exposure, as long as no risky behavior (such as sharing needles, having unprotected sex) happened within that 6 months? meaning if you do other things such as eat fast food..smoke a little weed..take medication for allergies or depression ect. has no impact. thank you
2007-03-19 17:25:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Well, no test is really definitive, especially with HIV, but after 6 months it's fairly probably that you've HIV-negative
2007-03-23 15:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by citizen insane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 00:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the test, there may be a .1% chance of error in the test. But 6 months is more than enough time for the virus to present itself... Congrats, you're negative.
2007-03-19 17:31:17 · answer #3 · answered by S1LK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is not HIV can take years to show up but, 2 negative tests taken 6 months apart is generally a sign that you were lucky and dodged a death sentence.
2007-03-19 17:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by hurricanemercedes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No test of this nature is ever 100% certain.
You probably need to ask what is the probability of a false negative. Then decide how small is small enough to reassure whoever wants to know.
2007-03-20 00:13:26 · answer #5 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely yes that is enough time i work in an HIV correctional unit and that is a good time frame to be positive, some people say that it can lie dormant for years but what that usually means is before you start to see symptoms of the infection
2007-03-19 17:29:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it takes three months for Hiv to show up in blood tests. Or so I have read.
2007-03-19 17:27:25 · answer #7 · answered by Barack O Bankrupt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are probably ok. Take a test after one year just to be very sure. 6 months is pretty definitve though.
2007-03-19 17:28:54 · answer #8 · answered by Chloe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been told that it may not show up for 10 yrs. I am still sweating 3 yrs!
2007-03-19 17:29:59 · answer #9 · answered by nil_queen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