OraQuick vs Blood Test

Possible exposure May 8th:

I took the following:
July 24th, public health dept, oraquick swab test, negative, 10wks 5 days
Aug 7th, public health dept,  oraquick swab test, negative, 12wks 5 days
Since I still had goofy symptoms and wasnt sure of swab reliability:
Aug 8th, lab services, blood drawn for blood test, get results on Friday

What are the chances of a blood test finding positive where the immediate prior swab tests are negative?  Can the swab test be read wrong or processed wrong?

[Teak]

Not without the tester knowing. If it was not right they would have retested you right then.

[Jaguar83]

You are negative Jetski....must be quite a relief...

[cluelessintexas]

Congrats on your negative.

[bluebell81]

I read your profile.

You have been severely overtested.

You are negative.

Move on.

[jetski2007]

I will rest easy once I get the results from the blood test today.  The weird symptoms is what has me so freaked out.  A negative on the blood test would be a green light to me to investigate the symptoms with a doctor.  It has to be something.

[jetski2007]

Just got my results from Wednesday blood test, HIV antibody test = negative.  I guess a doctors visit is in order now to determine what the symptoms indicate.

[Jaguar83]

Good. I know how you feel though. I've been to 2 MD's as well as I think it 'has to be something' too. Most likely, it's not anything remotely serious.


Good luck.