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What diseases and health issues can affect hiv test meaning make it take longer for hiv to show up on a test. and can you test negative with a 3 month 4 generation hiv test actually test positive had a test done it was negative waited 3months and ng ?

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Unclear question: If you have any concern about test results, be sure to get a HIV nucleic acid test at 6 months after the suspected exposure. Visit this site for info on HIV tests: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/testing.html Wish you good health!

Answered 7/23/2020

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A member asked:

What diseases and health issues can affect hiv test meaning make it take longer for hiv to show up on a test. and can you test negative with a 3 month 4 generation hiv test actually test positive had a test done it was negative waited 3months and ng ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

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