hiv testing

[rabbit95]

Hi DR about my exposure on june 12 unprotected for around 5 min then condom stubid mistake on july 8th went had suchi felt fine on july 9th started getting diarrhea upset stomach that lasted the better part of july then around the aug1st i got a cold that lasted just a few days then a few day latter i had a nausea stomach that was around aug 10 for a couple of days and yes i do have alot of anxiety and i had a bruise on my leg no idea how it got there on aug 15 i went to the dr he tested me for everything and i had antibody test that was neg and since it was only after 9 weeks he had me take hiv 1 rna bdna,quatitative test the range was 75 and value 75 which he said was neg the only test that was a little high was bilirubin serum which was 1.4 he want to test that again but he feelos the hiv is concluse because the rna showed no viris plus i would like to add this person after the fact told me she had hepc said she didnt have hiv but i dont believe here what do you thing sorry its so long just want to give you all the facts

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Perhaps you did not understand when I said you do not have HIV.  That means your results are conclusive.

Hepatitis C is not hetersexually transmitted.

Thread is over.  EWH

[rabbit95]

so even with symptoms, What percentage of people test pos by 9 weeks with the antibody test so you would say i am ok i know she does have hep c, not sure about hiv again thanks for all your help

[Edward W Hook, MD]

I owuln't worry about it.  When persons have HIV, their RNA levels are in the thousands, not at the low level of detction.  You do not have hIV.  EWH

[rabbit95]

Sorry, my doctor told me my hiv 1 rna was negative i dont how to read it it says value 75  range 75 cpy/ml i took that as it would go down to 75 copies is that right so this to you would show its possible that its possitive

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Your post has no punctuation and many typos making it hard to even interpret.  Brief answer from the sense I get from reading your messed up post is that you had a negative test 9 weeks after an exposure. Nine we results are conclusive.  Believe them

As far as your bDNA test, your result is a great example of why we do not recommend PCR type tests for diagnostic testing. They not infrequently give false positive results. The result you report is most likely a false positive.

If you have further questions, please express them clearly an use punctuation as it does not help you if I have to guess what you are writing.  EWH