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Your HIV testing experience may vary depending on where you seek services. Standard testing procedure for many HIV testing sites involve a two-step process. Rapid response, oral HIV testing is available in many locations. The test collects a cell sample from the gums and detects antibodies associated with HIV infection.
If a rapid response test is reactive for HIV antibodies, a person is considered "preliminarily positive" for HIV infection. After an initial positive, the most common confirmatory tests may be administered orally or by blood draw.
Getting tested for HIV is a very sexually responsible behavior. Good luck!
What else can I help you with?
Can you get a fake positive on a pregnancy test?
Not likely. Get a blood test just to be 100%
Can Huntingtons Disease be diagnosed after birth with a simple blood test?
Genetic testing can determine this (which is more involved than just a simple blood test).
Can blood test positive for meth during a urinary test?
There is no blood tested in a urine test.
Pregnancy blood test is positive but the urine is negative?
A serum hCG will be positive for pregnancy at 25mIU/ml, the urine test, although just as accurate needs a stronger concentration of 50mIU/ml to 100mIU/ml depending on the brand - this means the serum (blood) test will test positive 2 to 3 days sooner than urine.
Where can you get your Thyroid checked?
At an ear, nose, and throat doctor. Just by a simple blood test. An ultra sound. These are just a few ways.
How do they diagnose mono?
a simple blood test
Can you be positive for hepatitis C for 20 years and not have a positive blood test?
It would be highly unlikely not to have a positive hepititis C blood test if you had had hepititis for 20 years. (However, just to be clear, standard types of blood test, such as "full blood counts" do not test for Hep C. The only blood test that does test for Hep C is the Hep C blood test). Although it would depend slightly on how often you were having the blood test done; there is a very small chance of a test being postitive when the patient is negative, and the same change of the test being negative when the person is positive. If you just had the one test done, the result is mainly accurate, however without another 1 or 2 done in subsequent years is difficult to conculsively establish that the first one was utterly accurate. For example, if you had a sequence of (let P=positive and N=negative) PNN, it would be more likely that you were not carrying hep C than carrying Hep C. If the sequence was NPN, it's still more likely that you're not carrying hep C, although you may be asked to have another test, just to make sure. Whereas NNP, you're GP may ask you to get the test redone, just to be sure.
You have had 3 positive blood pregnancy tests and one negative home pregnancy test which was taken after the first positive blood test was reported what does this mean?
It means that either the blood tests were wrong or the home pregnancy test was wrong
Can you're positive test be wrong?
Yes. You should do a blood test by your doctor.
Can a pregnancy test come up positive but your blood test show negative?
Just possibly. Try more tests in a few days and consult a doctor.
If a father has blood type B positive and a mother has blood test O positive what blood type the child would be?
75% chance B positive, 25% chance O positive.
How can you tell if you are HIV negative?
To be sure, test your blood at a clinic. It's possible that a blood test results in a false positive, so you might consider retesting your blood. A blood test usually takes 3 days to perform, so just try to remain calm and keep your mind off of it until you get your results. Clarification note: Any positive result from an initial HIV test should be routinely confirmed with a second type of test that is more sensitive to HIV. This confirmatory test should usually be run by the same laboratory or testing centre where you had you first positive result. You should not do this yourself by just going for a second HIV test - the type of tests are different.
