married for 3 years tested negative with oraquick but husband keeps testing positive

[navel26]

i am 5 1/2 mths pregnant and i have been with my husband 3years always having unprotected sex in november 2008 i tested negative in march 4 2009 i tested negative husband tested positive march 27 2009but did not get his results till july 1  i went and had test done july 7 2009 was negative but husband still tested positive july 2 2009. i don't understand whats going on we took blood test to do western blot testing so we are waiting on results. my husband said 4 years ago before me he had tested positive but when they did the confirmation test it was negative. he said he also tested positive for tb but xray showed he was fine i need some more insight on this

[navel26]

ok nothing new i had the test done tuesday but they have not called me yet i am hoping thats a good sign because i am reserved about calling

[nursegirl6572]

Like lizzie lou said...some people commonly have repeated + Elisa HIV tests.  But, a negative WB confirms that there is no HIV infection.

If his WB is negative (like he said it was prior), then he isn't infected.

Plus, you having negative tests continually is a pretty good indication that he is getting false positives.  If you have been having unprotected sex with him for years, then most likely you would be POS by now if he were infected.

Try not to worry too much, and let us know how the WB turns out.

[LIZZIE LOU]

throwing out repeated false positive results on an antibody test has happened to other ppl...it's not the usual...but it has happened.

a negative western blot trumps an antibody test...