A member asked:

I had lab work done and non reactive came up on the hiv test.ive only had sexual intercourse with my wife of 7 years.do i need to get tested again?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

HIV: No. Unless your wife has become HIV+ or is having unprotected sex with someone other than you. You need not be tested again unless you have some risk factor (i.e., unprotected sex with an individual other than your wife, receive an untested blood transfusion or organ transplant, or inject yourself with a needle that has been used by an HIV+ person, and so on)

Answered 10/29/2018

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Dr. Susan Rhoads answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

More info, please!: Couples in monogamous relationships for over a year, w/negative HIV tests at that point, are at almost no risk for HIV IF there's no other risky behavior. Whether you should retest depends on your trust that the relationship is mutually monogamous & neither person does risky activities. HIV can spread by sharing needles, oral sex, anal & vaginal sex. See http://tinyurl.com/n52s8kk

Answered 7/31/2014

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