Do not know what's wrong with my antibodies

[Ben299730]

Hi there, this is Ben am 29 years old male, have had couple of unprotected oral sex with couple of different girls, was not sure if either of them were HIV positive or not, just wanted to check to make sure I was not exposed to anything, so made an appointment with my doctor, and asked for HIV test along some other blood exams that were supposed to be done, after 2 weeks she calls me and wants me to go to her office to discuss the results of lab that were abnormal, believe it or not I was so concerned about that issue, so I go to her office and she comes in and says that your HIV is negative but your antibodies are way higher than supposed to be, and she asks me if i was exposed to anything, I am like I had couple of oral sex with different girls, and that is my concern, she says that your HIV is negative and asked if I had flue, rash, and stuff like that, and I had not had any of those symptoms at all, am still nervous and not sure what's wrong, and she wanted me to recheck my blood in few months to see if the level of antibody will be lower, and I want to say one more thing that, thanks God I am very healthy, I mean I hardly ever get sick, I am just confused if having higher antibodies than normal is just usual since I am healthy and have not  been sick for a year,  or sth is wrong with something, if you can do me a favor and answer my question. thx !!!

[Chima7]

I have no idea because I wasn't there and I don't know what she said. You need to call her back and ask for clarification of what she meant. You should've asked when you were sitting there. That's what I would've done. My next question to her would've been, What does this mean and what do I have to do next? Call her tomorrow and ask her.

[Ben299730]

First thx for your answer, second I was confused the way my doctor described my results, cuz first she said my HIV was negative and then she goes but your antibodies are higher than normal, and asked me if I was exposed to anything!!! and when I searched online, one of the reasons that confirms being HIV positive is having high antibodies than normal, so I am absolutely confused as well, and am wondering if I have to retest for HIV or what? and another question if you can answer me please ! what else can be if I have higher antibodies than normal?

[Chima7]

You said that your HIV test was negative and that you did a number of other blood work at the same time.  I'm sure you completely misunderstood what the doctor told you and it wasn't antibodies that she said were high because that doesn't make any sense. It's not possible to get high antibodies on an HIV test. There are only 2 answers to an HIV test - Positive or Negative. Yours was negative. There are no other answers.  Whatever she was talking about was likely related to white blood cell count or red blood cell count, both of which would make WAY more sense and could be due to anything other the sun, none of which are related to HIV.

Beyond all of that, the fact remains that you had no risk from oral sex in the first place, so it's pretty clear that you were going to get a negative on your HIV test in the first place. In order to test positive on an HIV test you would have had to have an exposure, which you never had in the first place.