can i trust my neg hiv results?6 weeks - duo 4th gen - negative13 weeks - duo neg5 months - neg duo6 months - neg duo.cd4 continues to drop .

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Possible to have contracted HIV from risky encounter 4 years ago given .13 neg AB and RNA tests. Current CD4 count 1,600 CD4/8 ratio 2.6.. wbc 16,000?

Answer 1

HIV nucleic acid: Given the uncertainty it would be prudent to get HIV nucleic acid test. If the test is negative about 6 weeks after exposure it would more or less rule out HIV, unless you continue at risk behavior.

Answer 2

Yes, several ways: The most common way to get HIV is thru unprotected sexual intercourse. However, other ways include sharing hiv-infected needles (often associated with using illegal injection drugs, rarely with tattooing but possible), receiving infected blood transfusions or blood products (though the blood supply is screened thoroughly these days), and passing HIV from mother to child thru breastfeeding.

Answer 3

Any blood exchange: You can get it mostly via blood contact such as sharing contaminated needles or through a cut.

Answer 4

Potentially: Poorly controlled HIV results in a condition where your own immune system is not capable of fighting off even common viruses and bacteria. Part of the normal function of the immune system is to kill cancerous cells in the body. So yes, HIV can increase your change of cancer in the long-term.

Answer 5

The answer used: To be a simple yes. Now it actually seems to be no. Low cd-4 counts and high viral loads still are risks in brain lymoma, nhl, anal cancers, but with 'normal" cd-4 and undetectable viral loads, there appears to be little difference. Treatment is hazardous with low counts, but not different with normal cd-4. Hiv treatment was also suspected as causative, has not proven out.

Answer 6

Not Always: Exposure to most body fluids - especially blood & genital fluids - from a person with HIV has the potential to transmit the virus. If you have had an exposure discuss the details of that exposure with an expert - ideally within the first 24 hours. Steps can be taken in the first few days of an exposure to prevent lifelong infection with hiv. Locate a test/treatment site near you at www.Hivtest.Org.

Answer 7

Depends: It will have to do direct body fluid contact and i presume that you are referring to HIV infected blood.

Answer 8

Poor prognosis: Pml is an infection of the brain by the jc virus, that usually only occurs if the immune system is very compromised (full blown aids, on transplant meds or some other meds). It causes brain damage and is usually fatal within a year when it does occur in aids.

Answer 9

PML and HIV: Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy affects individuals with compromised immune system disorders. In patients with aids, efforts to improve the immune system may improve the course and outcome of pml.

Answer 10

Yes: You don't get HIV from living with someone with hiv, only from sex. Close contact is not a risk.

can i trust my neg hiv results?6 weeks - duo 4th gen - negative13 weeks - duo neg5 months - neg duo6 months - neg duo.cd4 continues to drop .

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