false pos test

What are chances of getting a false positive hiv test? Does this happen frequently?

[RainLover71]

False positive results are rare and don,t happen frequently.Pregnant women and people with immune disorders might receive a false positive result..

[Teak]

At no time were you ever at risk of contracting HIV from oral sex.

[anxious4101]

I have not been in any situation where I received a positive false test. I was just asking in general. I as well don't understand your explanation, bill220. The only part I understood was, "I don't want to make you more sick" but thank you Teak, for NOT making me "sick" and relieving my stress!:)

[twostepsaway]

teak i been fan i like how you try to help everyone when the doc doesnt answer but i have ques i took an hiv oraquick mouth swab test in dec and feb and twice in march and one in april all came back negative the exposure was in oct never had sex then do i need to test with a diffrent test or these are good enough

[Teak]

Do not hijack other people's threads please start your own thread.

[rio_branco]

False positive does happen from time to time, false negative on the other hand is extremely rare (provided that you get tested 3 months post-exposure). There is about 1% chance that the body will develop the same antibodies as HIV's antibodies for certain other diseases which will then react to HIV test. This is why a positive result needs to be confirmed with other tests, while a negative result doesn't.