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does medication for ms delay production of hiv antibodies
does medication for ms delay the production of hiv antibodies
by helpmeplsin2010, 16 minutes ago
I posted a question in another forum regarding my risk. I am a woman who had vaginal sex using a condom with a man who travels widely throughout the world. I am sure that I am not his only pit stopp. but we used protection... it remained in tact no catestrophic breakage.I spoke with him and he did say that it slipped dow a little but it looked ok when he pulled out.my concern is that i have been experiencing generalized swollen glands. i dont have a fever and havent had one my highest was 99.6 my lowest is 97.2. I have had fatigue muscle and joint pain since about 5 days after having sex with him on 12/10/09. since then I have had nodes go up and down some spots some days and some the others, I have had loose stools 2 times no fever. i get up in the morning and my tmep is higher but generally goes down. he said that he had not been tested recently and that is all the infromation he would provide,
I have tested negative a 4 weeks using a home access test.
my question is my ms medication going to strech out the time to test positive.
are my nodes going up and down in response to my 3 times weekly medication. I know that my meds do something to immune response, but I am not sure what.
i am terribly worried...i stopped taking my injections for 3 days and i seemed to feel worse nodes sores and muscle aches return.
please help me docs i am so confused. i am going to tes again at 6 and 8 weeks but do the time to test standards apply to me?
I am asking this for myself and a friend of mine
by helpmeplsin2010, 16 minutes ago
I posted a question in another forum regarding my risk. I am a woman who had vaginal sex using a condom with a man who travels widely throughout the world. I am sure that I am not his only pit stopp. but we used protection... it remained in tact no catestrophic breakage.I spoke with him and he did say that it slipped dow a little but it looked ok when he pulled out.my concern is that i have been experiencing generalized swollen glands. i dont have a fever and havent had one my highest was 99.6 my lowest is 97.2. I have had fatigue muscle and joint pain since about 5 days after having sex with him on 12/10/09. since then I have had nodes go up and down some spots some days and some the others, I have had loose stools 2 times no fever. i get up in the morning and my tmep is higher but generally goes down. he said that he had not been tested recently and that is all the infromation he would provide,
I have tested negative a 4 weeks using a home access test.
my question is my ms medication going to strech out the time to test positive.
are my nodes going up and down in response to my 3 times weekly medication. I know that my meds do something to immune response, but I am not sure what.
i am terribly worried...i stopped taking my injections for 3 days and i seemed to feel worse nodes sores and muscle aches return.
please help me docs i am so confused. i am going to tes again at 6 and 8 weeks but do the time to test standards apply to me?
I am asking this for myself and a friend of mine
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Ma'am, you need to pay for and ask your own question please.
Thank You so much.. I looked all over and could find nothing on the subject. I will pas this information on.
I feel much better and have moved on.The work you all do on this site is priceless. You knowledge on the subject matter far surpasses many other sites. I am still a little skiddish about what is going on in my body but I am confident about my status. I have scheduled an appointment with my neuro for evaluation because maybe it is truly some weird reaction to the medication.I know lymphnodes dont swell as a stress response, but i am sure that my major anxiey played a part in many of my symptoms.
Thank you for taking the time to do the research.
I feel much better and have moved on.The work you all do on this site is priceless. You knowledge on the subject matter far surpasses many other sites. I am still a little skiddish about what is going on in my body but I am confident about my status. I have scheduled an appointment with my neuro for evaluation because maybe it is truly some weird reaction to the medication.I know lymphnodes dont swell as a stress response, but i am sure that my major anxiey played a part in many of my symptoms.
Thank you for taking the time to do the research.
I'm wondering because in your answer it sounds like there could be more "common" and "widespread" conditions (such as an IgG2-deficiency) that might be causes for late seroconversions.
I'm sorry for threadjumping,but I always thought that only people with immunosuppressants because of organ transplant or people with an end-stage terminal disease or PEP-recipients might be late seroconverters.Would you consider someone with an IGG-2-deficiency a possible late seroconverter for an antibody-test?
Sorry again.
Sorry again.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
First of all, I would like to reassure you about the fact that you have not put yourself at risk from HIV, even if this man was positive. You used a condom and that is safe. Therefore there was no reason even to be tested for HIV in the first place.
If your symptoms were related to acute HIV sero-conversion, the test would have been positive, regardless of what medication you had been taking.
Secondly, I am not aware of any evidence showing that multiple sclerosis medication can cause a late HIV sero-conversion. You have not mentioned what medication you are taking. I assume you refer to interferon beta-1a or 1-b injections, glatiramer acetate injections or natalizumab injection. Even though these drugs are immunosuppressants, there is no evidence that they can produce a late HIV sero-conversion, even though the literature on this is limited, but their mechanism of action is different to the production of HIV antibodies. In any case, I strongly beleive that all of this is irrelevant in your case, becuase you did not put yourself at risk whatsoever.
All the symptoms that you describe are more likely to be side effects of the medication that you are having.
I hope this can help to reassure you and give you peace of mind.
Best wishes,
Dr Jose Gonzalez-Garcia
First of all, I would like to reassure you about the fact that you have not put yourself at risk from HIV, even if this man was positive. You used a condom and that is safe. Therefore there was no reason even to be tested for HIV in the first place.
If your symptoms were related to acute HIV sero-conversion, the test would have been positive, regardless of what medication you had been taking.
Secondly, I am not aware of any evidence showing that multiple sclerosis medication can cause a late HIV sero-conversion. You have not mentioned what medication you are taking. I assume you refer to interferon beta-1a or 1-b injections, glatiramer acetate injections or natalizumab injection. Even though these drugs are immunosuppressants, there is no evidence that they can produce a late HIV sero-conversion, even though the literature on this is limited, but their mechanism of action is different to the production of HIV antibodies. In any case, I strongly beleive that all of this is irrelevant in your case, becuase you did not put yourself at risk whatsoever.
All the symptoms that you describe are more likely to be side effects of the medication that you are having.
I hope this can help to reassure you and give you peace of mind.
Best wishes,
Dr Jose Gonzalez-Garcia
is there any word on this question yet?? I am sure that you can feel my anxiety
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