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Author Topic: Anyone got hiv+ after more or less than 3months of possible Exposure?  (Read 6124 times)

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Offline vectorial

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I heard that HIV can't be cure.
I would like to know what's going on with some people that believe he has healed and become negative with herbal. They even dare to show their test printout result that show new test with negative result.

My Question is, what happened to those ppl who has undetected level of viral load?

Will they get tested and get negative result even the virus still remains in their body?
 or
will they still gonna get positive result even though his viral load is at undetected level?

Did any positive people here with undetected Viral load has done a new anti-HIV test?
I am a bit confuse here. Thanks for any information.


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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2010, 03:49:16 pm »
Welcome to the forums! Are you HIV positive?

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2010, 04:10:15 pm »
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I would like to know what's going on with some people that believe he has healed and become negative with herbal.

This is not the general, or even the occasional story, so I'd want to look very closely at the facts, cos prob they's 1) fibbing 2) wishing 3) the tests were wrong.

Just because your HIV RNA is undetectable does not mean you don't have HIV.

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2010, 06:21:08 pm »
As far as I know there has only been ONE person ever cured of HIV EVER and that was with  chemo, radiation , and a bone marrow transplant.  Undectable viral load just means that the test is not able to find any, but the test has LIMITATIONS on how low it can detect, which is basicly 48 copies of the virus in a drop of blood or more.  If you get HIV, you better be prepared to  deal with it in the long haul because there is no cure at the current time.  Just control...  and the herbal shit..... quackery.

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2010, 07:20:43 am »
Another strange fact is when people wanted to test for CD4 and Viral Load, they need to bring doctor referral letter first before they allowed to do the test?
My big question here is, why any healthy people are not allowed to do the test?
Isn't it strange?
Did any normal people will have some numbers too when they do CD4 and viral load test?
What the heck with the system?
Honestly this only happen with HIV test, not with any other sickness. Did Govt trying to hide sthg from us?
Can some people here found someone healthy and do the cd4 and VL test?
And please share the result here. thks.

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2010, 08:46:37 am »
Vec, are you hiv positive? Because if you're not, you should not be posting in this forum, you should be posting in the Am I Infected? forum.

This is not negotiable and if you refuse to answer the question, I will assume that you are hiv negative and move your thread over there. It sure sounds like you're hiv negative, so an answer would be most appreciated.

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2010, 08:53:06 am »
I heard that HIV can't be cure.
I would like to know what's going on with some people that believe he has healed and become negative with herbal. They even dare to show their test printout result that show new test with negative result.


I have never heard of such people.  Can you share examples?  

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My Question is, what happened to those ppl who has undetected level of viral load?

Will they get tested and get negative result even the virus still remains in their body?
 or
will they still gonna get positive result even though his viral load is at undetected level?

Did any positive people here with undetected Viral load has done a new anti-HIV test?
I am a bit confuse here. Thanks for any information.



Unfortunately, it seems not.  If I understand correctly, testing positive for HIV is a result of the presence of antibodies, not of virus, so even an undetectable person will still test positive for HIV.  

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Another strange fact is when people wanted to test for CD4 and Viral Load, they need to bring doctor referral letter first before they allowed to do the test?
My big question here is, why any healthy people are not allowed to do the test?
Isn't it strange?
Did any normal people will have some numbers too when they do CD4 and viral load test?

For one thing, getting these tests done is quite expensive.  That alone would prohibit random healthy people from getting them done out of pure curiosity.  

However, I've seen a number of articles in which the t-cell count of HIV negative people is described, or how t-cells fluctuate in negative people, so I assume some negative people are being tested for t-cell count, if only for research purposes.  
Summer 2004--became HIV+
Dec. 2005--found out

Date          CD4    %       VL
Jan. '06    725    25      9,097
Nov. '06    671    34     52,202
Apr. '07    553    30      24,270
Sept. '07  685    27       4,849
Jan. '08    825    29       4,749
Mar. '08    751    30     16,026
Aug. '08    653    30       3,108
Oct. '08     819    28     10,046
Jan '09      547    31     13,000
May '09     645   25        6,478
Aug. '09    688   30      19,571
Nov. '09     641    27       9,598
Feb. '10     638    27       4,480
May '10      687      9    799,000 (CMV)
July '10      600     21      31,000
Nov '10      682     24     15,000
June '11     563    23     210,000 (blasto)
July  '11      530    22      39,000
Aug '11      677     22      21,000
Sept. '12    747     15      14,000

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2010, 11:01:15 am »
Vec, are you hiv positive? Because if you're not, you should not be posting in this forum, you should be posting in the Am I Infected? forum.

