If you are HIV positive,....?

Question

would a generic blood test show any irregularities?

(This is a follow-up to my last question. My friend had a regular blood test and the doctor said everything looked normal. Would everything still look normal even if she was HIV positive?)

I know standard tests don't check FOR HIV...my question is even though a standard blood test won't say specifically "this is weird because you have HIV," would a standard blood test come back abnormal if you did have HIV?

Answer 1

Every blood test looks at specific things within or about the blood sample provided. For example, in an HIV test the doctor will ask the pathologist to look for particular chemicals called antibodies in the blood sample which indicate that the person has been infected with HIV.

The "full blood examination" is a test which counts the number and size of red and white blood cells and platelets in the blood sample. It is a very useful test for getting information about problems like anaemia or some types of infections, but you cannot reliably say whether someone does or doesn't have HIV on this test alone.

You need a specific HIV test for this.

Answer 2

To test for HIV the only abnormality in a general blood test is, well, none, unless they have advanced AIDS in which case their Hematocrit and Hemoglobin will be low due to anemia (everyone responds differently). To test for HIV, the lab counts t-cells and if the t-cells are significantly low then thats when a person is diagnosed with HIV, if lower than 200 then they have full blown AIDS. So a regular blood test does not generally reflect the fact that one has HIV.

Answer 3

Standard blood tests don't check for HIV, apparently. If they did they would tell her, or if they know that she already has HIV, they wouldn't re-test for it. In some states (New York) you actually have to ask permission to test for HIV, which I think is bad because it denies a doctor the ability to use a test that could help the patient fight the infection - the sooner it is discovered, the sooner treatment can begin.

Answer 4

HIV-damaging: no antibodies have been produced. HIV-beneficial: antibodies have been produced after an infection with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). to help eliminate the possibility of a pretend-beneficial HIV screening attempt, a confirmatory attempt (Western Blot) is administered. If the end results of the WB is inconclusive, an HIV RNA PCR (viral load) may well be run as properly. AIDS: whilst an HIV-beneficial individual's CD4+ (a particular variety of white blood cellular) count quantity falls under two hundred / ml. The term "complete-blown AIDS" isn't used anymore, as there is not any such element as a individual with "0.5-blown" AIDS. as quickly as a individual is clinically determined with AIDS, that individual includes the diagnosis consistently, regardless of if the CD4+ count quantity rises over two hundred / ml. And, opposite to the others' solutions, many, many human beings stay longer than 2-3 years after being clinically determined.

Answer 5

I have asked the same question myself. In the early stages....1st few years....regular blood tests will NOT show abnormalities. It takes an HIV test to see if you have it.

Fact

Answer 6

being HIV positive will not interfere with any blood tests.
Eventually when the disease runs its course and you get more ill your results will reflect that. but as for HIV affecting routine, non-HIV lab tests that would be a no.

Answer 7

On "regular" blood tests everything could look normal even if she were positive.

Answer 8

no the test wont come back saying anything other thaan what is being tested

Answer 9

no get an label test

Answer 10

DNA coding will establish the the prognosis.