can HIV tests be positive even if you don't have the virus?

Question

i have a friend, like 3 years ago he told me he was hiv positive, he had both western blood and eliza tests, then 1 year ago he told me he was not positive, that they were wrong and that he was healthy, so i asked him, how is that posible? and he told me that when he was a child he fell off a tree or something and that he took lots of penicilie and that was why but i just can't help thinking that he has the virus and is lying to me, am i wrong?

of course i am not having sex with him, but i just do not know why he feels like he has to lie to me

Answer 1

His story is all full of holes. it is possible to have a false positive, but you don't go from being positive to not being positive. one you get it you got it FOR LIFE
he may have told you that then as he didn't want to have sex with you, but is he asking you for it now? Falling out of a tree doesn't lead to massive penicillin dosages, maybe tetanus shots, but they spot any excess of either of those elements in the testing he has done. YES, HE"S LYING!!
First of all, it is not so much whether your friend is positive or not as much as whether either of you are having unprotected (no condoms) sex, especially with each other or anyone else. In tow sub-cultures of man, the balck and hispanic cultures, is a mixedup/insane belief that wearing condoms reflects poorly on their manhood, that's BULLSH--!! Not wearing one is tantamount to playing Russian roulette with a gun, but using the PENIS as the deadly sex weapon. You must remember that it's not only you have sex with him or him with others, but with the tens/hundreds of others that came before with him. it only takes one mistake on your/his to come down with this incurrable disease. People don't die of HIV+, but of its end stage counterpart, AIDS and accompanying infections.
in the late 90's and even up to today, being HIV+ was a popular thrill/gimmick spreading among the young who felt deprived by not having the free sex as their parents had. many of today's TV and movies stress this FREE SEX as the sign of TRUE LOVE. Someone who TRULY LOVES you won't want you to take the risk and condoms are free or cheap, so USE THEM. my personal philosophy is: "If you want to be my LOVER, wear a COVER (condom)!! Although HIV+ and AIDS have medications out for treatment, it's still NOT A CURE!! So DON'T RISK this PREVENTABLE infection!!
Get yourself tested today, then every 6 months (or more often if you are having frequent and unprotected sex) for your own). Laslty, CONDOMS CAN BREAK and you can still get infected. Contact the AIDS hotline for other questions.

Answer 2

Q. What can cause a false-positive result in an HIV antibody ELISA test?

A. There are many reasons for a false-positive ELISA result. Some of the more common reasons for a false positive are:

Contamination: In a laboratory, samples may be placed in the wrong testing well; wells containing negative samples may be contaminated from adjacent positive wells; plate washers may malfunction. In addition, treated blood and blood abnormalities have been implicated in false positive reactions.
False positive reactions have been reported in 19% of people with hemophilia, 13% of alcoholic patients with hepatitis, and 4% of hemodialysis patients.
Pregnancy. If this is not her first pregnancy, a woman may react positively when she is, in fact, negative.
History of injection drug use.
Cross-reactivity with other retroviruses.


Q. What is the expected false-positive rate for an HIV antibody ELISA?

A. The false-positive rate is 1 to 5 per 100,000 assays.



Q. Can a person test HIV-1 antibody negative but be infected with HIV-1?

A. Yes. When people develop antibodies to HIV, they "seroconvert" from antibody-negative to antibody-positive. Depending upon the circumstances of infection, it is estimated that the development of antibodies to

HIV-1 can take between two weeks to six months. During this interval, sometimes referred to as the "window period," a person may test HIV-1 antibody negative and yet be infected with the virus. This is because his/her immune system has not produced enough antibodies for the test to detect.

http://www.managingdesire.org/hivtaccu.html

Answer 3

very no longer likely...The incubation era could desire to be as much as ten or so years, yet what you're speaking approximately is the seroconversion era, 2 diverse animals. The seroconversion era is as much as a 12 months, yet is extra probably to happen interior the 1st 6 mos. and generally between the 1st and 0.33 mos. i could say the you're statistically secure; very, very uncommon hazard which you have the virus after finding out unfavourable for a 12 months, yet intercourse isn't the only way of transmission, ie iv drug use, exposure to a needle with blood containing the virus...

Answer 4

it is possible that the first test was wrong. The people who run the tests are human and can make mistakes paperwork can get mixed up you never know. But if he did really have the virus and it wasnt a paperwork mistake there is no way to get rid of it. Remember there is no cure for HIV

Answer 5

It's not impossible to have a false positive, but if he's wanting to be intimate with you and you're wanting the same, you should insist that he get another test and show you the results to be certain.

Answer 6

Lying
There may be a chance that Elisa is wrong, but it is confirmed by a western blot essay.
I'd be extremely doubtful, because penicillin is not a retrovirus, and it wouldn't show up in the electrophoresis.

Answer 7

The test can be erroneous but not that erroneous. Two test are not going to fail at the same time. I wouldn't trust having sex with him without protection.

Answer 8

it happens occasionally but it is very very rare, more likely he was either lying about being infected in the first place or he is lying and still has it

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

It's called a false positive. It can happen.