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Undetectable strain of HIV! Very Scary!! Long Rant!
Just came across this link on CDC website, its only a few weeks old (http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/1/129.htm).
This happened in Rhode Island, Im only a 3 hour drive from there. This is what scares me, even though its higly unlikely, it is possible to have HIV and it can't be detected by current daignostic tests in the USA. Its a very rare case Yes but it is actually possible. How does the saying go: "Just because your paraniod, doesn't mean they are not out to get you"? How could it be that I have every symptom/sign/ of HIV in the correct chronological order(including my wife's mirroring symptoms without knowledge of the situation). And all of these things started soon after a non fungal/bacterial balanitis issue, following a risky sexual encounter? Followed by the fact my lymph nodes still all hurt, balantis is still there, waking wide awake at 3-4 in the am, burning sensation in palms etc. etc. My Test results are incorrect!! Never had a sore throat so I belive that rules out Mono right? Im not a hypochondraic and rarely take my health to seroiusly as I have alway been in great shape and good health. Something is very very wrong. I have had the flu/ stomach viruses before, never felt the things going on inside like I have over past 2 months. 12 weeks is conclusive, this I know. But I have a 9 week antibody/ dna pcr both negative it should be a home run, I can't see that changing in 3 weeks right? Unfortunatley I fear I am one of those rarest of rare cases and my luck has run out. I think Ill get a negative test past 3 months, go on with my life, start to get sick in a couple of years and Doc will say " oh well you have one of the newer rare strains, it wouldnt have come up on a test back in Feb 09" ***** for you ! Oh yeah and by the way your wife and kids have it too dude. Or just as bad: in 3 or 4 weeks I test again and its positive and I was just an unlucky slow seroconverter with a strain not picked up by PCR-DNA. Is getting struck by lightning rare? Yes, Do people get struck by lightning every year? Yes. ll spare you further rant as Im sure you have heard similar ones before. So I guess after all this I really only have one question. 1) Will HIV infection steadily change cd4/cd8/lymphocytes so that over a year or two if monitored I pattern will reveal if infected?
This happened in Rhode Island, Im only a 3 hour drive from there. This is what scares me, even though its higly unlikely, it is possible to have HIV and it can't be detected by current daignostic tests in the USA. Its a very rare case Yes but it is actually possible. How does the saying go: "Just because your paraniod, doesn't mean they are not out to get you"? How could it be that I have every symptom/sign/ of HIV in the correct chronological order(including my wife's mirroring symptoms without knowledge of the situation). And all of these things started soon after a non fungal/bacterial balanitis issue, following a risky sexual encounter? Followed by the fact my lymph nodes still all hurt, balantis is still there, waking wide awake at 3-4 in the am, burning sensation in palms etc. etc. My Test results are incorrect!! Never had a sore throat so I belive that rules out Mono right? Im not a hypochondraic and rarely take my health to seroiusly as I have alway been in great shape and good health. Something is very very wrong. I have had the flu/ stomach viruses before, never felt the things going on inside like I have over past 2 months. 12 weeks is conclusive, this I know. But I have a 9 week antibody/ dna pcr both negative it should be a home run, I can't see that changing in 3 weeks right? Unfortunatley I fear I am one of those rarest of rare cases and my luck has run out. I think Ill get a negative test past 3 months, go on with my life, start to get sick in a couple of years and Doc will say " oh well you have one of the newer rare strains, it wouldnt have come up on a test back in Feb 09" ***** for you ! Oh yeah and by the way your wife and kids have it too dude. Or just as bad: in 3 or 4 weeks I test again and its positive and I was just an unlucky slow seroconverter with a strain not picked up by PCR-DNA. Is getting struck by lightning rare? Yes, Do people get struck by lightning every year? Yes. ll spare you further rant as Im sure you have heard similar ones before. So I guess after all this I really only have one question. 1) Will HIV infection steadily change cd4/cd8/lymphocytes so that over a year or two if monitored I pattern will reveal if infected?
Also, if she had detectable p24, then the test would have picked up whatever strain it was. Tests look for antibodies to p24 as well as other antigens.
You can look at that article in different ways. There are a number of possible reasons why she didn't test positive. It doesn't say when or how she was infected, she has a number of medical conditions. It doesn't have anything to do with rare strains, more the fact that her immune system was totally comprimised.
Hey,
Its hard to catch HIV now a days and the hysteria is worse than the disease. Trust me - if the doctors cant find the HIV, you alomst 99.99999999999999999% dont have it. You have more chance of winning the lottery 10 times in your life time. I wouldnt worry about that anymore. ..but you may have some bacteria / virus which they do not know about or have isolated. Thats what i would be more worried about
Its hard to catch HIV now a days and the hysteria is worse than the disease. Trust me - if the doctors cant find the HIV, you alomst 99.99999999999999999% dont have it. You have more chance of winning the lottery 10 times in your life time. I wouldnt worry about that anymore. ..but you may have some bacteria / virus which they do not know about or have isolated. Thats what i would be more worried about
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