Question

[Farole]

Hello everybody,

I know that the CDC and FDA stated that window period is three months and in very rare cases 6 month.

I have read here in this good forum that people who are on chemotherapy, anti-rejection drugs following an organ transplant, and chronic iv drug users. may test positive after 3 months to 6 months.

my question is, does the CDC or FDA approved this information about these cases? if yes, If anybody have the link please post it.

Thank you

[properworried]

just to add that the 2 friends took the test 5 weeks after theyd both shared needles with someone else for the 1st time

[properworried]

nursegirl wrote an excellent document on this subject but i cant find the link. sorry

[properworried]

it is stated that people on chemo, late stage cancer, iv drug users etc MAY and that is a VERY BIG MAY take longer than 3 months to show up in testing,a big establishment like the CDC would have to take this small minority of people into consideration,when producing such figures. testing methods are of a very sensitive level these days so even people who come under the above categories would very probably test positive within 3 months.2 old friends of mine who were very heavy iv drug users tested for hiv 5 weeks after they last took drugs.they both tested positive via an antibody test straight away .if you test after 3 months with none of the above conditions you will definately have a conclusive result....If you do come under the above you will still very probably have a conclusive result.and you must remember that many health agencies are ultra cautious due to legal reasons etc

[Teak]

You never had an exposure.