Test Results Info Needed

[needinfo715]

I tested negative at 13 weeks with an ELISA test.  Do I need a DUO test to be conclusively negative at 13 weeks?  Is an ELISA at 13 weeks considered conclusive? Is the duo test better to have perfored?  Should I be tested at 6 months?

[LIZZIE LOU]

NO ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[needinfo715]

LIZZE LOU, KUMAR and ALL,
One final question, can any type of daily medicatoin delay antibody detection or development?  I am on a daily nasal spray, and take cholesterol and High Blood pressure medication.

[needinfo715]

Hi Lizzie,
thank you....I was just concerned that my test wasn't a duo and that I have physical issues,  Follow-up testing etc.,

[LIZZIE LOU]

the CURRENT guideline is 3 months post exposure for a conclusive test result.

kindly move on...you do NOT have a hiv concern.  you do NOT have hiv.

[needinfo715]

Kumar,
Thank you.  

[kumar007]

no.
your test is conclusive..you must believe your test result

[needinfo715]

Thanks again Kumar.
I just wanted to clarify that I could not have develop ars at a later stage?  
Could a person develop HIV symptoms (which are not ars symptoms) after 3 months but before 6 months? Meaning could I have not had ars but develop HIV in the time period after my 13 week test but before a 6 month test.
So In your your opinion by 13 week ELISA test is conclusive and no addtional testing is needed.  

[kumar007]

ars does not delay the antibody production..for your information not every person infected develop ars in the first place!!
a 3 month test is conclusive but some experts believe a negative result at 6-8 weeks might not change
late antibody development is possible in people who are
-chronic iv drug users
-on anti-rejection therapy after organ transplant
-on chemotherapy
-taken pep treatment

[needinfo715]

Hi Kumar,
Thanks for your resposne. So are you saying my test would have pick up antibodies if I had ars at anypoint?  Could someone have delayed ars beyond similar to delayed antibody detection: meaning beyond 13 weeks?  Or do you believe, researchers believe, docotrs believe that all antibodies will be detected by 13 weeks months and not 6 months? I guest that's what I am concerned about that I could have late ars symptoms beyond 13 weeks and late antibody development after 13 weeks. Is that possible?

[kumar007]

some people are still conservative about the older guidelines
they would have subsided but you did not have ars because your test is negative
if you have health issues i suggest u need to see a doctor..NOT HIV RELATED

[needinfo715]

Why then do I hear that I should repeat a test at 6 months? That concerns me.  Would I have ars symptoms at 20 weesk or would they have subsided? I just have some physical issues and that scares me.

[kumar007]

1)nope elisa test was fine
2)conclusive
3)both test at 3 months post exposure is conclusive
4)no