after how much times hiv is found positive?
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Not sure what you mean.  It may take up to 6-9 months for the viral load to be sufficient to result in a positive test for AIDS after exposure to HIV.
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If they did an HIV viral load than it would indicate that you currently have active HIV virus in your blood. There are other viral loads that could have been performed ie Hepatitis C,B,or A viral loads. So if it was an HIV viral load that was performed with a result of 600 copies or more it would generally indicate that the patient is HIV positive there is the posibility of a false positive. If it is the first test that has been done I would suggest a repeat analysis and an HIV genotype. And talk with your doctor about your lab results not us schmos on the Q&A make sure you know what you're being tested for.
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They get a blood sample. Their computers/scientists can detect traces of HIV in your blood. It's just a virus. They can actually see it taking over.
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A  The answer to this question is very difficult. Prior to any effective treatment the prognosis was 10 years of life. We now know that there is a variable period of time between a positive blood test, an increased viral load, a decreased lymphocyte count and finally the onset of symptoms. Treatment has some definite side effects but is much, much better than before. I believe you will need to discuss this with your doctor who know all the characteristic of your boyfriend's positive test. You can also learn about HIV on Healthwise.\n\nWith proper management and some luck, people with newly diagnosed HIV disease probably have close to a normal life span.
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i believed it will take 7 years to develop Hiv symptoms but it will take at least 5 years to confirm it by test.
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that is EXACTLY how you get AIDS.  If you got AIDS you will have the virus in your blood and be able to infect others immediately, but you will not TEST positive for AIDS for 3 months or more, sometimes up to a year.  So if you just did something foolish, please don't spread it around!  get celibate and get tested in a few months.
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One will generally see the effects of seroconversion illness 3 to 6 weeks after infection with HIV. Not everyone gets this, though.\n\nIf you think you have been exposed to HIV, see your doctor about Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) as soon as possible. Call them now and ask for an urgent appointment first thing in the morning. The sooner you get PEP, the more likely it is to prevent infection.
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as a person that is HIV+ please listen to this... its not 6 months anymore. The CDC recommends 13 weeks but the ELISA and Western Blot test can detect the virus much sooner. Until you find out your results please make sure that you are protecting not only yourself but the ones whom you engage in relations with. And as far as Post Exposure Prophalaxis is concerned it hasn't been proven to be 100 % effective and generally is done with rape victims only.
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I'm HIV positive - and I'm going to respond to this from personal experience. \n\nI got HIV from having unprotected sex with someone who didn't know they were positive. It's a b*tch, but it happens. \n\n\nI think my favorite sentence in this question is the final line, "This organization is endorsed by many doctors and celebrities." Well - if Britney Spears says it's true - then I BELIEVE IT! Honestly, people - let's be intelligent. \n\n\nThe reason why some people are fine is because some people are different. Everyone's immune system responds differently to EVERYTHING - some do very well in fighting it on their own; others get sick very VERY quickly. The people who aren't on drugs and are doing fine - they should thank God for the blessing of a uniquely equipped immune system. \n\n\nI am like millions of others who are not so fortunate. My virus has it in for me: as in, I was infected and VERY sick almost immediately. I knew I was positive within a month, because for someone who NEVER got sick, I got TAKEN OUT! So,  I went to the doctor, and surprise!! (Lesson: use protection every time, kids)\n\nMy "viral loads" never went down (they were above 750,000 - above 80,000 is BAD), and my CD4 counts never came back up on their own (they were 274, then 208). I was never diagnosed with AIDS (CD4 of under 200), because after two months of seeing the trend, my doctor decided to strategically skip a month's blood test to see my counts before putting me on medication. She didn't want to have to give me that diagnosis. \n\nI went through a variety of tests (Both Genotype and Phenotype analysis of my particular virus) and went on a drug regimen in August of 2005. \n\nWithin a month (A MONTH!!) my viral load was down to 644, and my CD4's were 240. My drugs kicked the virus' butt, and I had ZERO side-effects. \n\nIn the past year I've been taking my drugs twice a day (basically, it ranks a few steps higher than brushing my teeth - but it's just as routine) and I FEEL GREAT!!!\n\nI love my drugs, I love my doctor, and I love the scientists that figured out a way to KEEP ME ALIVE. \n\nThe longer there are groups out there who perpetuate a myth that this, or that, or whatever - created this SYNDROME; and other ways than prescription medication can keep the virus from creating millions of copies of itself and breaking down a person's immune system, PEOPLE WILL DIE. \n\nThe scientists who studied AIDS in the 80's didn't decide that HIV was the virus that caused AIDS - they were convinced by the FACTS of how this virus operated, and the RESULTS of tests in the lab. \n\nI don't know what drugs you're on - but the ones I'm taking are the only reason I'm typing this.
