I have heard that you only know when you have HIV/AIDS when the virus comes out of it's dormancy. So is it possible that I am able to contract HIV/AIDS, go in to get tested for it, and the result can come back that I do not have it even if I do?
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Without a test, you're right, you may not suspect you have it until the virus progresses to a stage where symptoms show (which can be more than a decade). But if you suspect you have been infected, HIV tests are almost 100% accurate six months after exposure. They may be accurate before this, but it can depend on the individual person. It can take time for antibodies to build to an amount that an HIV test picks it up (as this is what HIV tests look for, the particular antibodies your body produces, not the virus) and this could take around three to six months after exposure in some cases. I believe the usual procedure is to test at three months, and then if it's negative again at six months to make absolutely sure.
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I think the test results are more accurate than they used to be. And if you suspect that you may have it go see your health department, they can help with testing and give you guidance as to getting help if you are positive. Remember, fear of the unknown is the worst. Go find out.
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The incubation period for the disease to harvest is 3 months.
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HIV tests can detect antibodies in as little as two weeks but it can take as much as a year after exposure to test positive. So in answer to your question, yes, sometimes you can test negative and still carry the virus.
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Possible if your are tested about 6 weeks post exposure to the virus. It's almost as if there isn't enough virus in your body to show up on the test in such an early time frame.
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You know after you have HIV test. HIV does not go dormant, there may not be enough antibodies when a person first become infected but most people will test HIV+ with in 30 days of infection, and by the end of 3 months it will show up 99.6% of the time. A few people take a little longer, but not many.
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Sometimes it takes years for symptoms to show up. Other times they show up right away. AIDS is an immune difficiency (Aquired Immune Difficiency Syndrome) caused by the HIV virus. Not all people who have HIV will develop AIDS but everyone (known to date) who has AIDS has the HIV virus What the virus does is it enters a cell and inserts a little piece of it's DNA into the persons DNA - this bit of DNA inhibits the cell from making certain proteins that allow the immune system to function properly - now this only effects the cells that form the immune system - in all the other cells the specific section of DNA isn't used so it doesn't matter So now that the immune system can't work properly (because of the extra bit of DNA in the cells) it can't protect the person from other diseases such as the common cold, pnumonia, bacterial infections etc and these are what eventually kill the person HIV can be contracted from contact with body fluids that contain live cells such as blood or semon - When the cell dies the virus breaks out of it and enters another cell to continue it's life cycle hense infecting the other person's cells - they contract the HIV virus. There are no direct symptoms of the HIV virus untill it destroys the immune system so you don't know that you've contracted it until you get really sick from something else and the doctors do a blood test. If you have enlarged lymph glands and you think you are at risk for HIV, get tested. It is that simple. You should have the lymph glands evaluated in any case -- glands that are enlarged for more than a few months should be biopsied (have a sample of tissue removed for examination) to exclude a cancer. The symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of infections that do not normally develop in individuals with healthy immune systems. These are called opportunistic infections. People with AIDS have had their immune system depleted by HIV and are very susceptible to these opportunistic infections. Common symptoms are fevers, sweats (particularly at night), swollen glands, chills, weakness, and weight loss. See the signs and tests section below for a list of common opportunistic infections and major symptoms associated with them. Note: Initial infection with HIV can produce no symptoms. Some people, however, do experience flu-like symptoms with fever, rash, sore throat, and swollen lymph nodes, usually 2 weeks after contracting the virus. Some people with HIV infection remain without symptoms for years between the time the are exposed to the virus and when they develop AIDS. Hope that's helped.
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just keep,getting,tested,thats the only thing i know to tell you every three months for a year if you are it will show sooner or later
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