[Question #4879] Follow up# 4786

78 months ago

Sorry doctors to get back here again ,I am very sorry but I have 2 concerns only,

-1) I am having several recurrent mouth ulcers from my last exposure ? I did the behcet test it was negative, so I am really worried if it’s HIV,

-2) does immunodeficiency disorder alter my HIV test results,? Do I need further testing ?

Thank for your understanding.

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

78 months ago

Sorry you felt you had to return. As has been explained in your 3 previous threads, your HIV test results PROVE you do not have HIV. Therefore, it is obvious that your currnent symptoms -- mouth ulcers or anything else -- CANNOT be caused by HIV. Immune deficiciencies DO NOT alter the reliability of HIV tests. You do not need further testing.

Please note the forum does not permit repeated questions on the same topic or exposure. This will have to be your last one; future new questions about this exposure, testing, and your fears about HIV may receive no reply and the posting fee will not be refunded. This policy is based on compassion, not criticism, and is intended to reduce temptations to keep paying for questions with obvious answers. In addition, experience shows that continued answers tend to prolong users' anxieties rather than reducing them. Finally, such questions have little educational value for other users, one of the forum's main purposes. Thanks for your understanding.

You came here for our professional advice. Do your best to accept it and move on without worry.

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78 months ago

Thank you doc, anxiety is killing me.

-1) Does a 3rd or 4th generation HIV test conclusive at 3 months from exposure for HIV 1&2 ,regardless in which country you live!

or for HIV-2 conclusive at 6 month?

H. Hunter Handsfield, MD

78 months ago

All are conclusive for HIV2 by 3 months, as you have been told repeatedly. Why is it necessary to hear the same information from us more than once?

We haven't changed our minds!

That concludes this thread. I do hope the disucssions have been helpful. However, you must heed the warning in my opening reply. Thank you.

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