Can you be HIV negative and still have symptoms?
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Can you be HIV negative and still have symptoms?
Most HIV tests check for the presence of HIV antibodies. So, if a person who has contracted the virus takes a test before seroconversion begins, the result will usually be negative. During seroconversion, a person may also experience flu-like symptoms, such as a fever and body aches.
Is an HIV test accurate after 10 months?
Antibody tests require the longest wait time after infection to get an accurate result. For most people — around 97\% — this takes anywhere from 2 to 12 weeks. For some, it can take as long as 6 months.
Is HIV test conclusive after 11 months?
Fourth-generation HIV tests can detect HIV infection in 50\% of people by 18 days after infection; 95\% of people by 34 days after infection; and 99\% of people by one and a half months after infection. ‘ Testing at 90 days or 12 weeks completely covers thewindow period.
What are the symptoms of HIV after 6 months?
Some of the signs and symptoms of progression of HIV to AIDS are:
- Extreme fatigue.
- Chronic diarrhea.
- Infections and rashes of the mouth, anus, or genitals.
- Extreme weight loss.
- Fever and night sweats.
- Lymph glands swelling.
- Recurrent Pneumonia.
- Chronic cough and shortness of breath.
Having an undetectable viral load does mean that there is not enough HIV in your body fluids to pass HIV on during sex. In other words, you are not infectious. For as long as your viral load stays undetectable, your chance of passing on HIV to a sexual partner is zero.
It is very unusual to have an undetectable viral load without treatment, but a very small proportion of HIV positive people, known as elite controllers, have undetectable viral loads less than 50 copies/mL for years without treatment. This is very rare and only about 1-in-300 HIV positive people are elite controllers.
Can I test negative if my viral load is undetectable?
Having an undetectable of zero viral load does not mean you are HIV negative. If you were to do another HIV antibody test it would come back as being positive.
What number is undetectable viral load?
When copies of HIV cannot be detected by standard viral load tests, an HIV-positive person is said to have an “undetectable viral load.” For most tests used clinically today, this means fewer than 50 copies of HIV per milliliter of blood (<50 copies/mL).
How long can you stay undetectable without treatment?
A person’s viral load is considered “durably undetectable” when all viral load test results are undetectable for at least six months after their first undetectable test result. This means that most people will need to be on treatment for 7 to 12 months to have a durably undetectable viral load.