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my wife and i just had our fourth baby  ...and right before delivery they did a rapid test it was hiv pos...they then had a lab tech redo the test with fresh blood after the lab opened officially it was closed the first time....the tech said the rapid test was neg now whih made the tests inconclusive ...so they then did an elisa test which was also neg...now they have sent us home awaiting a western blot we are scared we dont screw around but do have some  friends who may or may not be infected and have been around blood from one of them when he fell down once...the doctors say they cannot confirm nothing till westernblot gets back....so my question is do you think it will be negative since the 2nd rapid was and the elisa was please awnser i cannot sleep and lab will be closed till monday thank you and God Bless
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test back on floresent and pcr both neg ...thankyou to all and God Bless thanks for putting up with me...best wishes to all
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test is back and indeterminate which scares us more now they are doin pcr test we still feel like it was done wrong cause the elisa should have been done first ...please tell us what to expect next please thanks and pray for us God Bless
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we will have wb results in mourning thank you for your time and concerns,they assured us that the azt was not harmful now we have another major concern ...this place is a major hospital not just the run of the mill hosp and  the doc that prescribed  this is a foregin decease doctor ....again i am stumped and what we meant by we are not angels is just that were not better than anyone else thats all nothing more...we cannot understand why this last test was even ordered and we are concered for our daughter thanks again we really mean it thank you soo much
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186166 tn?1385259382
IF THAT WAS MY BABY...SHE WOULD NOT BE ON AZT ! ! ! ! !

ARE YOU LISTENING TO WHAT WE HAVE SAID?

PREGNANT WOMEN THROW OUT FALSE POSITIVES
YOUR WIFE HAS 2 NEGATIVE FOLLOWUP TESTS
THERE ARE NO ASSOCIATED RISKS
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no absoulutely not i really dont think any of them did it was just the only thing we could think of it was long ago that we worked there and we only assisted with meals and stuff with 5 staff at all times i just am a hyprocondriact my wife says i just feel that we should have been able to have some peace after the elisa but they only say exact words 'probably no' i am sorry to bug you guys i just am scared this wait seems like months and i am overwelmed thank you for caring and talkin with me i see things in a different way now no matter the results i feel we accually do live in a judgemental world and now will be more positive to those in need cause this is miserable even with great odds i know this sounds strange but it is exact i again thank you and hope for the best
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186166 tn?1385259382
workplace probably had a few positive ppl?  did either of you have unprotected sex with them?  share iv drug works with them?
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i am not leavin anything out this is exactly what happened ,,,i know we live in a weird worldwhere people would say this but i promise this is the story....thats why i am so scared cause after reading alot about this i think we are very very low risk i dont understand why the wb was even given.
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Sorry I'm not buying your story.
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thanks for the comments the med is called azt       and lastly what will the wb test do that the elisa and rapid didnt? were still weirded out,its just we dont  understand, unless they were worried about our work place which probably did have a few pos residents, but still 2 false negs would be very unusual right......wb tests for same thing????just wondering like i said i am no angel but am not out bangin people, just a normal guy whose about to give up being normal and become a hermit, i will keep you posted again thanks very much and God Bless All
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Find another doctor that knows what they are doing before you damage that infants organs. Pregnant women are known to test postive for HIV.
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186166 tn?1385259382
make sure she changes drs. next time.

i am shocked that he would put your baby of meds.  pregnant women are known to throw out false positives...and she did have a followup negative test result.  there's really no such thing as a false negative UNLESS someoe tested too early...doesnt sound like this is the case since there have been NO exposures.
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Looks like you had a false +ve in first rapid test. Your WB will be -ve. Be cool. God Bless.
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oh yea they are having us treat our newborn with hiv meds till then is this ok we are so worried please awnser it would be a great help for any information we think the worst since we are giving baby this medicine they must really think its positive huh?
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