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Query: Hello doctor, I tested for HIV at 91, 100, and 130 days after exposure using the CMIA test, and I took a final HIV-1 viral load test at 140 days and all were negative. But from 100 days after exposure, my joints were paining, so I took a vitamin D test, and the value was just 5.3 ng/mL, severely def... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. Your HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) reports (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity) are negative. Any test can exclusively rule out HIV after 90 days of exposure. You had done many antibodies an... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, After exposure, I got tested for HIV (the condom covered half of the penis after ejaculating inside). All tests were conducted after seven months of exposure. Most of them are rapid tests, and two are CMIA tests from a diagnostic center. My query is, are these test results reliable? ... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Following is my opinion for your asked question. I have seen the attached reports (attachments removed to protect the patient's identity). All your HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) test reports with different methods are negative for HIV. Diagnostic centers are us... Read Full »
Can I become HIV positive eight years after exposure and after testing negative with home kits?
Query: Hello doctor, I am around 26 years old, and I have had multiple times of sexual intercourse with sex workers for four years. I had lost around three kilograms of weight past two years during the pandemic, and I just feared if it could be due to HIV or something, so I took thethird-generation antibo... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. HIV fourth generation kit is able to detect antigens as well as antibodies after six weeks of exposure. It can completely exclude HIV after three months of exposure. So, consider yourself free from HIV, as you had exposure three months back.. ... Read Full »
Is there a chance being HIV positive even though I tested negative one month after the intercourse?
Query: Hello doctor, At around 32 and 37 days after having intercourse, I did the TRI-DOT rapid HIV test, and both showed negative. During the intercourse, no bodily fluids were exchanged. I just ejaculated outside the vagina, and insertion was not there. We were not involved in oral sex too. Should I repe... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query and understand your concern. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) tests give a conclusive result after six weeks of exposure. Your HIV report came negative, and you did not have any high-risk sexual exposure. So, your chance of acquiring HIV is s... Read Full »
Can herpes simplex occur in HIV negative individuals?
Query: Hi doctor, I had a hookup with a friend two months back. I performed oral sex with her and she did the same. She was on her period at that time. I tested HIV at the beginning of this year. I did it again after two months of exposure. I did a tri-dot test and it gave me a result of non-reactive. I... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Yes, tri-dot test is effective in ruling out HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). You have done this test after 12 months of exposure. After three months of exposure, any HIV antibody test can rule out HIV. Do not be worried about HIV if there is no further exposure ... Read Full »
Can I get HIV if the blood of a patient splashed in my eyes?
Query: Hello doctor, I am doing my medical internship. Today, when I was flushing a boys (10 years) cannula, normal saline mixed with few drops of blood splashed all over, and I felt a small droplet fell in my eye and on my forehead, so I immediately did rapid tests on HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), ... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. First of all, answer the following question. Have you investigated for yourself or the blood of that boy? Do you have any unbroken skin where blood splashed? The attached rapid test are negative (attachment removed to protect the patient's identity), so do not wo... Read Full »
Is a round-shaped HIV kit used in the CIMA method?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 38 years old. I got exposed seven months back and checked after 94 days for the Immunochromatic method, and the result is non-reactive for HIV 1 and 2. Later after six months and 25 days, when I went to COVID-19 treatment, they check again for HIV. In the reports, it was non-react... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Following is my opinion on your asked question. Your HIV testing was done with a rapid immunochromatographic test and not with CMIA (chemiluminescence micropartical immunoassay). The rapid test is also conclusive in ruling out HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). You ha... Read Full »
Are both CMIA and CLIA tests for HIV reliable?
Query: Hi doctor, I want to enquire about the HIV test and window period. My last exposure was six months back with CSW. It was protected, but I did HIV test on the 45th day, 75th day, 96th day, 120th day, and 168th day of last exposure due to fear. They did HIV tri-dot test, and all are negative. It is a... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hi, Welcome to the icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. I will solve your doubt, so do not worry. Any test, including antibody testing, is useful to rule out HIV after six weeks and three months. CLIA (Clinical laboratory improvements amendments) and CMIA (Chemiluminescence micropartical im... Read Full »
Are HIV rapid test results reliable as that of Elisa test?
Query: Hello doctor, Post a high-risk exposure with a CSW involving unprotected oral sex and rubbing of genitals for a brief time without full penetration, but possible contact with genital fluid at vaginal opening, I did rapid HIV 1 and 2 tests with fingerprick blood at five months (2 numbers), Comb Aids... Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. You are right. Rapid test is not as conclusive as ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) to rule out HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). But this is true only for six to eight weeks after exposure. Rapid test can conclusively rule out... Read Full »
HIV tridot antibody test negative till 10 weeks. Can it turn positive in 12 weeks?
Query: Hi doctor, HIV tridot antibody test done at 6 weeks, 8 weeks and 10.5 weeks. All negative. Are there chances it will turn positive at 12 weeks now? Test done with blood taken from vein. Read Full »
Dr. Goswami Parth Rajendragiri
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Following is my opinion for your asked question. HIV tri dot antibody test is having good sensitivity and specificity in ruling out HIV as like that of fourth generation ELISA. Usually tri dot HIV test is able to rule out HIV after six weeks of exposure. However, HIV t... Read Full »