HIV negative carrier?

[blp5217]

This may be another question coming out of anxiety, but see if this makes any sense...is it at all possible to be HIV negative after countless plasma/blood donations over the course of a year AND an elisa test taken 1 year post-exposure, and still be an HIV carrier and transmit the virus? Only reason I am remotely concerned about this is because a partner of mine is having some suspicious symptoms (sore throat, dry cough, swollen lymph nodes), and I know it's not good or accurate to go by symptoms, just seems kind of coincidental?

Sounds crazy, but stress/anxiety makes one do dumb things.

[LIZZIE LOU]

you do NOT need further testing...hiv is not your problem

[seicnac]

ease up on the donating of blood, take a standard antibody test and receive your negative results with open arms...they have meds for anxiety... or a bottle of $50.00 wine would suffice.  ;-)

[RainLover71]

NO and seek some help for your anxiety issues.

[blp5217]

my last comment (i promise), will be this...as you probably saw on my last post i stated I had donated plasma for about 8 months after my exposure. would the constant drain of plasma delay seroconversion past this year marker? yes, anxiety, i follow you, but im just having difficulty understanding what exactly they test during my donations, such as plasma vs blood (or if the two are interchangeable, i'm just not sure) once again, truly sorry to ask this question, if you could just help me one more time...

[Teak]

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/HIV-Testing-Please-Help/show/1849949#post_8553489

[blp5217]

are the symptoms just a coincidence then? it happens to be 6 weeks since my newest partners' unprotected sex...just seems to fit in really well with the time frame of ARS...

[Teak]

No.