western blot test after 9 weeks

[vineet837]

Dear Dr.

I had a expusure before 9 weeks but it was protected .after 21 days i got fever . fever gone after 6 days but lot of hiv symtoms came in me .i have done hiv duo test at 31 days came negative .after 7 weeks hiv 1and hiv 2 with p24 was also negative.9 weeks western blot test was also negative.i have heavy body pain still and rashes on my palm .plz help me

[Mitch82]

If your sex was protected then of course results will be negative, there was no need to test in the first place.  Also a Western Blot test is not the test required for HIV, to accurately and conclusively test for HIV you need to take a HIV anti body test at 12 weeks.

[Lyla_Parents]

Can you explain what you mean by the following: "Also a Western Blot test is not the test required for HIV, to accurately and conclusively test for HIV you need to take a HIV anti body test at 12 weeks."  Is the Western Blot OK to be used for HIV testing?

[Teak]

Western Blot test are confirmative tests used to confirm positive test results.

[Lyla_Parents]

Quest Labs used a Western Blot for my initital testing, which came back as negative, can I trust the negative western blot as a negative HIV test result?