... another thing about seroconverting. I ended up getting the flu at what was about 5 weeks after my exposure. Pretty much scared the bajebus out of me, but it turned out to just be a coincidence because I tested negative at 10 months. Don't stress out about symptoms! Sometimes a sickness is just a sickness. (16 replies)
... It means the development of antibodies after an infection. (16 replies)
... Hi, can someone please clarify what seroconverting means. ... (16 replies)
... I appreciate that, but the point is, surely if you have true symptoms, then you are seroconverting and therefore producing antibodies.A blood test would show this, especially after 6 weeks. Can anyone confirm this? ... (16 replies)
... If you are experiencing symptoms - ie seroconverting - does this mean that HIV antibodies are being produced and therefore would be detected by a HIV test? Im experiencing general lymphadenapothy(?) but got tested negative yesterday..... (16 replies)
... If you had sex with her recently then you will have to wait until 3 months after your last unprotected vaginal or anal sex as there is the possibility that you could be seroconverting. However, most indeterminate WBs resolve negative and you are not in a high risk category. In sorting this out it would help if you could get your partner tested or use the OTC Oraquick test for... (19 replies)
... came down with another fever 2day. This is the 2nd time in 6days. Was treated the first time and now am sick again. Really scared. Am afraid i might be seroconverting now (6 replies)
... If you've truly been monogamous these past 9 months then it is certain that you had a false positive. You could not possibly be seroconverting since your husband is apparently HIV negative and you only have one band present on your WB, which is abnormal. ... (14 replies)
... First of all Acute HIV infection does not mean that you are Seroconverting in the sense that when we say seroconversion means when we start to develop antibodies. ... (2 replies)
... Yeah I mean my 3rd generation antibody test at exactly 8 weeks was negative. So i don't know. Anyway what I'm asking is, you know since these symptoms are there you'd think they can detect it right. I want to believe I don't have it. I do. But im almost certain I do because these symptoms are just sooo odd and I havent had them before. Concious of them or not even if this risk... (76 replies)
... Even though you had a brief encounter of unprotected sex, there is a miniscule risk that you could catch HIV as you were the insertive partner, the risks are much, much, much lower for HIV contraction. The risk goes up a little being the receptive partner but you were still at low risk of catching HIV as I think less than 1% of the population even have HIV so the risks are... (76 replies)
... No, seroconversion symptoms don't appear this late. It would have happened within the fist 10 days to 4 weeks and your tests would have been positive by now. You're going to be fine. (10 replies)
... could all of this mean that i am seroconverting to hiv antibodies positive? ... (10 replies)
... I'm not fantasizing! I've been reading that few articles from that sites every 15 minutes and there are people who seroconverted at the 30th month mark! I'm going crazy. I've also noticed an elevated harden skin between my toes and this seems to be a symptom of STDs. I think its syphilis or herpes. The urinal test will only be out 2 weeks later and every minute feels like an... (26 replies)
... I agree with what Kevin's said. Either go with the authority's advice or your fantasy of seroconverting 100 years later. Don't fuel other users' anxiety by the stxpid information. That's very selfish. ... (26 replies)
... You can think what you like bobby but the facts prove you cannot have HIV
1, No risk
2, Ars dose not last more than 2 weeks. The key factor in your mind, but i have now proved your concerns are not correct
3, Sero at 3 months nope.
4, You tested negative - Fact (94 replies)
... I believe my test was a false negative due to seroconverting after 3 months. My symptoms started 2 months after the exposure. I still have some of them but I had many more when I tested. ... (94 replies)
... Thanks for the info everybody, I appreciate it. I'm having a really hard time with this, just a few more days until I retest. I know the Western Blot is the last word on these things, but still, they ran two tests prior to that which were positive and that makes me scared. That number, I know I shouldn't concern myself with it, but that number,... it's pretty far from the 1.0... (17 replies)
... It's not a common feature of seroconversion like fever & rash but it is frequently listed as a highly "specific" symptom, e.g. see here on page 1, "clinical features":
http://www.ashm.org.au/images/Publications/Monographs/HIV_Management_Australasia/hiv-management-chapter_12.pdf
My worry is mainly because I don't have any explanation for them and I don't know what else can... (15 replies)
... indicate that you ARE seroconverting already! ... (15 replies)
