Talking about home testing for HIV

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Sep 21

Smoking

Hello I’m wondering if you could help answer my question. I took 3 of your tests and received a...


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Jul 21

Prep and hiv test

Hi I had an exposure this year February 28. So took prep or pep for a month of March. Then I took...


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Apr 21

Extremely worried

I bought the test a year ago and traveled back home to Ghana but did not use it because I was too...


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Apr 21

Antibody detection

Thank you for everything you do. Is there significant variation in how many hiv antibodies...


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Mar 21

In need of some clarification

Hello There have been a few questions regarding 'stickiness of antibodies' and false negatives....


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Mar 21

Delayed antibodies due to covid

I’ve really been worrying about the chances of covid suppressing HIV antibodies and the test not...


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Feb 21

Advice please. 12 years post exposure.

Hi, Looking for some advice from biosure please. My last exposure was 12.5 years ago. I have...


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Feb 21

Temperature effects

I have a question about testing temperature. I tested at 13 weeks and did so in my car in a parking...


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Feb 21

Chance of false negative?

What are the chances of a false negative when testing 6 months post-exposure?


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Jan 21

BioSure UK HIV Instant Test

I decided to order a HIV test postal kit with BioSure UK. The test arrived the next day and was...


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Jan 21

5 weeks negative using biosure

Can a 5 week negative change to positive after 12 weeks?


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Jan 21

could this be a false negative?

I had an exposure in Dec '19. I experienced what i thought was a seroconversion illness. I also...


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Dec 20

Self-testing - Easy and reliable

I have very severe health anxiety, specially about HIV even though I do not indulge in unsafe...


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Dec 20

Kit safety

I recently took one of your tests after 9 months post exposure and I have gotten myself really...


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Sep 20

False Negatives and sticky antibodies

Hello The post from Gary (in


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Sep 20

Sticky Antibodies

I recently saw a post on this site about how ‘sticky antibodies’ can potentially cause false...


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Aug 20

Family planning

I want to start a family with my girlfriend but anxiety over past potential exposure is worrying...


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Jul 20

Worthless and useless??

As long as Im searching independently assesment of BioSure kit as Im in more doubt about product...


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Jul 20

am I overthinking ?

Hi, I had sex with 2 sex worker in amsterdam with condom and I took biosure test exactly after 119...


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Jul 20

Confirmation

Last year, I done the Biosure HIV test after 16 weeks of unprotected sex and the test came back...


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Jul 20

I constantly checked my body for symptoms

I see a lot of you here are concerned about testing and maybe have put off testing or are anxious...


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Jun 20

Hiv biosure test results

Hi, I have taken 2 biosure tests, weeks apart, 3 years post exposure, both negative, but still have...


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Jun 20

not a false negative?

Last year I slept with three different people. We didn’t use condoms. - I won’t be making the...


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Jun 20

I had a risky heterosexual exposure 5 years ago

I had a risky heterosexual exposure 5 years ago. I cannot remember if I had symptoms then, but I...


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Feb 20

Wasn't sure but glad I did

So... I had heard about your test from a friend that said if I didn't want to visit a clinic I...


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Nov 19

Status check

Checked after 28 days post a low risk event Had no real symptoms in between - How accurate are the...


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Nov 19

Putting this behind me

Hi . Would firstly like to thank you for simply just being there this page has helped a lot......


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Oct 19

HIV

Hi would a hep b vaccine 1 booster during the time of infection 2 weeks after possible exposure...


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Oct 19

burst condom

Hi.. I had an experience of burst condom during my intercourse. After that I had some symptoms like...


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Oct 19

Anxiety/ overthinking

Hi I recently used the biosure self test (over 3 months post potential exposure) and it appeared...


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Sep 19

extremely worried after 13 weeks

Hi I have 3 questions in one that has me scared. So a few months ago I was in a bad place...


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Aug 19

10 weeks post exposure

Is a negative result at 10 weeks post exposure a good indication of what you result will be at 12...


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Jul 19

False Negative

Hello I read on one post concerning false negative that they can be caused by ‘sticky’...


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Jul 19

False Negative ?

Hi team biosure. i am in need of help or maybe just a little reassurance of some kind i had my...


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Feb 19

Could tests be wrong?....Worried

Apologies for long post... I know I have anxiety and have been seeing psychologist but still have...


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Jan 19

How accurate at 46 days / 6.5 weeks?

Hi, wonder if you can help. I have taken your test 46 days post protected exposure, the result was...


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Jan 19

The mind is a powerful thing

I know a lot of people will desperately be searching the Internet after a possible exposure looking...


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Dec 18

Finally got myself tested...

Thanks for posting this . Finally got myself tested after months of worry . Convinced myself I had...


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Nov 18

Question about negative result

Hi there, first of all I would like to thank you for this test! I have severe health anxiety and...


