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Q: Indeterminate Hiv Test
asked by: ladytech on January 8th, 2006
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After a blood donation, 16 years ago, I was notified that the hiv test on my blood was indeterminate for hiv and that I could no longer donate blood. Of course, I had all sorts of follow up testing over the years, but my test are always indeterminate. My personal physician says it's just "something" in my blood that causes this, but doesn't know what. He's also said that I have nothing to worry about, as i'm "healthy as a horse", and that whatever is in my blood causing the indeterminate test results, can not be sexually transmitted. I just revealed this bit of health history to my girlfriend, and she is worried I may have given her something. Now, she is demanding answers I don't have, such as the name of what is in my blood that causes this, proof it isn't sexually transmissable, etc.. Since I just got another indeterminate test result, i'm ready to scream. Has anyone else heard of this? My future, and my relationship with this girl may well depend on if I can get answers for what's going on.
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kiklis2k
replied on January 12th, 2006
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Testing
Indeterminate blood tests could be due to various reasons. If your rapid hiv antibody test (elisa) is indeterminate, you could go for the p24 pcr-dna antigen testing which tests for the viral load count. Of course its expensive than taking a elisa

or you could suggest your gf to test herself to get relieved with too many questions

god bless and good luck
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Finess150
replied on January 18th, 2006
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Indeterminate
I am unable to give medical reasons as to why you have had continually indeterminate results. However, assuming you have had no treatment for hiv, 16 years is a very unlikely timespan for the virus to remain dormant. Without treatment, a person infected with hiv will developed full blown aids after a period of one to ten years.
Plus, testing has become more reliable over the years, so it is likely that if you were positive, the test would show that, rather than indeterminate. If you have taken several tests, it is very likely that one would show positive if that were the case.

To my knowledge, I don't believe anyone has lsurvived 16 years with hiv if they haven't taken anti-viral medication.
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