Still worried pls help

[Wallace888]

One rapid positive test is enough???because a lady told me when you do a rapid test the one that draw blood from you and then you wait 30minutes for the result if the result is positive, doesnt mean you are positive yet,,i have to do other tests,,is it true??pls i need help...i am going today for tests

[GuitarRox]

Antibodies to other (unknown) viruses are one potential explanation of some false positive HIV test results.  There can also be observer error and testing error.  

[Wallace888]

I hope my situation is one of them possibilities because i am freaking out....i cant even cry,,something in my body still doesnt believe that its happening but i hope everything will be right...which tests are next?

[Wallace888]

I did the umigold test last time,,i dont know why but i am doing it again

[GuitarRox]

okay.  That makes more sense.  Well, the rapid test is more prone to a false positive than other tests.  They never assume positive from that and you will do a lab test next.  Is that not what the nurse said your next step was?  I would go to either a doctor or a reliable lab that does this.  Really, you had at best a low risk and I'd be surprised if you were HIV positive from that.  HIV is much harder to contract than people think.  But there is nothing anyone here can tell you until you take a new test.  

[Wallace888]

Thankx alot for the quick reply..i meant the lady told me it doesnt mean i am hiv+ yet because i have to do others tests....last question, Could you tell me why or what may happen for the rapid test come back positive?and its not 3months yet,,pls could you explain me that?

[GuitarRox]

Take a deep, calming breath.  Your anxiety is amped up super high and needlessly.  Have you actually tested and gotten this positive you are asking about?  Or are you in hypothetical territory here?  If this is all just anxiety about going to take a test then it is needless and undue worry.  You barely had a risk if you did at all.  And a one time sexual encounter is low risk if you did actually have a risk (which is questionable).  So, relax.  

[Wallace888]

I took the rapid test that took 30minutes at a public hospital and it came back positive but i talked to this lady and she told me that it doesnt mean you are not hiv+ yet because i have to take other tests...i am freaking out..pls help me help me, what might happen after???

[diver58]

Yes she was right. Nobody is declared HIV+ on the basis of a single test, it has to be confirmed through other tests. However result of the test depends on the risk. If risk did not exist, results will always be Negative

[Wallace888]

I had a risk a month ago...is it possible that the test would pick up antiboy of another infections or disease and say it is positive?man i am freaking out..i have seen cases that the test was positive at 1,2 or 3 months but then negative....i am freaking out