Will MONO affect 6 week test?

Dr HHH says only people with severely impaired immune systems can see a negative result turn positive after 6 weeks.

Does MONO make your immune system severely impaired?

I am only asking becuase I was diagnosd with Mono today. I feel so tired and run down.

[mike_no]

No, I think, I told that that to you in some other thread that practically, no other condition or medicine can affect HIV tests apart from one being in the last stage of cancer

[bluebell81]

Thank you, I am worried now becuase my immune system is weakend.

[mike_no]

and by the way you're getting an RNA PCR test done which is a very sensitive test and looks for the virus directly unlike the antibody test which looks for the bodies response to the immune system, all you've gotta do is back your RNA PCR with a negative at the 12th week.

[mike_no]

What makes you think that ?

look, if you were to be immuno - compromised you wouldn't have been sitting in front of your computer and accessing "medhelp.com" but lying on the hospital bed with a doctor's prescription kept on the table beside

[bluebell81]

thank you for telling me what RNA is. I had no clue that it can detect the actual virus.

I will find out the result of the RNA next Friday. If it is negative I will have so much peace of mind.

Why dont all people get RNA? It was free at the Public Health Center in my city. It would stop a lot of this anxiety we are put through waiting for antibodies.

You are right about if I was immuno compromised I probably wouldnt be on this forum.

You have a lot of information and I appreciate it! You have made me feel a lot better :)

[mike_no]

See, you did not read it properly, yet again !

"These tests, which are more costly and used less often than antibody tests "

1. They are expensive
2. They are not a stand alone test, they have to backed up by an anti body test FOR CONFIRMATORY REASONS ONLY.