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I was wondering is 13 week HIV antibody test considered conclusive for all HIV exposures?
I have read that heath care workers test out to 6 months after an exposure. Does it take longer for antibodies to build up after a needle *****? Are the test still accurate at 6 weeks and 13 weeks in a needle *****, and the 6 month test is just precaution?
Have you ever known of a person that tested neg at 8 or 13 weeks after needle ***** then test positive?
I have read that heath care workers test out to 6 months after an exposure. Does it take longer for antibodies to build up after a needle *****? Are the test still accurate at 6 weeks and 13 weeks in a needle *****, and the 6 month test is just precaution?
Have you ever known of a person that tested neg at 8 or 13 weeks after needle ***** then test positive?
You had misinterpreted my information for starters.
It is believed that someone who has just been recently diagnosed with diabetes I/II and does not have their diabetes under control and/or has had problems with diabetes that is "out of control" could have caused problems in seroconversion delay.
I think you are obsessing just a tad too much.
Stop reading so much negative info. on the Internet...it only will help perpetuate a fear that is non-existant to begin with in the first place.
Brian
It is believed that someone who has just been recently diagnosed with diabetes I/II and does not have their diabetes under control and/or has had problems with diabetes that is "out of control" could have caused problems in seroconversion delay.
I think you are obsessing just a tad too much.
Stop reading so much negative info. on the Internet...it only will help perpetuate a fear that is non-existant to begin with in the first place.
Brian
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
You're spitting hairs. You can't find information on 12 vs 13 weeks because such data don't exist. Thirteen weeks is quoted because it's equivalent to 3 months. But some people consider 12 weeks the same as three months. Nobody ever will know whether there is a measurable differnece between test reliability at 12 vs 13 weeks, because it isn't important enough for anybody to research it.
HHH, MD
HHH, MD
Thank you Dr. Hunter.
I went to the CDC
I went to the CDC
12 weeks is conisdered "conclusive" in New York State and I believe all of Canada.
Brian
Brian
One more question, is it 12 or 13 weeks that is considered conclusive?
A risk is a risk...as far as I am concerned. Whether it be sexual or needle stick injury.
I think it comes from the liability of the medical field/medical facility to have the person who was exposed to a needle stick injury to test @ 6 months...since they more than likely stick to the "old standard" for legal reasons.
Testing @ 13 weeks would be conclusive considered you do not have: Junior Rheumatoid Arthritis, onset of diabetes, Lupus, blood transfusion, or any other medical condition that has impacted your immune system recently.
A test for a "normal" (and I use that term loosely) individual would have known their positive result @ 6- 8 weeks.
I believe health care workers still "stick" to the old CDC standard since 1985, which is 6 months. Any "normal" human being would know by 6 weeks as far as I am concerned.
I remember several years ago being tested (and this was in 1998), the woman who had tested me said: "Put it this way, if you were infected with the flu (a virus) , would it really take 3 months to create antibodies to it?" Answer: No.
I thought this was a great analogy....or isn't it?
Brian
I think it comes from the liability of the medical field/medical facility to have the person who was exposed to a needle stick injury to test @ 6 months...since they more than likely stick to the "old standard" for legal reasons.
Testing @ 13 weeks would be conclusive considered you do not have: Junior Rheumatoid Arthritis, onset of diabetes, Lupus, blood transfusion, or any other medical condition that has impacted your immune system recently.
A test for a "normal" (and I use that term loosely) individual would have known their positive result @ 6- 8 weeks.
I believe health care workers still "stick" to the old CDC standard since 1985, which is 6 months. Any "normal" human being would know by 6 weeks as far as I am concerned.
I remember several years ago being tested (and this was in 1998), the woman who had tested me said: "Put it this way, if you were infected with the flu (a virus) , would it really take 3 months to create antibodies to it?" Answer: No.
I thought this was a great analogy....or isn't it?
Brian
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