Hep C

[stacbow]

Does Hep C impact the Hiv testing window?

[Teak]

Move on. We don't need you on the forum giving out false information.

[FWK]

Hi Nickolas,

My DR. said HIV test has no effect even if you test positive for any STD incliuding Hep B and C, that is if you test after 3 months of exposure.

Anywhere before that isn't good enough anyway.

Regards,
FWK

[Nickolas290]

Please read up on the subject more before you make a difinitive answer.

[LIZZIE LOU]

you have a 5 1/2 month negative...move on.  you do not have a hiv concern.

keep taking your meds :)

[Teak]

HCV does not lengthen the window period for testing for HIV. PERIOD.

[Nickolas290]

Well...

Three instances of delayed HIV seroconversion occurring in health-care workers have been reported;in these instances, the health-care workers tested negative for HIV antibodies greater than 6 months postexposure but were seropositive within 12 months after the exposure DNA sequencing confirmed the source of infection in one instance. Two of the delayed seroconversions were associated with simultaneous exposure to hepatitis C virus (HCV). In one case, co-infection was associated with a rapidly fatal HCV disease course; however, it is not known whether HCV directly influences the risk for or course of HIV infection or is a marker for other exposure-related factors.

So basically "no one knows".

[Teak]

NO..