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I had an exposure with someone of unknown hiv...
I had an exposure with someone of unknown hiv status 10 months ago and I did many tests and all are negative. However, I'm still worried that the results could be changed later on to positive.
These tests are the last 3 tests done 10 months post exposure:
1) Hiv antibody test 3rd generation via chemiluminescence technique .. negative
2) viral load hiv1 undetectable
3) pcr Hiv2 ... undetectable
Are they conclusive or further tests are required if no additional exposure ?
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Is there any chance that you have HIV infection ?
Well, considering that you have done HIV antibody test, viral load as well as PCR 10 months post exposure and all of them came back negative, it means that you do not have HIV and it will not bacome positive later on.
How to diagnose HIV infection ?
There are different tests which are avaialble for the diagnosis of HIV such as Nucleic acid tests (NATs) to look for the viral load, Antigen/antibody tests which appear in the blood between the 2nd and 8th week of exposure, ELISA to look for HIV antibodies and if this test is positive, we do the Western blot test to confirm the diagnosis.
Treatment of HIV:
Two drugs from one class, plus a third drug from a second class, are typically used NNRTIs such as abacavir, NRTIs such as tenofovir and/or PIs such as atazanavir.
Symptoms of HIV:
1. Acute phase in which the pt develeop flu like symptoms amd my last for a few weeks
2. Chronic phase: Although, HIV is present in the body, many preople don't have symptoms during this ohase which might last for 10 years
3. AIDS in which the immune system is severely damaged and the patient becomes more likely to develop oppurtunistic infections and cancers
Recommendation:
Be reassured that there is no chance that you have HIV in your blood after you have the above mentioned tests and they came back negative.
Well, considering that you have done HIV antibody test, viral load as well as PCR 10 months post exposure and all of them came back negative, it means that you do not have HIV and it will not bacome positive later on.
How to diagnose HIV infection ?
There are different tests which are avaialble for the diagnosis of HIV such as Nucleic acid tests (NATs) to look for the viral load, Antigen/antibody tests which appear in the blood between the 2nd and 8th week of exposure, ELISA to look for HIV antibodies and if this test is positive, we do the Western blot test to confirm the diagnosis.
Treatment of HIV:
Two drugs from one class, plus a third drug from a second class, are typically used NNRTIs such as abacavir, NRTIs such as tenofovir and/or PIs such as atazanavir.
Symptoms of HIV:
1. Acute phase in which the pt develeop flu like symptoms amd my last for a few weeks
2. Chronic phase: Although, HIV is present in the body, many preople don't have symptoms during this ohase which might last for 10 years
3. AIDS in which the immune system is severely damaged and the patient becomes more likely to develop oppurtunistic infections and cancers
Recommendation:
Be reassured that there is no chance that you have HIV in your blood after you have the above mentioned tests and they came back negative.
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