Hi,
How are you? Indeed, most HIV tests look for the HIV antibodies rather than looking for HIV itself in the blood. There are tests that look for HIV's genetic material directly, but these are not available worldwide. Positive Enzyme immunoassay or EIA may need a follow-up or confirmatory test such as the Western blot to confirm the diagnosis. It is best that you discuss the results with your attending physician.
Welcome to MedHelp Lyme -- sorry you are running into the strange politics of Lyme -- but it's not uncommon. There is a quiet network that helps locate resources, and this site is one of them. Glad you found us!
The baby as had an extensive workup for the most common causes of anemia. Although the high LDH level might still be a sign of red blood cell breakdown (hemolysis), the most common causes of hemolysis have been tested and none of the tests are positive.
If it hasn't already been done, the baby deserves a referral to a pediatric hematologist. They are the specialists who can manage the further evaluation of this anemia, since the underlying cause is not one of the most frequent ones.
A few weeks later I fell ill and began getting paranoid. I had a antibody test and a rna viral load test at two month and the elisa returned non reactive and the the viral load was undetectable. I tried moving on but at 11 months I again became paranoid after getting sick and had another elisa and a hiv rna pcr viral load test that again it returned non reactive and undetectable respectively and finally another elisa at 14 months. Is it possible to have hiv with those tests returning negative?
Hi there,
For what it’s worth, I believe the doctor is spot on. The definitive test for active Hep C is the “HCV RNA PCR” test; this is negative in your case. The most likely scenario is that at one time in the past you were exposed to the HCV virus; but cleared the active disease with your own immune response. This occurs roughly 20% of the time, leaving the patient antibody positive, RNA negative.
s a way you combine all your daily swabs into 1 vial for them to just look for herpes in ( compared to them testing 30 swabs and charging you for 30 swabs ). Since you are just looking for the presence of herpes and not shedding on particular days/symptoms, this is the most affordable way to do this.
Terri does take on long distance patients. there is a charge to be her patient as well as a charge for the pcr testing too of course.
Dear Doctor
I need your help, as I faced a big problem today,
I went to do HIV test today ( rapid one) and because I was in rush the doctor in the lab.
I’ve had my pain pump for 10 years. Since 2012. I agree the Medtronic Pain Pump can be a wonderful thing. I take no oral pain pills under normal’s circumstances. However in the 10 years I’ve had it. I’ve had one human error in taking care of it. A technician who was supposed to refill the pump failed to do it and put my pump on a micro drip till I came back. Unfortunately I went into under-dose and ended up at the hospital.
I was able to get both the herpeselect ELISA and Immunoblot tests done through direct to consumer testing sites. I took the ELISA twice and the Immunublot once (all hsv 1 and 2 type specific IGG tests), all of which came back negative. I didn't realize the Immunoblot was available until after already taking the ELISA. From the herpeselect site the Immunoblot has much better hsv1 detection, which is primarily what I am concerned with.
PS -- I should also have added:
There is a newer, different test for Lyme, called a polymerase chain reaction [PCR] test that Lyme specialists often use in addition to the Western blot and ELISA tests.
The Wblot/ELISA tests rely on your immune system reaction to determine whether you have a positive (+) test or a negative (-) test for Lyme.
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