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Ok this is really confusing me and I cant talk to the lab until monday so here it is.....My hiv blood test says this....This is how it looks


Hiv 1/2 EVAL w/Reflex Confirm
hiv 1/2 Antibody                    
                             Non reactive
but it also says Out of reference range.  What does out of reference range mean????

all my other tests hep ab and c and a RPR they all have under the reference range NR which i guess means non reactive but my hiv test doesnt have one what does this mean. Its making me worry again.
                              
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The only thing you needed to be concerned with was the NEGATIVE.
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Yes im planning on calling the place and visiting my doctor again. Just want to know is this something to cause concern? In your opinion
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Contact the testing facility and ask.
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Why is it not important would you please explain to me why. I have started taking paxil today so im hoping all these weird scared feelings that im having it soon start to vanish. But please for now would you explain to me what it means to be out of reference range. Cuz im thinking about that i need to have another blood test done. I really dont want to but i need to understand what that is. Would ask my doctor but i cant until monday at least due to the office being closed.
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My exposures were high risk of unprotected sex and unprotected oral with 3 high risk individuals 2 years ago....Then unprotected oral on a women 6 months ago. Then deep kissing with a little blood on my lip not sure if that person had blood in there mouth. Had 2 Ora quick advance oral fluid tests both negative. regarding the kiss it was done at 5 weeks and the next done at 98 days. Then I had a blood test with sayed nonreactive but out of reference range. Unprotected sex 2 years ago and unprotected oral 6 months ago and the kiss with blood was 100 days ago. Just really worried about it saying out of reference range what does that mean anyways and why would it say that.
HIV 1/2 EVALw/Reflex confirm
hiv1/2 antibody test. what would cause it to be out of reference range.
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But why would it say out of reference range in the first place. Its making me very worried. What would case something like this....
What kind of a test is this
HIV 1/2 EVALw/Reflex confirm
hiv 1/2 antibody test

I took tests also for Hepatitis A B and C and also a RPR w/Reflex titer they all say non reactive but have a reference range that says NR which I guess is non reactive. Only my hiv test is the only one out of reference range.
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"Out of reference range."

Thats a plain medical terminology, all you need to know is, you are negative.
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Does ALT, Lipaes, or Gamma GT test have anything to do with hiv blood test cuz i looked at the website for the lab that did my test and there was this.....

'ALT, Lipase and Gamma GT testing performed on Tuesday (4/24/07) and Wednesday (4/25/07) reported incorrect reference ranges due to a computer database update error. When this error was discovered on Wednesday morning, corrected reports were generated with an appended comment stating the correct reference range for each of these 3 tests. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused, to you or your patients. If additional testing was ordered, due to this error, please contact NLL Call Center (402-484-5462) to cancel or credit this testing.' Thank you.

I hope that is where my out of reference ranges were from but if you could tell me if this is related to the hiv blood test i took..that would be great....also i will talk to my doctor about it monday......if it messed up the reference ranges would that of effected the test.....Maybe I should be retested again??????Maybe I should get a pcr or a nucleic acid test this time.
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You're negative. Period. End of Story.
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I know that it means im negative just want to understand what out of reference range is. Does anyone know please let me know what it means. Then maybe I can get on with my life. So if anyone has a idea please let me know
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non reacitve means your negative.how many weeks did you take the test at?
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could someone look at this and tell me what it means...Should I get more tests done.
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Ok this is really confusing me and I cant talk to the lab until monday so here it is.....My hiv blood test says this....This is how it looks


Hiv 1/2 EVAL w/Reflex Confirm
hiv 1/2 Antibody
Non reactive
but it also says Out of reference range. What does out of reference range mean????

all my other tests hep ab and c and a RPR they all have under the reference range NR which i guess means non reactive but my hiv test doesnt have one what does this mean. Its making me worry again.

    
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