{"id":5917,"date":"2012-02-10T16:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=5917"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:18:47","slug":"my-husband-tested-positive-why-am-i-still-negative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/5917","title":{"rendered":"My husband tested positive – why am I still negative?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m very sorry to hear about your husband’s diagnosis.\u00a0 I can understand that you are confused and worried about the situation.<\/p>\n

About 20% of people who have been infected by HIV do not have any symptoms.\u00a0 These people can remain healthy for many years without needing any HIV medication.\u00a0 So it is possible that he could have been infected before he met you.<\/p>\n

Currently your husband’s CD4 is at 576 and this is a good indication that he is very healthy.\u00a0 Your husband can also be a slow progressor. \u00a0A slow progressor is when someone who has been infected with HIV for many years without needing treatment.<\/p>\n

You might also be wondering why you have not been infected by your husband. \u00a0This can be explained by genetics<\/a> or just\u00a0good luck<\/a>.<\/div>\n

Please take a look at our FAQ\u00a0link<\/a> below for more information on sero-different couples (where one partner is positive and the other is negative).<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very sorry that I cannot make any comments on when your husband was infected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My husband and I have been together for 6 years. Recently his sister tested HIV positive. As a result we thought it would be best just to have ourselves tested. Since we’ve been together I have tested myself 4 times and have been negative. I have also had a baby two years ago and still tested negative. My husband has never had himself tested as he thought that if I was negative he was also negative.<\/p>\n

Last week he tested positive and I still tested negative. His CD4 count is 576, the doctor says he has a healthy count as a person that does not have HIV and therefore does not need to start treatment. My husband says that he has no idea on how he contacted the virus as he has been faithful to me all this time.<\/p>\n

I some how find that hard to believe. He says he has probably had it before he met me and never knew. Is that possible? How long would it take for the count to reach 576 or has he been infected recently? Please help…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-sero-different-couples"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24843,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5917\/revisions\/24843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}