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If i had unprotected sex on jan.25 is it to early to get an hiv test right now ? how much longer should i wait ?

Go test. Get what we call a base line test. HIV usually show up in the first 30 days 90% of the time and you are past 30 day. Go test. If you have more concerns re test aound the 25th of April, that will be the 3 month window peroid. BUT to be sure, youi nned to use condoms EVERY time you have sex for three months.

Why did you have unprotected sex in this time of age?

Unfortunately, the hiv tests only detect protein isolates that may or may not be related to hiv infection. The tests themselves say so right on the package. That said, the standard "window" for sero-conversion is 90 days. Test now, then test again around April 25th. If you have two negative results, you can safely assume you did not have an immune reaction that triggers a positive test result. Be aware also that the following serological events often trigger false positive test results, and some of the antibodies never go away, so eventually you accumulate "enough" antibodies to come up positive if you get exposed to enough thigns OTHER than hiv.. Go figure.. Of course if the lab tech makes a mistake and doesn't dilute the sample correctly, every person in the world has a positive test result on both the ELISA and Western Blot tests.

Factors Known to Cause False-Positive HIV Antibody Test Results

Anti-carbohydrate antibodies
Naturally-occurring antibodies
Passive immunization: receipt of gamma globulin or immune globulin (as prophylaxis against infection which contains antibodies)
Leprosy
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium avium
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Renal (kidney) failure
Hemodialysis/renal failure
Alpha interferon therapy in hemodialysis patients
Flu
Flu vaccination
Herpes simplex I
Herpes simplex II
Upper respiratory tract infection (cold or flu)
Recent viral infection or exposure to viral vaccines
Pregnancy in multiparous women
Malaria
High levels of circulating immune complexes
Hypergammaglobulinemia (high levels of antibodies)
False positives on other tests, including RPR (rapid plasma reagent) test for syphilis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Hepatitis B vaccination
Tetanus vaccination
Organ transplantation
Renal transplantation
Anti-lymphocyte antibodies
Anti-collagen antibodies (found in gay men, haemophiliacs, Africans of both sexes and people with leprosy)
Serum-positive for rheumatoid factor, antinuclear antibody (both found in rheumatoid arthritis and other autoantibodies)
Autoimmune diseases: Systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, connective tissue disease, dermatomyositis
Acute viral infections, DNA viral infections
Malignant neoplasms (cancers)
Alcoholic hepatitis/alcoholic liver disease
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Hepatitis
"Sticky" blood (in Africans)
Antibodies with a high affinity for polystyrene (used in the test kits)
Blood transfusions, multiple blood transfusions
Multiple myeloma
HLA antibodies (to Class I and II leukocyte antigens)
Anti-smooth muscle antibody
Anti-parietal cell antibody
Anti-hepatitis A IgM (antibody)
Anti-Hbc IgM
Administration of human immunoglobulin preparations pooled before 1985
Haemophilia
Haematologic malignant disorders/lymphoma
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Stevens-Johnson syndrome9
Q-fever with associated hepatitis
Heat-treated specimens
Lipemic serum (blood with high levels of fat or lipids)
Haemolyzed serum (blood where haemoglobin is separated from the red cells)
Hyperbilirubinemia
Globulins produced during polyclonal gammopathies (which are seen in AIDS risk groups)
Healthy individuals as a result of poorly-understood cross-reactions
Normal human ribonucleoproteins
Other retroviruses
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
Anti-nuclear antibodies
Anti-microsomal antibodies
T-cell leukocyte antigen antibodies
Proteins on the filter paper
Epstein-Barr virus
Visceral leishmaniasis
Receptive anal sex

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