757neg4poz Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 My doctor believes I might have some underlying immune deficiency that causes false negatives on various antibody tests, but I wonder if I should have to worry about my HIV status given that I have tested way past the established window period. Are standard antibody-only HIV tests failsafe in this situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallbtm Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Your doctor could just give you a 4th Gen HIV test that looks for antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 (which your immune system creates) and an antigen of the HIV-1 virus in your blood itself. HIV-1 is the much more common form in HIV, except in parts of Africa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawfuckr Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 My doctor believes I might have some underlying immune deficiency that causes false negatives on various antibody tests, but I wonder if I should have to worry about my HIV status given that I have tested way past the established window period. Are standard antibody-only HIV tests failsafe in this situation? The only think I could think of, is if you went on meds the day after seroconversion. You may not give your body a chance to develop ABs that show up in the test, when you are effectively positive. A positive PCR test would be conclusive. Which is what you should do in your case if there's any doubt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocelot2000 Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 People have low immunities for many reasons, not only HIV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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