member of mine recently tested positive for HIV. He has been married for about 8 years and his wife was also tested but was negative. Can this be possible? Any advice is greatly appreaciated.
If this was the case wouldn't she test positive as well? Since he according to the doctors has been showing symptoms for the past year and he & his wife have had sexual
Stand by him. He has been really good to her and he has yet to go to the specialist. So we don't know for sure what is going on. We are hoping that his tests were wrong. And if not we will support him. Any suggestions? Could it be a false-positive? What else could it be? Can any medications or other things cause the tests to be wrong?
The risk of transmission from male to female is 1:1000 acts of vaginal sex. It is possible to have sex for several months, or even years, with an HIV positive partner and not get infected.
However, your family member is not HIV positive until he has had a positive result on a Western Blot. If his positive result was from an ELISA test, then he needs the WB done for confirmation as the ELISA is just a screening test.
If the Western Blot is positive, does this mean he is HIV positive? Is there any possibility of error in this test? He has had the same sex partner for 8 years now. Thanks!
Yes, a positive result on a Western indicates HIV infection. There are almost never false positives on this test, as it looks for the presence of multiple antibodies against HIV in the serum. It is the gold standard for testing.