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Nov 18

Testing more than once... should I?

Hey, I am such a worrier and just wanted to ask for a bit of peace of mind... I took a test 11...


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Oct 18

Ongoing anxiety

Hi guys, firstly thank you for your service. I understand this type of post is a reoccurring theme...


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Oct 18

Test at 29 days post possible exposure...

Hello. I am just writing to see if I understand the situation correctly. 5 weeks ago I had...


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Oct 18

worried that I might have caught HIV

Hello...I have been very concerned and extremely worried that I might have caught HIV from...


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Oct 18

4th gen ag/ab test at 43 days and 65 days

Hi have had symptoms 10-25 days post exposure vaginal sex rash disgorges chills lymph pain. Then...


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Sep 18

3 tests later and still anxious

I’ve posted on here a few weeks ago and I’m still having anxiety about having possible HIV...


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Jun 18

Deliverytime

Your test delivered on june 6th and not yet received in italy. Today june 19th. So many days around...


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Apr 18

completely at home

I was pleased then dismayed with previous self-test, as funding was pulled from my area. So happy...


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Apr 18

need to re-test?

I'm am a male and had unprotected insertive fellatio from a commercial sex worker of unknown...


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Feb 18

HIV?

I’ll try to be as detailed as I can. In early December and late December I had protected sex and...


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Jan 18

Test at 40 days

Dear all, 33 days ago had protected sex but I licked for some seconds the penis of my partner -...


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Jan 18

extreme anxiety

Hi, been suffering from very extreme anxiety for more than a year. It all started with a white...


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Jan 18

ARS symptoms possible after 11 weeks?

I had a very brief sexual encounter (when I say brief, I mean no longer than 10-15 seconds) with a...


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Dec 17

Window

Good day Quick question. Going back on some of your answers I see you say 4 weeks, only 50%...


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Dec 17

Help

Good day On the aids vancouver helpline website they say that most people will have detectable...


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Sep 17

Paranoid Hypochondriac

After a monogamous decade relationship, I started to date again. I found myself being careless...


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Jul 17

Will hospital treatment affect result?

Hi, I have taken 3 of your self test kits over the past 3 months. 1st being 4 weeks -...


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Jun 17

Peace of Mind

Thought I would tell my story because I know there will be other people like me - searching the...


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Jun 17

low-risk doesn't mean no-risk

I'm a 37 year old hetero white British female who has had unprotected vaginal sex. I was very...


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May 17

Hiv home test

My knowledge of hiv was very slim until recent times. I read up about HIV online and I learned...


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May 17

Feelings about the Biosure HIV test

I have tested at GUM clinics in the past, done postal testing (buying a kit and mailing a blood...


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Apr 17

Testing window period

Hello doctors I took three tests at 28,29 and 31 days - I was wondering what percentage of people...


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Dec 16

Rise in STIs in post menopausal, heterosexual women

Watching the Lorraine Show on TV they featured the self test kit. They mentioned a big rise in STIs...


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Jul 16

many still regard hiv as a death sentence

I had my very first hivselftest on 14th July 2016, I do test at gum clinics regularly. My partner...


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Jul 16

I sincerely wish that I had never used this test

I sincerely wish that I had never used this test and had simply gone to my nearest GUM clinic in...


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Jul 16

nearest STD/GUM clinic is 3 buses away

Had been wanting to take a HIV test for a while, but the nearest STD/GUM clinic is 3 buses away,...


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Jul 16

Negative

So I ordered the test last week having seen it advertised on a news app I use on my phone, arrived...


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Jul 16

My first instant HIV test

I've done several home HIV testing kits before. I find them more convenient and easier to cope...


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Jun 16

HIV Neg : Quick and easy testing

Arrives discreetly packaged in the post, quick prick of the finger and 15 minutes later you have...


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Apr 16

I've been relatively careful...but there has been that ONE random time

Ok, so I am a 31 year old gay male who has been relatively careful in my sex life, but there has...


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Feb 16

Girlfriend asked me to take the test

I recently started a new relationship and my partner took a HIV test at a clinic soon after we met....


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Jan 16

Reduced my anxiety

Used the home test kit to stop/reduce my anxienty. And the test was simple to use. from opening...


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May 15

The longest night ever!

I am a gay man and have never had an HIV test. Over the course of the past 15 years I have had many...


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Apr 15

Biosure HIV self test

I read about the new self test on Monday morning BBC news website, checked out the biosure website,...


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Apr 15

HIV self-testing - know the facts and have your say

For the first time, home HIV self-test kits...


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Apr 15

Share your experiences of using the test

This  discussion and ideas exchange site has been specially set up for people to share their...


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Mar 15

HIV self-testing

"Stigma, discrimination, lack of privacy, and long waiting times partly explain why six out of ten...