Wednesday, June 8, 2011

what will happen if you take HIV/AIDS treatment but you are not HIV positive

what will happen if you take HIV/AIDS treatment but you are not HIV positive?
my uncle told by his doctore that he is HIV positive. then he began taking the HIV treatments. after one year leater he took blood test again then the resoult was negative. he don't even know how it happen. so did you think the treatment could affect him?
Infectious Diseases - 4 Answers
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1 :
I think he should sue his Dr. either way!
2 :
he must have had a false positive result...usually those are followed up by a more definitive test to rule out false positives before taking meds...
3 :
Sometimes tests for HIV (and other diseases) are false-positive. This means that they will say you have something, when in fact, you don't. In other words, these tests are not 100% accurate, and sometimes the results are incorrect. For this reason, it would be a waste of time to sue the doctor or the hospital (as one person suggested). There is no way a case like that would hold up in court. If you are worried about the effects the HIV treatments had on your uncle, think of it this way: the treatments are designed to make someone better. They were given to your uncle to cure his disease and make him healthier. So that shouldn't be harmful to him. Of course, no one knows as much about your uncle's health and the treatments he received as your doctor, so ask him/her for a more definite, more reliable answer. I wish him good health, and hope this answer was helpful.
4 :
He could also have such a low viral load that it will not show up on a test. If he is HIV- the only problem that MIGHT happen is if he became HIV+ the medications he is on might not work for him next time.

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