I just took the test although I didn't get my result back I had shingles about a year ago and I know herpes and shingles are similar would I get a positive test back if I had it ..... Scared I have it so I took the test
View 6 RepliesWill you test positive for herpes if your having a shingles outbreak?
View 2 RepliesI have read that in 99% of cases people who swab positive for hsv1 show positive for western blot. Does that mean wb is 99% accurate for hsv1 3 months after exposure ?
View 10 Repliesi had my period last june 9 2014, then on june 27 and 28 i had a light spotting.den, i felt something's wrong with me..there's a feeling or slight symptoms of a pregnant woman..a boobs are tender to touch and painful..my body feel hot like i was having a light fever..than july 1 i take a pregnancy test and shows positive but faint line.. then, july 2 to 8 i got again spotting.. and goes away.. july 14 i took another pregnancy test shows again positive faint line.. i went to my ob july 18 just to know her what's happening on me. i had that light spotting again..and in transvaginal ultrasound shows that there was a thickening of the lining tells me that i am positive. 5 to 6 weeks, but i have a cyst considered benign.nothing to worry about she said. she gave me medicine duphaston good for 10 days, and i'm going to come back for a follow up appt. on july 28. again the spotting continues sometimes light bleeding, sometimes full on my liners. another medicine duphaston gud for 5 days she gave me because on the ultrasound she saw only thickening of the linings and the baby wasn't developing. then, this day august 1 i came back for the final appt, i took a blood test and shows negative. transvaginal ultrasound shows again the lining on my ovary.
View 1 RepliesMe and my fiance are trying for a baby. Last month I did not have a period and have seen multiple doctors and tests and they said I was not pregnant. I have had severe pain in my pelvic area but they cannot find out why. Now just two days ago I took an ovulation test and it was positive and now I am bleeding but not like my period that typically happens. Plus my period always come around the middle of the month and lately I have been very exhausted. and pains in my pelvic area can I please get any advise on what can be happening?
View 1 RepliesI had a partial hysterectomy and another partial hysterectomy in 2003. And two weeks ago at the doctor's office I tested positive for being pregnant. Last night I took a ovulation test had two lines for positive. The nurse said you can't ovulate with no ovaries. I just went to take the blood test now I am wanting for that.
View 1 RepliesI'm still freaked out and stressed even had a sleepless night,yesterday I went for an hiv test,1st test came back positive,they ran another test that's called "1st respond to hiv" it came back negative,the nurse said we should re-do the tests again,they where done both of them again and they came back negative,I'm on separation for almost 7months now and breast feeding my partner came to visit me for a night a month ago,we had an unprotected sex,he even told me not to worry about anything,what you think I should do, Stressed and confused"
View 1 RepliesI was about 10 days late on my period and finally decided to take a test. In which was positive. I took 3 more just to make sure and they were positive as well. A couple of days later, I started to spot but it was brownish. It stopped after a short bit. And then started again and it became heavy. Kind of like a the first days of a period. Some clotting here and there. I am on my 4th day of bleeding and it's still heavy. I took another test thinking I must of had a chemical pregnancy but it was still a strong positive. I feel like my symptoms I had before are gone now and I'm just confused with what to do. Any advice?
View 2 Replieswell a few months ago at 18 i lost my virginity to my first girlfriend she had no stds or anything we both went to get checked.. so i know its not from here
anyway about 3 weeks ago i had protected anal sex with a female police escort and the condom broke i was not aware until i pulled out and im really paranoid i have hiv i went to clinic got tested for everything all came back negative but this was a few days after it happened i heard hiv takes upto 3 months to test positive.
and im getting some symtoms i have diarrhea went to doctors he said i have sinus now i feel dizzy randomly light headed it stings when i pee sometimes i get random red spots on head of my penis and they go i am so paranoid i don't know how i can make it upto 3 months im 19 and im scared of dying of hiv i feel like killing myself
i tested negative for hiv1/2 and hiv 1 O/2 for 13 months after exposure, using all methods, Elisa 3rd generation. CMIA antigen /antibody, RAPID HIV 1 O/2 all negative for 13 months and half, then today i tested rapid test for hiv1/2 came positive. i tested at the same place three times rapid test all positive. what should i do? why all the 13 months before i was negative and my wife too?
View 6 Replies37 with pcos and just done a pregnancy test which came up positive. my periods have always been irregular so no idea how far i am. i am worried now that all is well with the baby. i had ivf with my twins so this is a total shock. can you get a false reading? my last period was around the end of Nov 13 but that would be i was quite far on and i have only been having symptoms for the past month i would say hence the reason i have taken a test.
View 1 RepliesI am 25 years old and I have had a lot of problems with trying for a baby. When I was 21 years I lost the baby at 15 weeks 3 days. After that I've had 7 miscarriages throughout the years which don't last longer than 5 weeks. At the beginning of the year (Jan 2016) I found out I was pregnant and had a miscarriage at about 8 weeks. I had my last period 21st March 2016 and it stopped on 24th. Yesterday I woke up to a period and it's the 30th March. Not even a week off before my next period. So this morning I got up and done a pregnancy test just to check because this has never happened to me and it's come back as positive but faint. Can someone help me with some advise please?
