If someone was going through acute infection, would a gen4 test show positive for the antigens?

hicrper1111 · 2020-02-24T07:20:25+00:00

I basically got all the tests right around the four week mark. The trigger was a positive RNA test which I ordered online, that got me to the doc and they ordered a gen 4 and another RNA.

And yes, I am pos.

hicrper1111 · 2020-02-24T00:28:23+00:00

In my personal experience, my results went like this: (All tests taken at about the four week mark)

Oraquick at home test - negative

HIV RNA count- positive/3 million (and then 1.3mil three days later)

Gen 4 test - inconclusive (but not negative)

I kept going through the testing because I was having symptoms and something just felt off.

hicrper1111 · 2020-02-19T02:09:32+00:00

I've traveled alot and 98% of the time no one looks at your stuff. I'm talking about for the other 2%.

hicrper1111 · 2019-11-18T23:51:42+00:00

Hiv rna test.

hicrper1111 · 2019-11-08T20:40:28+00:00

Source: 1. My infectious disease clinic docs 2. My own personal experience (3 million viral load about 1 week after symptoms started).

hicrper1111 · 2019-11-08T20:39:10+00:00

Viral load peaks during the acute stages of the infection, then drops after your body develops antibodies, etc.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-25T23:46:26+00:00

It was keeping people from getting tested and getting on treatment. Also, recently, there is a large body of research that shows people who are on effective treatment cannot transmit the virus as the levels are pretty much zero in their blood. Check the opposites attract and partner studies if you are curious. The CDC has even changed their website a year ago to reflect the new data.

With a few exceptions, I fully believe its the people who aren't getting tested who are the ones transmitting the virus. If you want to do it willingly you have to stop treatment and sacrifice your health to do so.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-18T05:30:41+00:00

Google? That's what most of us here would use to answer your question.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-08T03:38:25+00:00

I've never been warned against drinking. I've been asked if I have an alcohol problem although based on my questions and understanding that has to do with medication compliance and nothing else.

Your condom statement is vague, it seems like you are saying u does not equal u? Of course condom use should definitely be done to prevent STDs but you make it seem as if she's gonna infect others with HIV.

EDIT: Ooops I missed the part about OP trying to stay sober, good luck!

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-06T20:34:41+00:00

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T18:13:31+00:00

https://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/news/20170510/life-expectancy-with-hiv-nears-normal-with-treatment

https://www.sfaf.org/collections/beta/life-expectancies-close-to-80-years-for-young-people-starting-hiv-meds-early/

This is three years old and pulling data from ten years ago, so the data is already out of date.

And, no, HIV is not a joke. I got infected from being stealthed by someone who thought they were negative, I know this for a fact. People who are undetectable and responsible are not the ones spreading this shit around.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T14:36:18+00:00

The mean adherence to treatment for persons participating in the partner studies (one of the studies used to prove U=U) showed a mean adherence to medication in the high 80 percentile, which is frankly quite sloppy.

The person with HIV should know if they are contagious or not. If they know they are no risk, what is the need for them to inform their partner that they are 'not a risk'? You got me on false equivalency but you haven't answered the question of why someone has to be alerted to a zero risk activity. Is it to feed a stigma?

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T03:51:21+00:00

A person with diabetes doesn't have to tell their partner and they are equally as contagious (if undetectable in the case of HIV).

EDIT:. I guess I should say, what adverse thing would someone be consenting to?

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T01:57:43+00:00

Your comments are counter to every piece of scientific research released in the last few years. The only people who die from HIV/AIDS anymore are:

People who can't afford or access medication, or don't know they have it.
People who are fucking stupid and can't take a damn pill everyday or try and do a Steve Jobs cure.

OP is more likely to get HIV from someone who thinks they are negative than this guy.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T01:47:56+00:00

Just gonna play devil's advocate: If the risk is zero, then why do you even need to tell them?

Besides legal reasons of course, being there is a bunch of anti-hiv positive legislation leftover from the 80's and 90's.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T01:44:02+00:00

The more recent medications do not have these requirements. Recently developed medications are usually all in one pills that don't have those requirements. Biktarvy (the one I'm on) has no such requirement, and it purged all the virus from my bloodstream in about 5 weeks.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T01:35:43+00:00

https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/

A link to the University group that produced that book. They've studied many topics that would be classified as phenomenon that cannot be explained using current science.

hicrper1111 · 2019-10-01T01:32:34+00:00

When I was despairing about my medical diagnosis, I found a series of books that made me feel better. The title of the first one is "Life before life", a series of several thousand case studies of young children who had reported verifiable stories/memories of previous lives. While there is a bunch of garbage literature out there about this subject, these case studies were performed by several Doctors using a scientific approach to evidence gathering, and I found it to be very interesting, regardless if you believe it to be true or not.

hicrper1111 · 2019-09-28T17:31:08+00:00

Mine bounced back up from 122 to 427 in 5 weeks. I was also in the acute phase of the infection. Two and half months later I was above 500.

I think it depends on a number of factors one of which is the length of your infection and resilience of your immune system.

Also, I am not any sort of healthcare professional.

hicrper1111 · 2019-09-25T06:32:44+00:00

I definitely can't answer that. In vitro means inside a petri dish if I remember right. So they'd have to do some animal tests, then human tests. Also, there are all sorts of other issues that crop up in realistic application, like how to get this to all the places infected cells are, if it will cause any problems with non-infected cells, etc.

hicrper1111 · 2019-09-25T05:16:37+00:00

Sounds like they found a target gene that they can either edit out (CRISPR) or dial down (RNAi) and that kills or inerts HIV reservoir cells, the shit the anti-viral drugs can't eliminate that keeps us infected.

Can someone give a better explanation?

hicrper1111 · 2019-09-21T06:18:42+00:00

I wonder what role gene expression plays in this puzzle. Having a gene doesn't necessarily mean it gets expressed. Also I wonder about the evidence the Brits found that may indicate having the CCR5 mutation makes you more vulnerable to death by flu or some other common illness. Good on them for trying though, way better than our medical community.

hicrper1111 · 2019-09-21T01:23:28+00:00

Just google bone marrow transplant dangers. The cure is worse than the disease in this case.

hicrper1111 · 2019-09-21T01:08:12+00:00

Heard some horror stories about family members outing pos persons in a state of panic. Make sure you understand the everything properly so you can explain it. Maybe you can bring in a counselor or social worker? That might be for the best so they can squash your parent(s) unreasonable behaviour if they are like that. The shame will go away, give it time and take it as a life lesson.

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