[Question #8810] A few questions for either doc please

39 months ago

Hi, thanks so much for your time.

I just have a few burning questions I wanted to ask:

1. If someone had an eating disorder for 7 or so years, (bulimia), but had been recovered and healthy for couple years, would that person have slowed antibody production?

2. Will prescription stimulants, in high doses, affect antibody production?

3. When is a 3rd Gen and 4th Gen considered 100% conclusive even at the highest risk?

4. If someone is in confirmed acute infection and has “reexposures”, will this slow the seroconversion period?

5. Can one have generalized lymph pain for no specific reason?

6. Is the oraquick reliable at 6 months if done perfectly?

7. Have you ever seen a 3 month antibody test turn positive from the same initial exposure?

8. If someone has not yet become sick from ARS, can they spread the virus?

Thank you.

Edward W. Hook M.D.

39 months ago

After your two prior posts in the last few days, many of these questions are repetitive. None of the things you have listed delay development of antibodies or change the performance of HIV test. You have proven that you do not have HIV. The partner you mentioned has proven he did not have HIV. It is time for you to move on.

At the conclusion of the prior post I warned you that further questions would not be addressed. Perhaps against my better judgement, I have briefly addressed your questions and I’m now closing this thread. Any further threads will be closed immediately without a reply and without a return of your posting fee. We do this out of compassion and concern for your overwhelming anxiety and miss placed concerns about HIV. Take care. Seek counseling. EWH

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