Worried. and Confused. Help me please?

Question

"...At the time of your donation, your blood reacted in a screening test for the antibody to the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (anti-HIV-2). It is known that false positive results due to factors unrelated to exposure to the HIV virus are common with this test. False positives can be caused by antibodies to viruses other than HIV, antibodies produced by pregnancy, and other medical conditions. Additional studies using other test methods (Western Blot confirmation) failed to confirm the presence of HIV-2 in your blood.... Please note that this result DOES NOT indicate that you are infected with the AIDS virus, nor does it indicate a condition of significant risk to your health..."


I got this letter after donating blood. What does this mean. What should i do about it? Do i have HIV but not AIDS? I am nervous to go get tested.... I dont do any drugs and am not a whore at all.....

Answer 1

The best thing to do is to see your family doctor for further testing, but there are numerous other common conditions that can produce a false postive such as vaccinations, flu, viral infections and Upper Respiratory infections.

Check out the article on the link below for more information and the dozens of other things that might have caused a false positive

Answer 2

What it says is that when they tested your donated blood it showed a positive with the antibody test. They say also that it is positive to get a false positive because of pregnancy and some other medical conditions. It then continues to say that They did the Western Blot and got a negative result. What I would do is go to the doctor show them the letter and ask them to do another test on you so that you can be sure. I wouldn't get worried yet but I would get it checked out.

Answer 3

It sounds really confusing. I would make an appointment with my Dr and hand him/her the letter and ask them to explain it to you.