HIV test negative at 1 year +

[sexysusanne]

I was pregnant last year in 2009 and delivered in November 2009. In April 2009 I had to take an iron injection for which i visited a clinic (i reside in India). I had given the nurse the iron injection and a fresh syringe. Phycologically i thought that she mite have not used my fresh syringe to poke me and mite have just used a used syringe to poke me. I even asked her upfront and she assured me of using a new syringe. But it has been playing on my mind since then what if it was an infected used needle ( i just have this in my mind). SInce then i have done around 7-8 HIV tests and just before I delivered the hospital too conducted and HIV, Hepatis A,B & C tests as a norm. All of them were Negative. To reassure myself I got myself tested again at 13months since the clinic incident and it was again Negative.

I am worried as I breast feed my baby. I have no symtoms/ signs/fever or any weight loss, fatigue etc but am still worried and i know the fear is just physcologically. Do you think i should be worried and could the window period be that long...?

I have spoken to some people and they told me that a window period is unpredictable and can be as long as 6yrs and another one told me cud be as long as 21yrs.. I couldn't believe it and since then I am worrying.. Please do help me. I await your answer.

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[disturbed777]

latent period is the period between HIV and full blown AIDS , within 6 weeks of infection they are able to detect HIV however 12 weeks is still used for a conclusive result...  you well and truly negative !

[sexysusanne]

Thanks for your answeres. What does the HIV Latent period mean? Can the test pick up if I was positive in 6 months? or maybe sometimes it mite not pick up at 1yr if i was still positive. Can that be possible?

I have not been exposed to any sexual transmission and its just a mental block in my mind abt the used syringe. I din't see the nurse use a used syringe but it just got in my mind since then & its been worrying me.. I am also made to understand tht the  HIV virus once exposed to air dies, so anyways my chances of being exposed to the virus (IF that was an infected syringe) mite be remote anyways rite? or not possible at all?

[disturbed777]

the official stance is 12 weeks...

[disturbed777]

don't confuse the HIV latent period to the window period .. antibodies generally develop 28 days after infection and then can take several years for your immune system to be compromised

[tampuhin]

don't worry. the window period for HIV is only 8 weeks and it is 99.9% conclusive. you said that you took the test 13 months after possible exposure then it is super overly conclusive!

don't fret
chill and relax
you are healthy.

[disturbed777]

the window period is 3 months.... the newer testscan pick up from 4-6 weeks but are licenced for 12 weeks , it may take longer for those with a compromised immune system but then no more than 6 months and that is conservatively speaking ...