View 1 RepliesI had to wear a drug patch as part of my probation for a week. While it was on i had sex with someone and ingest their semen. The patch showed i was positive for methamphetamines and i have never used them. Is it possible the guy i was with could have been high resulting in this positive result from his sperm?
View 1 RepliesBeen getting this pricking feeling in my inner thighs and its like its getting worse i looked up what it could be. I saw herpes a few times i read it could be a start of an outbreak and the sore will appear 30 min.s to 2 days. it's been almost 3 it hurts and feels like it spread to my front thigh and i get this feeling on my arm and chest and side. I read it could be shedding too but i never noticed an outbreak of any type of open sores or blisters and i only started having sex a year ago. I don't think I'm the type not to show signs because my immune system is not all that good especially since i barely eat healthy or work out got really bad allergies and get sick pretty easily. I looked up shingles they said a person who had the chickenpox can get this. I had chicken pox. It said it happens to one part of the body and sometimes no rash just a pricking feeling. And i guess i should add i haven't had sex for a month now and this prickly feeling i was getting on and of just a little bit and now its been there constant for two almost 3 days. No rash open sores redness nothing. I don't feel sick just tummy and belly button hurt. And I'm on depo and read it can suppress the immune system. So is this herpes or shingles or me overreacting and freaking out? And what's the difference between herpes and shingles? Can i spread shingles?
View 17 Repliesserum control in Western Blot test is positive. what does it mean?
View 1 RepliesThe short version of my story is I went to a fertility doctor after having trouble conceiving my 2nd child and having a miscarriage..the dr ran a ton of blood work and I came up with with a positive abnormal ANA (no numbers listed) and a positive high anti dsdna at 38..I think it said over 9 was considered positive. I have zero symptoms of lupus and am now scared to death I have lupus. Could this mean anything else??I have an appointment with a rheumatologist next week but this is the hardest week while I wait. I spoke to a friend's aunt who is a rheumatologist and she thinks the positive anti dna is rare in people in my age to be false (i'm 32) and thinks I may be developing lupus. I am assuming the rheumatologist will re-run all these blood tests and add some of their own but could this be something else? or nothing at all?
View 9 RepliesI do not know what is preliminary and detail, but according to the health department of my country they should be ELISA and Western Blot.
So I was doing a routine physical, and the doctor suggested to check for HIV since I told him I am planning to have a baby. I have never engaged in any risky behaviour* thus no exposure.
Result came back and I was told the preliminary is borderline reactive but the "detail" test is negative. He asked me if I had done any of those risky things again. After I told him no he said I should be fine and shouldn't worry, but I should come back a month later to reconfirm. He did not ask me to take any precaution - which is kind of weird if you are asking someone to reconfirm a month later...
The only thing I considered with any "risk" is blood test, which I am always paranoid that the nurse "forget" to use a new syringe, either by accident or on purpose. But then my last blood test was done in May so if anything bad did happen I should be seeing a full positive/positive result..
I was googling and my situation usually comes to either:
a) recent infection
b) false positive
c) clinical error
Given my situation:
1) No risky behaviour
2) Has mild autoimmune disease (one of the possible factor to distort the test result I heard)
3) Never has any acute HIV infection symptoms (get a cold here and there, but it is always during the time where half the office is sick and never high grade fever)
4) Just a borderline result for ELISA, and negative Western Blot
The odd should be in (heavily) my favour, right? I am just mad that why don't they just do a viral load or similar test, instead of leaving me in paranoid for a month.
Are there diseases that can sort of "mask" as mono, yet be something else? Can something else other than EBV test you positive?
View 1 RepliesHave had a tubal ligation done 18 yrs ago. Went and did blood work a year ago to see how close to menopause i was and results n dr state i have a ways from it. That being said been having weird symptoms such as nauseated period like cramps in my stomach that has never happened but only when monthly comes. So i took a pregnancy test to eliminate that first and got a faint positive. So waited and took another one the next morning first pee and it was the same. Just wanting others opinion on this. Feeling confused and overwhelmed about it all.
View 1 RepliesI have been diagnosed with HSV 2 via western blot. I know it's the best test for diagnosing this virus.
But my question is this, are there any cases of a false positive with this test? I really can't find much online. I have had zero symptoms. I'm not sure how long I have had this, but I'm guessing at least 4-6 months. That's how long it's been since my last ready came back negative. And my ex had admitted now he has it and it's been more than 3 months since we last had sex. So I'm guessing I caught it in that small window of time. I know he was cheating on me.
But could past history with having chicken pox, shingles, mono and HSV 1 also contribute to a false positive?
What makes the western blot test different from the test they give us when we go to the doctor? Has anybody had a negative western blot and a positive IGg? My result was 2.4 IGg. Should I retake the IGg?
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