Talking about home testing for HIV

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Nov 21

4 Tests ! Can i move on knowing i'm fine ?

Hello ! I had a possible exposure 87 days ago. At 60 Days i had Negative - Biosure At 64 Days...


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Oct 21

Long lasting symptoms

Well, this has been a nightmare for me … in the first week of January 2021 I went to a party with...


15

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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Aug 21

Hiv results/symptoms

I had sex with a Ukrainian lady on the 9 June 2021 all protected oral and vaginal (she supplied the...


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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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Jul 21

Test three months after prep

Hi I had an exposure 28 february so I went and took prep for a month. After that I tested using...


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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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Feb 21

HIV Test On 2 Year Old At 59 Days

Hi, I have carried out a Biosure test at 59 days on my two year old after he met my mother who is...


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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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Jan 21

What antibodies does this test detect?

On researching, I had read that 2nd generation tests can only detect for IgG, but on...


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Oct 20

Still paranoid after negative test

Last possible exposure was years ago. I took a test and it came out negative but I’m still...


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Oct 20

Anxiety grows

Hi. I have found


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Oct 20

Accuracy

Please to refer this statement in relation to your test accuracy "A false HIV-negative result...


21

Sep 20

False Negatives and sticky antibodies

Hello The post from Gary (in


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Sep 20

Biosure question

I had a oral encounter with a male. I got worried after it as it was in protected and took a...


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Sep 20

I took 1 Truvada pill a day after exposure

Hi .I took 1 Truvada pill a day after exposure and never took them because the person I had...


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Aug 20

Biosure test I believe to be extremely accurate

Hi, On December the 18th 2019 i had a Heterosexual exposure. I started testing from the 03rd Feb...


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Aug 20

Relieved after 3 and a half years

3 and a half years ago I had a sexual assault experience whilst at uni. I woke up in my own bed...


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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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Jun 20

Hiv test reliability

I was exposed to possible hiv by having oral sex with a guy on 29th of Feb 2020, tested with...


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May 20

Unprotected oral sex

Hello. i had unprotected oral sex (from me to her and from her to me) on 15 February. After a week....


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May 20

now my anxiety is back

I got tested at home today after a couple of years of being anxious and fearful...I waited 20...


25

Apr 20

HIV test after 42 days

I had unprotected sex with a lady who tested positive a week after the incident. I tested with...


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Feb 20

Two tests

I had sex in July 2019, 3 days later i went for testing at a clinic i was found to be negative but...


26

Nov 19

Is the test at day 84 conclusive

I have taken taken biosure tests at day 62, 69, 73, 76, 80 and 84. All of them have been negative....


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Oct 19

After pricking an HIV patient

After pricking an HIV patient with a blood lancet, I mistakenly pricked myself with it am so scared...


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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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Jun 19

Testing negative using biosure 8 months after the exposure

I made the mistake of my life last year by having unprotected anal sex (i was top), it all began...


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Jun 19

Am i clear from hiv?

Hi this is my story. The stress and worry i cannot explain. I had sex with a massage worker when i...


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Apr 19

unprotected sex with sex worker

On Feb 8th I had unprotected sex with sex worker. After the exposure on 65 day I checked HIV 1...


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Apr 19

unprotected sex (condom broke)

Hi, I have unprotected sex (condom broke) with a CSW. Got viral fever after 3 day. I got...


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Apr 19

working with blood sample

I am working in a lab where I deal with blood samples of unknown medical history. While working...


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Mar 18

doubt in reading results

Hi, I took a self test last week at home but i am a bit unsure about the result. Within the first...


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Jan 18

I was convinced

Started off with a recent random swollen lymph node in my chest. It was really odd and painful and...


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Jan 18

Feelings of desperate guilt and regret

I'm married. Very happily married, in fact. About two years ago, I did something unbelievably...


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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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Dec 17

Help

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


22

Nov 17

chance in a million?

Hi there I recently did 2 self tests. The first at 96 days and the second at 110 days. Both...


19

Oct 17

3 tests - all negative

Hello, I live outside the United Kingdom. I had a relationship three years ago. I have applied for...


19

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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Jul 17

Scared of getting tested? - PLEASE READ

To those scared of getting tested, please read, I have also been scared of being tested, I hope...


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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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Mar 17

I am phobic with blood tests

For me I am phobic with blood tests, so have continually been too anxious to visit the clinic for a...


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Mar 17

Testing

What an amazing thing. My father is HIV positive. I understand and am aware that it is no longer a...


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Feb 17

About test.

Hi. Is there any different betwen for exampel a 2nd generation SELF test and a 2nd generation...


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Jan 17

Query about buying a test on Amazon

Hi there, Is buying the biosure HIV test on the official website (http://hivselftest.co.uk) the...


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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

bio sure hiv self test

its always been pondering somewhere in the back of my mind. been abit ashamed to go to the clinic....


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Jul 16

hiv self test - information

As others have commented, solid packaging, very clear instructions, and detailed information...


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May 16

negative

in the biosure web I have see this: "If you have any reason to believe your test result is...


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May 16

Is that the same?

Hi, Is that the same to buy biosure HIV test in amazon or in biosure webset...


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Apr 16

HIV selftest suited me

The test arrived in plain packaging as promised one working day after ordering. I am a gay man who...


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Apr 16

Testing negative

The warning on the biosure website reads, "If your test is negative it does not mean you are...


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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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Jan 16

Self testing after partner was diagnosed

I was at work when my partner who lives abroad sent me the message which you never want to receive,...


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Dec 15

Taking the test

It is convenient to test yourself at home and helpful If you don't want to wait for days to get...


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Dec 15

Just out of a longterm relationship

Just out of longterm relationship and wanted to check my status while waiting to see what happens...


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Nov 15

I had put off and put off going to get a test in a clinic

I am so thankful for this test. I had put off and put off going to get a test in a clinic or at the...


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Jun 15

HIV Self-Test: The Journey.

I'd had a bout of diarrhoea in mid-February this year, and two weeks later I had a short but bad...


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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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May 15

Home HIV Testing - " I thought I'd give it a go"

I received the kit this morning and found it very informative and easy to use, the hardest bit to...


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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...