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Hello Doctor,
I had a protected sex with call girl, after 2 weeks my body weight has reduced to 1.5kg,
At 20 days of exposer i did hiv test, vdrl, hbsag all are -ve
At 75 days HIV western bolt, vdrl, hbsag all are -ve (but in western bolt serum control band is positive)
At 197 days HIV screening test and vdrl is -ve.
pls tell my HIV status
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there is one concept of Window period that means if some infective micro organism enter into our body and you test on next day your report comes negative even even micro organism present in your body. test will come positive after overturn number of day , weeks or months onky
every disease and every test have different window period
hiv 1 pro viral dna QUALITATIVE test has window period of 17 days that means you have to do this test only after 17 days to get accurate result
HIV DUO has 3 month window period
RAPID HIV ELISA AND OTHER CARD TEST HAS 6 month window period
same way HBsAg, HCV and VDRL has window period of 3 month so you have to do it after 3 month of exposure.
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Dr. Parag Patil
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26 yrs exp
Thane
You are HIV negative. The control band in the western blot is there to provide a sample of the antigen tested so it is bound to show positive. But the test band is not coloured, hence it is negative.
What you are suffering is anxiety about the HIV infection. You have used protection and have also done the test 6 months after the "contact". so if these tests are negative, there is NO need to repeat them or trouble yourself by worrying about it.
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Usually when ever a doctor advices a HIV test he is supposed to provide a pre test and post test counseling about the test and it's interpretation. iIf you havent got this counseling, you may visit a nearby govt recognised hospital for the same. You can find the near by testing center with PCTC by googling for it.
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