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How reliable is the Oraquick at home test 14 weeks beyond potential exposure? I am wondering if I collected enough oral fluid as the stick was not very wet as my mouth was dry. The control line appeared, so does that mean enough fluid was collected? Do I need a second test to confirm? I am worried because I took Oraquick Advance 8 weeks post exposure at the health dept. which was negative. At that time, I also took the a test that looked for the virus itsel, but I moved before i could get the results. I received a letter from the health department, but where i moved last month my landlord is mailing it to me. I am wondering if my other test was positive and am on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Is this possible followed by a negative oraquick at 14 weeks? Please help me.
We already had this discussion:
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/So-Lost/show/1969189
You need to shut your computer off and live your life. You're causing more anxiety by searching the internet and continuing to post about this.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/So-Lost/show/1969189
You need to shut your computer off and live your life. You're causing more anxiety by searching the internet and continuing to post about this.
PCR has a higher rate of false positives than the antibody test, and will also miss some infections. It's pretty bizarre that the health department administered it. Antibody tests are the only tests that are required for HIV testing and a three month negative trumps all other tests.
You are right. It is rare in heterosexual men, but I started to wonder if he was bisexual and sleeping with 'buddies'. No solid proof, but despite all of this I am still very concerned about the letter. I'm praying to God my 14 week oral oraquick is accurate. I am sick with worry, losing weight, swollen glands, headaches etc. Also, I thought PCR is the best way for diagnosis since it detects the virus itself. Why is it not reliable itself?
Antibody test at 14 weeks trumps a PCR test, which was completely unnecessary. PCR tests are not routinely used for diagnosis and you should never have been given it. You don't have HIV.
Unless you had solid proof that your partner had HIV, there was really no reason to be so concerned about it. HIV is rare in heterosexual men. You were more likely to get die from a meteor impacting the earth than catch HIV. You're wasting your life worrying about a rare disease that you clearly do not have. Let it go.
Unless you had solid proof that your partner had HIV, there was really no reason to be so concerned about it. HIV is rare in heterosexual men. You were more likely to get die from a meteor impacting the earth than catch HIV. You're wasting your life worrying about a rare disease that you clearly do not have. Let it go.
I know you advised me that it was conclusive, but is it possible the PCR test at 8 weeks revealed the virus when the Oraquick Advance was non-reactive,, but an Oraquick at home test at 14 weeks would not reveal antibodies? I should remind you. I do have swollen nodes in the neck, an occipital node that has been swollen for at least nearly two months. Even with my body tingling and aching would you still advise the negative Oraquick oral fluid test I performed last night as conclusive?
You were already advised you are conclusively negative in your previous thread.
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