This is not negotiable and if you refuse to answer the question, I will assume that you are hiv negative and move your thread over there. It sure sounds like you're hiv negative, so an answer would be most appreciated.

Ann



Sorry Ann. Yes I am living with symptoms, but already tested after 12th weeks of last encounter and show negative result. When I ask the nurse she told me using stripes method. I would like to test again as my symptom still exist. I am very sorry if i put this at the wrong room. How Can I move it?
I just would like to understand more about this virus and I hope I calso can help others to know and understand more about this virus.  Sorry and Thanks Ann.

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Re: How to Check HIV or even cure?
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2010, 11:05:13 am »
Vec,

I've moved your thread for you. Make sure you read and abide by our posting guidelines found in this forum's
Welcome Thread 

The testing window period for hiv is three months. This means you have tested conclusively hiv negative and you do NOT have hiv.

Neither symptoms nor the lack of symptoms mean a thing when it comes to diagnosing hiv. ONLY the antibody test at three months will accurately reveal your hiv status.

You do NOT have hiv. If you feel unwell, see a doctor. Whatever is going on has nothing to do with hiv.

Ann
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Anyone got hiv+ after more or less than 3months of possible Exposure?
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2010, 03:45:49 am »
Hi, I am here to gather information on HIV. It seems like the current information that we had are not so accurate. I hope I can collect more data to help us all, to understand more about this virus. Thanks.
Questions:
1.Anyone tested positive after more or less than 3months of possible Exposure? When?
2.What is the method of possible transmission? Kiss, BJ, FJ, Drugs Injection, or any others?
3.Did you had any Symptoms before you go for a test? Please list it down.
3.What is the method of your test?Did you take any medicine currently?
4.Did you get better or worse health condition after take or did't take the medicine?
5.If you take the medicine, what is it? Did it give any side effect? or it is work great?
Thanks for joining this survey, as your honest information will be a huge help to  make people understand more about this HIV virus. I hope that one day someone can find the medicine that can kill all this HIV virus. Your participation is really needed. Thanks.

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Re: Anyone got hiv+ after more or less than 3months of possible Exposure?
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2010, 04:46:41 am »
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..already tested after 12th weeks of last encounter and show negative result.

You have been told that you're NOT allowed to post here Vectorial as your last test is negative. Anyone not with a conclusive positive result cannot post here.
Aug 07 Diagnosed
Oct 07 CD4=446(19%) Feb 08 CD4=421(19%)
Jun 08 CD4=325(22%) Jul 08 CD4=301(18%)
Sep 08 CD4=257/VL=75,000 Oct 08 CD4=347(16%)
Dec 08 CD4=270(16%)
Jan 09 CD4=246(13%)/VL=10,000
Feb 09 CD4=233(15%)/VL=13,000
Started meds Sustiva/Epzicom
May 09 CD4=333(24%)/VL=650
Aug 09 CD4=346(24%)/VL=UD
Nov 09 CD4=437(26%)/VL=UD
Feb 10 CD4=471(31%)/VL=UD
June 10 CD4=517 (28%)/VL=UD
Sept 10 CD4=687 (31%)/VL=UD
Jan 11 CD4=557 (30%)/VL=UD
April 11 CD4=569 (32%)/VL=UD
Switched to Epizcom, Reyataz and Norvir
(Interrupted for 2 months with only Epizcom & Reyataz)
July 11 CD=520 (28%)/VL=UD
Oct 11 CD=771 (31%)/VL=UD(<30)
April 12 CD=609 (28%)/VL=UD(<20)
Aug 12 CD=657 (29%)/VL=UD(<20)
Dec 12 CD=532 (31%)/VL=UD(<20)
May 13 CD=567 (31%)/VL=UD(<20)
Jan 14 CD=521 (21%)/VL=UD(<50)

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Re: Anyone got hiv+ after more or less than 3months of possible Exposure?
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2010, 08:20:24 am »
Vec,

I removed your latest post that you placed in the I Just Tested Poz forum and put it here, with your original thread - which also had to be removed from Just Tested. This is the ONLY place you should be posting; here in Am I Infected and here in your own thread.

If you ever bothered to read the Welcome thread like I asked you to, you will have noticed the link to the Transmission Lesson. Go read it.

You have tested conclusively hiv negative. You don't have hiv. If you feel unwell, see a doctor. Whatever is going on has nothing to do with hiv.

Ann
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"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

 


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