I was wondering if being on steroids the day you test for hiv will affect your test and cause a false negative? I suffer from asthma and take a steroid inhaler daily and on the day I tested I was also taking additional steroid syrup around 40mg. It’s a pretty high dose. I was taking it for 1 week leading up to the test. And I was taking it even on the day of the test. My risk was unprotected vaginal intercourse.
I tested negative but now I’m really worried if my test was invalid. On Google the first result that pops up says yes steroids affect hiv tests as they suppress the immune system. I took the test on the 100th day. Please help