Sorry to bother you again,but the last answer i received from dr Hook got all messed up, i can't read it for some reason. My phone does that sometimes.

For context: i tested negative on a hiv antibody test for an exposure 2.5 years ago. Same day as the hiv ab test i got a covid pcr test which turned out positive for covid. Exposure to covid was about 6 days before hiv ab test and covid pcr test.

I asked two questions. One was about the timing of the covid exposure, if that would interfere with my hiv antibody test. I could make out from that answer that the timing didn't make any difference. Second question was about false negatives for hiv of you have a covid infection. Answer to that were all symbols (on my phone, i haven't tried anywhere else). 

So my question: having a covid infection does not produce false negatives in an hiv antibody test. Am i correct? I can be fully confident in my negative hiv antibody result?

Thank you

Thanks for understanding.

I apologies, you already urged me to believe my negative hiv ab result. So im sorry i asked a repetitive question.

Could you please just answer me my question : having a covid infection does not produce false negatives in an hiv antibody test. Am i correct?

Thank you and again my apologies

Thank you for your reply.

No not really, i did have a persistent rash on my head that worried me but that's as good as gone. I also have very vivid dreams that result in night sweats but that could be because of my antidepressant i think. I have this anxiety of hiv, ever since i was a kid, and sometimes it is not so bad but it tends tot come and go. I also have an irrational fear of needles :)

Now im a bit worried about your question :( im sorry and i don't know why. could there be any possibility that the negative hiv result was false?is that why you ask if i have symptoms? Can i still trust my negative hiv antibody result? 

I am working on this problem that i have with this issue but it's not easy :). And again sorry to bother you with this.

By low risk, you are talking about that not many people have hiv and that the chance of getting it is pretty low,even if it is male to female? I made a stupid mistake 2.5 years ago and drank too much and don't really remember much of it. Don't even remember who it was. Ugh so gross but yeah it happened and i dealt with it.

Maybe it is important to tell you that i had another hiv antibody test about a year and half past the exposure? Test was also negative but i was also worrying about having covid and not know about it and testing for hiv at the same time, because my crp level at the time was high but i wasn't sick. So i didn't 'acknowledge' the negative result back then and took another one 2.5 years after exposure, to be sure. And then it turns out i have covid at the time of the last hiv test. And now i still doubt the hiv ab tests results i took. When writing this all down, it seems so stupid of me. Im sorry that i left this all out.

Can i put this at rest? Can i continue my life knowing that i don't have hiv?

Thank you for understanding and sorry about the length of the message 

There is NO RESASON to doubt your test results.  

Time to move forward.  If you cannot, I urge you to seek counseling to help you do so.  EWH

The reason that i suspect i may have had covid while i tested negative for hiv with the antibody test a year and a half past exposure for hiv was because of the high level of crp and some other things that were high, which is why my doctor asked of i was sick, which i wasn't. That's why i got it into my head that maybe it was asymptomatic covid. I hope that doesn't change anything, and that i can remain confident that i'm hiv negative?

This completes this thread. I must warn you that additional repetitive, anxiety driven questions may be deleted without a response and without return of your posting fee. This policy is done out of compassion and concern for you, nothing more. Take care. Please don’t worry. EWH