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Can anti-cancer drugs delay hiv window peiod?
Can anti-cancer drugs delay hiv window peiod? I had a sex with a man who eats anti-cancer drugs. Does his semen contain the liquid of anti-cancer drugs? Did he pass that anti-cancer drugs through his semen to my body? I did a hiv test at 82 days after that event ,and the result is non-reactive. Could someone answer my question? Does his drugs affect my result? i didn't eat anti-cancer drugs. I just worried that his medicine affect my result.
No, as I said, the minute quantities that could be found in an ejaculation, even within 24 hours of taking the drug, would not be enough to cause immune suppression and/or affecting your result. However, you should avoid exposure for other reasons. See: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/Bone_Marrow_Transplantation/hic_Chemotherapy_Precautions_During_and_After_Treatment.aspx
sorry for my bad English...One more question. If he eat the anti-cancer drugs within 24 hours and has a unprotected sex with me, does his drugs affect my hiv test result? My test did after 82 days, and it is non reactive. Please answer my quesiton, i am so scared and worried. Here are two question:
1.Do anti cancer drugs delay hiv window period and test?
2. I am not eating anti cancer drugs at all. Even though the guy eats, does his semen which may contain the toxic of drugs affect my window or test result.??
1.Do anti cancer drugs delay hiv window period and test?
2. I am not eating anti cancer drugs at all. Even though the guy eats, does his semen which may contain the toxic of drugs affect my window or test result.??
Right, the thing about anti cancer drugs applies to the person taking the drug, not other persons that might exposed. Minute quantities of such drugs would not cause immune suppression but might have other bad effects (see below).
Besides, this advice doesn't apply to herbal remedies or over-the-counter remedies drugs. It only applies to 'real' chemotherapeutic drugs.
A person undergoing chemotherapy and experiencing immune suppression should be careful about having sex, since that person is at a high risk of getting a serious infection from common germs. Further, it is often adviced to not have sex within 48 hours of administration of such drugs, or at least to use a condom, so as to not expose other people to them. This is not related to HIV at all, but due to the toxicity of the drugs themselves, many of which are excreted through urine and semen. Some of the drugs used in chemotherapy are actually carcinogens in themselves. Of course a single exposure would confer only a very low risk.
By the way, most, but not all, such drugs would be administrered IV at a hospital, and wouldn't be taken at home (you wrote that he was 'eating' them). However, some chemotherapeutic drugs are taken at home in pill form - this includes drugs like dacarbazine,Nautal/Matulan (procarbazine), Cytoxan/Sendoxan (cyclophosphamide) and others, used for melanoma, lymphomas as well as other type of cancer.
So in short, there's no reason to worry about the HIV test being affected. But if the person is indeed undergoing chemotherapy, avoid sexual contact or at least use a condom, 48 hours after administration.
Besides, this advice doesn't apply to herbal remedies or over-the-counter remedies drugs. It only applies to 'real' chemotherapeutic drugs.
A person undergoing chemotherapy and experiencing immune suppression should be careful about having sex, since that person is at a high risk of getting a serious infection from common germs. Further, it is often adviced to not have sex within 48 hours of administration of such drugs, or at least to use a condom, so as to not expose other people to them. This is not related to HIV at all, but due to the toxicity of the drugs themselves, many of which are excreted through urine and semen. Some of the drugs used in chemotherapy are actually carcinogens in themselves. Of course a single exposure would confer only a very low risk.
By the way, most, but not all, such drugs would be administrered IV at a hospital, and wouldn't be taken at home (you wrote that he was 'eating' them). However, some chemotherapeutic drugs are taken at home in pill form - this includes drugs like dacarbazine,Nautal/Matulan (procarbazine), Cytoxan/Sendoxan (cyclophosphamide) and others, used for melanoma, lymphomas as well as other type of cancer.
So in short, there's no reason to worry about the HIV test being affected. But if the person is indeed undergoing chemotherapy, avoid sexual contact or at least use a condom, 48 hours after administration.
No cancer drugs could not be transferred through semen into your body and no it would not affect your test result which is conclusive since it is about 12 weeks after the event.
So don't worry, be happy and enjoy your life.
So don't worry, be happy and enjoy your life.
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