HIV biological false positive?

Question

Hi
My problem is that during a screening for STDs, the clinic called and said they had a false biological positive on some aspect of the blood test fir HIV, they said to come in for a repeat blood test which I did a month or so after the original blood test. They told me that the results were exactly the same as the first time, and that this meant I was not HIV positive. I was told that there are certain things in different peoples’ blood and I have something in mine that made me test very weakly positive, but that I was not, in fact, positive, because if I was, there would have been significant changes in my blood over the elapsed time between first and second blood test.

I am still worried. Could I have HIV? I know I have been told that I don’t but it did not seem black and white, it was a very unsatisfactory explanation, and only through a phone call so I could not discuss this further.

Could the “false positive” be due to the fact that I had HPV during my first blood test? Or due to the fact that I had glandular fever nearly 4 years ago? Could prescribed drugs affect this test? What exactly is in my blood and is there any way it could turn into a dangerous virus and what can I do to prevent this?

Many thanks for any help that you can give.

Answer 1

Go back to the clinic and ask them to do the Western Blot test. This is a more accurate test, and it's done to rule out false positives. If the Western Blot comes back negative {and I'm fairly sure it will}, then you are HIV negative even if you keep testing "weakly positive" in the ELISA test. I hope my advice has been of help and comfort, and wish you the best of luck. For more detailed information on the ELISA and Western Blot tests, go to the following links:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003538.htm
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/hiv_testing/page4_em.htm
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hiv_antibody/test.html
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410287

Answer 2

No, you don't have HIV.

About 1 in 300 people react positive on the ELISA test even though they don't have HIV. To tell whether a positive ELISA is a false positive or a true positive they do the Western Blot. If the Blot is negative they have to repeat it in a month to be sure, because you can occasionally get false negative Western Blots very early in the course of the infection, but if it's still negative a month later you know it's a true negative.

Getting a negative HIV result is pretty straightforward for 99.7% of people. Unfortunately, you're one of the 0.3% of people where getting a negative HIV result is a more involved process.

There is nothing dangerous in your blood, merely antibodies that the ELISA test can weakly misread as HIV antibodies. Lots of different types of antibodies could potentially cause an Elisa to falsely react, although in practice it's quite uncommon . Antibodies associated with pregnancy or some autoimmune conditions are sometimes the culprits. The more complicated protocol you had to go through was just to make absolutely certain they weren't HIV antibodies.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Hi, not sure what that means for you, but I did some research and found this article:

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cjtestfp.htm

Also check out Graham's story on this web page:

http://www.lymphomation.org/story-graham.htm

I hope that this information helps you. Basic, perfect nutrition will help you if you are auto-immune. Be Well.

~Sarah

Answer 5

That is so scary. The only thing I can do is pray for you. I would do some research..maybe even call different DRs and get their input. DO it for your peace of mind, sweetie...

Answer 6

sorry to tell you this but have a dr. redo the test it sounds like you are positive from your typing. on this matter in my opion?