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HYDROCORTIZONE (COSTEROIDS)

ill have a hiv1/hiv2 4 months negative test...

and ill have the symptoms since my exposure (white tongue) rashes in chest that painfull dissiness and rashes in face...

1. ill just want to ask if hydrocortizone can affect my hiv1/hiv2 test?

(im using efficort for five months now) when ill finished shower in the morning ill applied the cream and at night before ill go in bed..everyday ill used the cream for five months and im planning to go for test in nov 2009 for my final test


ill need you professional advise...
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186166 tn?1385259382
you have a conclusive test result.  accept your status and move on with your life.  you do NOT have a hiv concern.
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hello again....

ill have a rash (2inches, flat,)  in my chest thats flat and scaly going down to my abdomen...

do you think this is hiv?  or related to std?
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by JeanClaude, Oct 28, 2009 06:51AM
To: pressmodern
Your Hydrocortizone Treatments will NOT effect your HIV Test results. As long as your NEGATIVE HIV antibody test is 3 months or more past your last risk, it is CONCLUSIVE. Your symptoms mean nothing in the setting of HIV.

-JC-
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im using the hydrocortizone after my exposure...for clarification only...

it will not effect the hiv1/hiv2 antibody test?
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186166 tn?1385259382
you've been answered.
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please answer mrs lizzie lou
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186166 tn?1385259382
hhhuuummmmmmm
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eventhough that applied lots of cream in my body...it will not effect the hiv1/hiv2 antibody test?

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Your Hydrocortizone Treatments will NOT effect your HIV Test results. As long as your NEGATIVE HIV antibody test is 3 months or more past your last risk, it is CONCLUSIVE. Your symptoms mean nothing in the setting of HIV.

-JC-
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