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If i have had anti duo hiv test antibodies and antigens would they have detected one or both as i have just received my negative result bu my exposure was 16 months ago, was that the correct test to have or should i have had a different hiv test, as i think that my antibodies and antigen were a an undetectable level so they could not of been found.
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The information you've provided here is not perfectly clear and no one here is a doctor. We cannot tell you if the proper tests were administered.
IF YOU DO NOT TRUST YOUR DOCTOR TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE CORRECT TEST YOU MUST SEE A DIFFERENT DOCTOR.
A DUO test is a combination test that detects antibodies for HIV-1 (and sometimes for HIV-2 as well, which is much less common in the US) as well as a protein called p24, which forms part of the core of both types of HIV. This is the most recently developed, type of HIV test, and will be the correct test to have had in the vast majority of situations.
There is another test called the PCR (or RNA) test, which is used to detect HIV infection in the newborn children of HIV positive women. This test is more expensive, and not really necessary for cases of adult exposure.
IF YOUR DOCTOR CANNOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS FOR YOU, YOU MUST SPEAK TO ANOTHER DOCTOR.
We are not doctors. We do not know your history, or your symptoms. We do not know exactly what tests you have had administered, or their results. You MUST speak to a health care provider. If you cannot trust your current health care provider, you must speak to another.
You should also speak to a counsellor or therapist if you can. Asking repeated questions on this site is not a healthy way to be managing your stress over these symptoms.
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