6 weeks window period conclusive by who?

[sleepy8765]

Hello I just wanted to inform all the people on this forum about the new guidelines for the hiv window period which have been changed by the world health organization which state an hiv test is conclusive at 6 weeks. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs360/en/

[viking77]

Oki. Anyway..i am not in position to say always. I think each person should stick to its respective countries government guidelines.  It seems this is an everlasting subject of discussion.

[Teak]

He's been banned.

[viking77]

Is a little diffuse about the testing. It dont say repeat after exposure or after initial testing.

[viking77]

The duo test will always pick early infections.  When it comes to the who site it says repeat test after 6 weeks. Witch means that if you tested neg at 6 week repeat again at 12.

[sleepy8765]

Seek help from a mental health professional, they are extremely helpful.

[Teak]

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[Teak]

Kirstie_MHModerator Feb 06, 2014
We can't tell you what to believe, but we can tell you that our forums aren't a venue for debate over our stance that oral sex carries no risk for HIV.  Our stance will not change unless we receive definitive scientific evidence to the contrary.

[Teak]

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[sleepy8765]

Call any sexual health clinic in your area and talk to a counselor that knows about hiv and they will tell you that oral sex is not a risk while the cdc says it's low risk which is another unscientific comment of the cdc.

[sleepy8765]

They continue to say 6 months on their website and even if you call them which shows how bad of an organization the cdc is if the whole world accepts 3 months as conclusive and these are the guidelines that these forum follows.

[Teak]

Total BS.

[Teak]

No they don't say 6 months. They haven't said that since 2004

[sleepy8765]

They will not tell you that if you contact them by phone. They will not tell you that only immunocompromised individuals are the people that need to test up to 6 months, they will tell you that anybody should test up to 6 months and that shows how conservative the cdc is.

[Teak]

Use the community search function. It's been explained thousands of times.

[sleepy8765]

You tell me. But their website officially updated still states that.

[Teak]

Now why does the CDC state that?

[sleepy8765]

By the way the cdc says only 97 percent conclusive at 3 months

[sleepy8765]

Your okay for sure with an 11 week negative test

[sleepy8765]

That's okay but that doesn't make such official guidelines untrue.

[mikey29287]

Mate just let it go.
12weeks/3months  will always be the time it takes for a conclusive in these forums. Until that changes, the advice will remain the same.

Thanks for trying to give out the WHO information though.

[Teak]

This forum operates under the US guidelines not WHO.

[sleepy8765]

This forum operates under official guidelines set by organizations so I provided one official guideline but I guess you choose which guideline to follow and that's fine.

[Teak]

Like I said previously, we don't operate under WHO.