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Blood donation before tested
A follow-up question from my original post answered by Dr. Hook: I had given a whole blood donation 7 days after a last possible exposure. I didn't have the information at the time that made me worry about getting tested and the service I donated through was able to recall my donation and not give it to someone. I had the PCR DNA test at 28 days, and antibody tests at 55 days, 69 days and 85 days - all negative. Would the blood donation affect my immune response and slow the production of antibodies? I start to wonder about the cases I've heard of people being on immunosuppressants and having that affect their tests. Are my tests all still valid?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There is nothing more to say. Any further anxiety-driven comments that ignore the advice above and the entire thread will be deleted.
I know you will probably not reply to this but taking in my entire situation (I'm sure you saw from my earlier post my risk exposure and the stomatitis symptom 5 weeks after last exposure) is there any reason to test further considering everything? The strangeness of getting a stomatitis in my throat when I've never had one before along with the blood donation is raising my doubt on my tests. I got two more tests at 90 and 97 days (negative) and I am meeting soon with a psychiatrist as I'm fully aware I need help with my anxiety. I hope you can answer this one last thing and you have my apologies for the anxiety-filled questions.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Of course your tests remain reliable. There are few if any medical conditions that affect HIV test reliabilitys. Blood donation has no effect. The business about immunosuppressive drugs is mostly an urban myth -- theoretical concerns with few if any actual cases of any actual effect on the test.
MedHelp allows no more than 2 questions every 6 months on the professionally moderated forums (see Terms and Conditions), in order to prevent domination of the forum by anxiety driven questions. Since this is your second question on this forum in a couple of weeks, you may not post another before December.
There will be no follow-up comments or discussion on this thread.
HHH, MD
MedHelp allows no more than 2 questions every 6 months on the professionally moderated forums (see Terms and Conditions), in order to prevent domination of the forum by anxiety driven questions. Since this is your second question on this forum in a couple of weeks, you may not post another before December.
There will be no follow-up comments or discussion on this thread.
HHH, MD
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