10 week - HIV negative, increased antibodies

[NINvarios]

Hi,
I am 29 year male which had a one night stand and since then have been testing every 4 weeks. I needed a blood test for something else so I decided to have an hiv test knowing it would not be precise. My result came negative with 0.10, greater than 1 being positive. My Dr. made me retake my tests because he preferred another lab. I took the test 7 weeks after my encounter and it came back with a 0.33 result, although different lab. Since my result more than tripled I got nervous. Yesterday I got my results for 10 weeks and it came back negative 0.37. My last test uses microelisa, it checks hiv-1 hiv-2 and antigen p24.

As you see I am worried it keeps increasing,

Could somebody tell me if the test is precise after 10 weeks???

I've read a combined test like this one is precise after 6-8 weeks. I will continue to test and see what happens.

Thank you very much

[nursegirl6572]

With all due respect...please educate yourself before attempting to give advice on a forum like this.  Advising that someone blow up a condom is ridiculous and unnecessary.  When condoms fail, they do so catastrophically.  There is no need to fill them with air or water.

Also, testing for HIV a day after an exposure is pointless, unless someone wants to know their baseline status....it will not reflect anything as a result of the exposure.

PLEASE refrain from giving wrong and irresponsible advice...as you are not knowledgeable about HIV.

[Teak]

So far you haven't tested postive and so far you have never been exposed to HIV. Test at 3 months for your conclusive test result. Next time use a condom.

[LIZZIE LOU]

a conclusive test is 3 months post exposure

[glanzaf]

here where i live .... i live in Malta.....if you have one night stand and then the day after you make an HIV test and tell them that you need an ergant resault they give you if you are positive or negative that time that you make the test...so for my opinion so should stop worrying .. by the way did you used any protaction like condom ? may i ask always if i'm not being personal because if you did and the condom was 100% good no damage or something you are safe for sure ... well i recomand that after use a condom blow some air from your mouth to check if its ok with no damage

from stephanie