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In the US HIV + mothers are given the drug AZT to reduce the risk of their child being born with HIV. The reason that babies can become HIV (-) after birth is that before birth, babies and mothers share the same blood supply and immune system (which is how the baby receives food and oxygen). However, after about 3 months after birth, the baby begins to develop its own immune system. If the baby avoided contracting the virus with the help of AZT, the baby will be HIV (-).\n\nThere used to be controversy in New York State, because all babies are given a blood test at birth. However, the tests were anonymous for statistical reasons and results of the blood tests were not revealed to the mother.  However, a baby testing at birth for HIV is not truly indicative of the baby being HIV, but that of the mother (because they shared the same immune system). Babies are tested again at about 6 months (when their own immune system kicks in) to see if they have truly contracted the virus.
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Usually about 6 months from the time of diagnosis, but it can vary anywhere from a few days to 12 months.  It depends on the person, how long they have had it, where it has spread from, where it might have originated, etc.
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If you have not put yourself at risk for HIV since August 2005 when you received your last Elisa test, then you are negative.\n\nIf you have not put yourself at risk for Hepatitis since March of 2005 - then you are also negative.\n\nIf you have put yourself at risk for any of these infections since then, you should consider another test.  \n\nBlood, semen, vaginal fluids and breastmilk transmit HIV\nBlood, semen and vaginal fluids can transmit Hepatitis B\nBlood transmits Hepatitis C.
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yes \nhttp://hiv-glucose-testyourself.com/?OVRAW=hiv%20test%20kit&OVKEY=hiv%20test%20kit&OVMTC=standard
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WARNING: Do not use Yahoo! Answers as a medical diagnosis tool.  Always consult your doctor.\n\nWithin 7-10 days of intially being infected with HIV, most individuals (80 to 90 %) develop an acute syndrome characterised by flu-like symptoms of fever, malaise, lymphadenopathy, pharyngitis, headache, myalgia, and sometimes a rash (Kahn and Walker, 1998). Within an average of three weeks after transmission of HIV-1, a broad HIV-1 specific immune response occurs that includes seroconversion. Because of the nonspecific nature of these illnesses, it is often not recognized as a sign of HIV infection. Even if patients go to their doctors or a hospital, they will often be misdiagnosed as having one of the more common infectious diseases with the same symptoms. Since not all patients develop it, and since the same symptoms can be caused by many other common diseases, it cannot be used as an indicator of HIV infection. However, recognizing the syndrome is important because the patient is much more infectious during this period.\n\nHIV is transmitted various ways:\n Sexual route. The majority of HIV infections are acquired through unprotected sexual relations. Sexual transmission occurs when there is contact between sexual secretions of one partner with the rectal, genital or mouth mucous membranes of another. The probability of transmission per act is between 1 in 53 to 1 in 10,000 for the case of receptive vaginal sex (Pilcher et al., 2004), 1 in 8000 in the case of insertive vaginal sex, 1 in 1000 in the case of insertive anal sex, and between 1 in 100 to 1 in 30 in the case of receptive anal sex.\n\nBlood or blood product route. This transmission route is particularly important for intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions and blood products. Health care workers (nurses, laboratory workers, doctors, etc) are also concerned, although more rarely. Also concerned by this route are people who give and receive tattoos and piercings.\n\nMother-to-child route. The transmission of the virus from the mother to the child can occur in utero during the last weeks of pregnancy and at childbirth. Breast feeding also presents a risk of infection for the baby. In the absence of treatment, the transmission rate between the mother and child was 20%. However, where treatment is available, combined with the availability of Cesarian section, this has been reduced to 1%.\n\nHIV has been found in the saliva, tears and urine of infected individuals, but due to the low concentration of virus in these biological liquids, the risk is considered to be negligible.\n\nAIDS is the most severe manifestation of infection with HIV. Acute HIV infection progresses over time to clinical latent HIV infection and then to early symptomatic HIV infection and later, to AIDS, which is identified on the basis of certain infections.\n\nYou can get HIV at-home test kits at Walgreen's.
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There can be a 3 months window period, after this, if u have a negative result, so u are negative with Elisa. But if u are possitve with the Elisa, u have to make it with western blot. Some places take it to 1 month, the window period. 95% of the people seroconversion from 2 to 6 weeks. \n\nHope this can be usefull
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The time between you cntact the HIV Infection and the developemnt of Aids varies between individuals. About 50% develop Aids within 10 years of infection but may be still more years.   You are infected but the symptoms develop after many years. By the time you will be infecting the people. Progression of the disease is affected by age at HIV infection, mode of transmission and genetic factors.
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HIV tests may be of different types.Like the screening tests(SPOT TEST,Easy to do but not confirmatory) or the confirmatory tests(Western Blot).A person will go in for the confirmatory tests when he/she comes out positive in the sceening test,Mind you that person can still be a false positive,so to confirm they goes in for the confirmatory test.To answer your query i would have to say,he/she go for these tests if he/she feels that they might have been exposed to the virus by any of the known modes of transmission.