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HIV Test Syringe, Infected With HIV, Thyroid Illness, ELISA Test
Question: I am from india,In short- 4 months 10 days back, i bought a packed syringe from medical store for HIV test(i suspect i got HIV from some gud hospital syringe) and it looks new,but again i thought i got infected from HIV this time..
REASON FOR GETTING SUSPECTED-- after 7 days( 4 months 3 days back )i have some body pain(no idea , might be due to hypothorid or hyper,, my TSH is .01 for last 8 month) and sore throat(it was some light infection, but now for 4 month i do not have infection but i have throat irretation (no thorat pain), endoscopy show some redness is there near fod pipe, give some medice but no result,
tested yesterday after - 4 months 10 days,,force my physican for elisa and wb.
HIV 1 and 2 elisa p24 - negative
WB - report say -- NEGATIVE ,but one column "p24" say "weakly positive",all other are negative,
I am hypothorid also
Please help ,
plese help , I am fed up being tested,now i am afraid of each syringe and concider and as an "exposure point" and again getting tested for for being tested eariler.
in last 8 months , i have taken 10-12 eliasa :(
Being hypothorid and under treatment,will hiv result affect?,is 4 months 10 days is enough peroid for HIV test,? in case of hiv initial symptomp,can sore throat persist for 4 months , please help ,
REASON FOR GETTING SUSPECTED-- after 7 days( 4 months 3 days back )i have some body pain(no idea , might be due to hypothorid or hyper,, my TSH is .01 for last 8 month) and sore throat(it was some light infection, but now for 4 month i do not have infection but i have throat irretation (no thorat pain), endoscopy show some redness is there near fod pipe, give some medice but no result,
tested yesterday after - 4 months 10 days,,force my physican for elisa and wb.
HIV 1 and 2 elisa p24 - negative
WB - report say -- NEGATIVE ,but one column "p24" say "weakly positive",all other are negative,
I am hypothorid also
Please help ,
plese help , I am fed up being tested,now i am afraid of each syringe and concider and as an "exposure point" and again getting tested for for being tested eariler.
in last 8 months , i have taken 10-12 eliasa :(
Being hypothorid and under treatment,will hiv result affect?,is 4 months 10 days is enough peroid for HIV test,? in case of hiv initial symptomp,can sore throat persist for 4 months , please help ,
Hi XXXXXXX ,
Thanks for your query,
No, Thyroid illness or the treatment for the same do not have any effect on HIV testing.
Yes, 4 months is a enough time for HIV infection to be determined by ELISA or Western blot test.
Symptoms of HIV are as follows :
A illness like viral fever ( flu ) with symptoms like fever and chills, joint and muscle pain,headache, rashes etc will be presented at the time of seroconversion which is production of antibodies( body's defense substance) by the body to the optimally divided virus ( optimal number ). This usually takes 3 to 6 months after infection to develop ,very rarely about 2 to 3% can develop the above illness early may be after at 3 to 4 weeks after exposure this is called "Acute Retroviral syndrome ".
After the above illness the patient will be absolutely be normal for years except with some skin rashes and oral ulcerations , Its only when the CD4 levels ( the cells which are affected by the HIV virus ) drops down the person will get infected with various opportunistic infections like TB , Candidiasis , pneumonia etc presenting the symptoms typically seen in these infections.
The weakly positive P24 line in western blot could be a laboratory artifact.I would consider you to be negative and need no more test to explore your HIV status.
If you still want your self to be completely clear to get off the anxiety then the best test would be by getting P24antigen assay and PCR test .Once if you get them negative then there is no turning back.
Hope I have answered your query. If you have any follow up queries I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
Thanks for your query,
No, Thyroid illness or the treatment for the same do not have any effect on HIV testing.
Yes, 4 months is a enough time for HIV infection to be determined by ELISA or Western blot test.
Symptoms of HIV are as follows :
A illness like viral fever ( flu ) with symptoms like fever and chills, joint and muscle pain,headache, rashes etc will be presented at the time of seroconversion which is production of antibodies( body's defense substance) by the body to the optimally divided virus ( optimal number ). This usually takes 3 to 6 months after infection to develop ,very rarely about 2 to 3% can develop the above illness early may be after at 3 to 4 weeks after exposure this is called "Acute Retroviral syndrome ".
After the above illness the patient will be absolutely be normal for years except with some skin rashes and oral ulcerations , Its only when the CD4 levels ( the cells which are affected by the HIV virus ) drops down the person will get infected with various opportunistic infections like TB , Candidiasis , pneumonia etc presenting the symptoms typically seen in these infections.
The weakly positive P24 line in western blot could be a laboratory artifact.I would consider you to be negative and need no more test to explore your HIV status.
If you still want your self to be completely clear to get off the anxiety then the best test would be by getting P24antigen assay and PCR test .Once if you get them negative then there is no turning back.
Hope I have answered your query. If you have any follow up queries I will be available to answer them.
Regards.
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