{"id":2922,"date":"2017-01-02T15:21:15","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T15:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:14:55","slug":"is-a-test-preformed-after-14-days-is-a-good-indicator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/2922","title":{"rendered":"How accurate is an HIV test after 14 days?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Steven,<\/p>\n

Thank you for your question.<\/p>\n

Testing for HIV is easy – it is not scary. It sounds more that you are worried and anxious because of the chance of HIV.<\/p>\n

The only way to put your mind at rest is to test. About 99% of tests in the UK are negative – HIV is a difficult virus to catch. Getting a test with help you feel more in control and will also give you the chance to talk to a health work about any other questions..<\/p>\n

Fourth generation HIV tests that include a p24 test can pick up an infection after 16 days in some people and will pick up 95% of infections 4 weeks after an exposure.<\/p>\n

So even though you are soon after the risk, UK guidelines recommend testing now, and then again four weeks later. If the first test is negative, this is a good sign that will help put your mind at rest.<\/p>\n

This link has more information about different HIV tests.
\nhttps:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/257<\/a><\/p>\n

Note: This answer was updated in January 2017 from a question first posted in September 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi<\/p>\n

I am really scared to take a HIV test. I feel sick every single day. I got drunk one night and had unprotected sex – this was 22nd August, then a week later I did the same thing.<\/p>\n

My friend advised me of this website – I have plucked up some courage and plan to attend the clinic in 2 weeks. This would outrule my past exposures however would only be 18 days or 19 depending which day I go from the last one. I read a website freedom health and it says on there that a 28 test is good and conclusive with the p24 test, also a test preformed after 14 days is a good indicator?<\/p>\n

I wanted to ask you myself if i take a test at 18 -19 days is this a good sign I do plan to re take it again beginning of October.<\/p>\n

Many thanks
\nSteven <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24235,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2922\/revisions\/24235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}