Technical matter such as 'Time 4 seroconversion'

[Ketoglutaric]

I'm 50 Y/O M. Went out with a fem ~10 mo. After ~4 intime relations, she says seh was clinically dianog'd with HSV2 23y ago. We are both searching for stable relation. Decided together to bloodtest b-coze at 50 Y/O... (Feb24th05)In a MTL STD clinic where we were never told that oro/gin sex is danger. First results are (March 1st) ($125.00): She is +HSV2 but _HSV1 and mine is + for HSV1 and "Undetermined" HSV2. (Blank was not reliable...). (Latest Focus tech...). Took another blood sample (April 6th) and was sent to a special'd hospital. Kept relation going... Got result by May 18th : "Non Reactive"... Broked relation may 20th. Last intimate relation: May 12th. Repeated tests on June 21st : Non reactive (HSV2/EIA dosage: 0.56 non reactive. I repeated test july 11, while having a rash on buttocks but not herpes typical. (Not vesicular, rather as acne pimples). As well as rashes all over the body like ankles, foreharms as well as in groins. I'm under extreme stress! A family doctor prescribed a tracking of HSV2 plus subtyping of subgroups b-coze of my stressfull condition. Next standard Diff/HSV. Results are dued next week but tracking and subgroup analysis serve which purpose? After 1 year of non reactive tests, can we assume not being infected? Any documented reports that mention non reactive become reactive after years without other "Contact"? 'Been 2 weeks that I feel weakness in legs. I sleep very poorly and so on! If I turn positive, I will disclose everything by publishing the official GOV negative reports are well as the positive plus name of involved on TV. TIA !

[Ketoglutaric]

About that women. Good match indeed but she refused that we live together. What will happen later on? That is what triggered my decision to break up. There are some rare side effects to HSV-2 and I don't know exactly if her health forbid her to live as fully as most persons do. Would I kept that love? Well, hypothetical situation! In facts, yes. I would have gave in considering our age(50). It may be that her HSV2 condition affects her optimism? Meanwhile, I still feel kind of an extreme "Febrility" in my legs and harms. Just as if I was week or extenuated. About disclosing the whole case? May I underline that the conselling at that MTL STD clinic was so poor and ill managed that it is "The Target". Even though I'd disclose myself regarding that MTS clinic, how would that women be formally identified? Maybe by her closest family. Beside, she waited after the (3-4) intimate relation before telling me. And we decided to verify the whole since she was only "Clinically" diagnozed" & we wanted to confirm that I wasn't an asymtomatic carrier. During the conselleling, we were never told about basic vectors such as orogenital transmissions for instance. I may have paid $125.00 to get infected ! :-) This along with quite a few other incidents that I later found to be lack a of professional integrity. We relied 100% on the expertise of that MTS clinic to provide us the right tools but it was handled as a common cold because they handle other STD cases of much greater concern such as life treathening. I was stood up because I was caring about my health. These tests should be handled only by peoples who prove that they can handle them based on time to afford results, understanding the results (Included "Undetermined" blah-blah) and time to detect antibody buildup for given test methods. (Test kits). Along with proper conselling. It's been since mid-february and we now reach end of july. I wouldn't want anybody else to go through that. It may well happen that I'd make sure that it wont.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

There are no known medications or illnesses that cause false positive HIV tests and no lifestyle, diet, or other things necessary before testing.  Time of day or food intake cannot affect the result.

HHH, MD

[scaredsilly]

I've been trying to get a technical question in myself for ~9 weeks now - and I've checked that it wasn't asked before.
Are any medications or other illnesses known to cause false positives when it comes to HIV testing?  Is there anything special that a person should do or avoid in the days before an HIV test?  Does time of day or before/after meals effect HIV testing in any way?
Thanks for your input.

[monkeyflower]

"If I turn positive, I will disclose everything by publishing the official GOV negative reports are well as the positive plus name of involved on TV."

Your writing style and abbreviations made your post rather difficult for me to follow, so hopefully I misread this. Do you mean you plan to disclose the name of the person you were seeing who had HSV? On television? What on earth purpose will that serve? I really do hope I misread this, but if this is true, it's malicious and vindictive and cruel. I think she's far better off out of your relationship.

[HHH,MD]

Further comment:  I hope you didn't terminate your relationship with the lady in question just because she has HSV-2.  That would be quite inappropriate.  Herpes is never a serious enough problem that it should, in itself, interfere with an otherwise committed relationship.

HHH, MD

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

After all this time with negative results, you can be absolutely confident you don't have an HSV-2 infection and that herpes isn't causing any of the symptoms you describe.  (I don't particularly need to see any further test results, including "official 'gov' (government?) negative reports.  Just follow through with your health care provider.

Good luck--  HHH, MD