Hi & thank you so much for this service. I am in us but because of the test I took asking here. I had to have a transfusion 10 weeks ago due to the birth of my son, since then I have been beyond scared of having caught something namely HIV I have taken several antibody tests all negative out to 9 weeks. Then just as I was finding relief I stupidly bought a rapid urine kit off of amazons website- I didnt know it wasnt from the US it was a test from the brand INTec in China. I didnt think much and did the test, negative again- then as I was reading the paperwork with it & it said the tests has the HIV antigen on it!!! I didnt touch the membrane just the case it was in, pippette with my urine & sample diluent (which now Im scared I dont even know what that was) I have 2 very small children & am now worried again that the exposure to this test could have brought hiv into my home-I literally cannot sleep now thinking I have to start this whole testing process nightmare over again. My questions are
1. What is my risk coming into contact with this test? Could it actually transmit HIV to me? Would or does it contain the virus?
2. My husband is trying to convince me even if the test was covered in HIV it couldnt survive outside the lab or body to infect me by touching it, is this correct? I have no open wounds & it involved only urine no blood.
3. After I picked up the test in its case I breastfed my son & fed my other son also could it have transferred to them (I was just thinking of it as being safe as it looks like a preg test)
4.I am now thinking to pay to do a pcr rna test in a week just to be sure in the US would the tests effectively show results at that point?
ANY information at all would be so greatly appreciated, my childs birth really traumatized me so I know I am extra worried my main & only concern is my childrens health & safety thanks so very much!