will let you know
Hello just found out today that my two months (56) day was (thank god) negative! Can i move on with my life now?
3 Months will be 100% conclusive,your 56 day negative is excellent and extremely unlikely to change at this time.All the best.
Thanx a lot for your replay. It was the duo test by the way. Does the fact that i tested negative mean that that my sympthons are unlikely to be caused by hiv? Thanx
Yes,symptoms never diagnose Hiv.Just test again at 3 Months and collect your negative result.You can put this all behind you then.
Hello everyone. Im still waiting for my 12 week mark to come. However im still experiencing the symptoms i had before i had a test at 8 weeks (pain in my hips, leg, bit of swets at night and dry mouth... Also spoke to the clinic where i had the tests done and the telling me that a DOU test
At one month is conclusive. Im so confused. Can anyone give me some advise on this pleas? Thanx a lot
There is no need for confusion.The DUO is most effective at 4 weeks.The fact that you still need to test at 12 weeks is to make it official and 100%.It really depends who you ask.
Thanx for your quick response. Do u have any idea why they are so sure that i dont need more testing? When the guide lines are saying something else.
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