Talking about home testing for HIV

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Jul 21

Do not panic!

Now I've been avoiding this for the last 2 years because of anxiety, it had crippled me into...


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Jun 21

I have super bad anxiety

Hello, I have a super bad anxiety. Recently over five weeks ago I used tobacco from someone who is...


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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

Possible reasons for a false negative?

Hi there, In some of the responses on here it says that 'usually' false negatives only occur due...


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Jan 21

Is this result conclusive?

June 2020: I had a medium-high risk where I got someone's cum rubbed on my penis head. (He later...


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Dec 20

Anxiety about HIV

So I took a test around a year after a one night stand, 6 weeks after the night I went for a 4th...


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Sep 20

False Negatives and sticky antibodies

Hello The post from Gary (in


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Sep 20

Testing worry

I have taken 3 tests 1 about 60 days after possible exposure another one at 100 days and another...


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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

Blood test

Hi I just wanted some information on how a GUM clinic would confirm positive results of a Biosure...


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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

2nd gen tests reliable?

I have a question is biosure (2nd gen) tests reliable for longstanding hiv infection? I am talking...


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Jun 20

False Negatives

I recently did 2 biosure hiv self tests at 6 months. Only the control line was visible in both...


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Jun 20

False negatives on test

Please, I am going out of mind here. Took a biosure test a few years after possible exposure, as...


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Jan 20

Maybe A Risk Exposure

I have a question hopefully someone can answer it does muscle loss occur in early HIV stage as well...


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Jan 20

HIV Negative Test But Still Worried...

Hello, I have just received my HIV results and came back negative but positive for gonorrhoea in my...


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Dec 19

HIV 2 window period?

Hello. I had a sex with someone believed to be from Africa unprotected. I have read from many...


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Nov 19

What are the chances of a manufacturers fault?

What are the chances of a manufacturers fault? I tested a year after my possible exposure. I...


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Nov 19

Is Seroconversion related to production of Antibodies?

Hi A lot of literature around HIV window period state that humans produce antibodies at...


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Nov 19

Still a little anxious after two tests

I had just one unprotected encounter with a person who said he was HIV negative. I was skeptical so...


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Sep 19

Safety lancet pin

I recently did the biosure test. The lancet was not in the pack with the blaster. The whole packet...


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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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Apr 19

Negative Result

Hi had a couple of unsafe sex episode about five to six years ago I'm male with two separate...


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Apr 19

Amazing and so simple to use

Four years ago I had an unprotected encounter and I regret it all the time, I started over thinking...


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Feb 19

HIV testing and scared please help!!

Hello I’m going to get right to the point. After a possible exposure to HIV I was tested...


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Jan 19

need to test again?

I took the test Friday. The results came negative. I was exposed 3months ago. Can I be relieved or...


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Dec 18

How accurate after 39 days

Hi there, I used one of your test kits 39 days or just under six weeks after unprotected receptive...


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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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Sep 18

I've put myself at high risk

Can someone please help me? I've put myself at high risk with a guy that had unprotected anal...


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Sep 18

Hiv anxiety

I was stupid and unfaithful to my girlfriend - unprotected oral with someone of unknown status....


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Jul 18

Test questions - new partner

My new partner tested negative after 52 days using the hiv duo combo test after a 2 seconds condom...


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Jun 18

Biosure peace of mind.

I am still worried about having HIV. I had protected sex with a prostitute in October 2016. I took...


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May 18

I was so scared

I had unprotected sex in January with someone I knew very little about and it is now May and I can...


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May 18

Lancet needle

Hello, I used the lancet needle in the kit but this will sound like a silly question, I used the...


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Apr 18

Feedback and using the lancet

I am someone who hates drawing blood and is pain-sensitive (feeling faint at just the thought of...


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Mar 18

Is my test conclusive?

I had unprotected anal sex with someone and developed a single symptom of HIV. I went to the...


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Jan 18

Relief, Easy, Affordable

Just like to thank you for your product, even though never really never thought I carried HIV I...


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Dec 17

I really don’t know what to do

Hi. I had drunken unprotected sex with a guy a year ago, 1 months after, I tested positive for...


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Nov 17

is 8 week test accurate?

Hi, I recently did the biosure test (after 8 weeks) not exactly knowing that the test is the most...


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Oct 17

Stop Googling, start testing

In October 2016 I used my first BioSure HIV self test, and it was negative. The relief was instant...


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Jul 17

I know I need to get tested

So this is my story. I have been so scared lately over the fact that I think I have been infected...


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Jun 17

I met someone online

I met someone online and about a year later, I stupidly started having unprotected with him. We had...


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Jun 17

BBC documentary "The truth about HIV"

I came across the BBC documentary "The truth about HIV" and it gave me a real push to get...


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May 17

Anxiety will not leave me

So abput 7years ago I had relations with a man, a man whom I later found out was married. Needless...


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Apr 17

Instant results provide less anxiety

As someone who likes to get tested regularly, having a test done at home with immediate results is...


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Jan 17

Grateful that self testing exists!

I live in a small country where you're always guaranteed to run into someone you know or knows your...


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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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Dec 16

Thank you biosure

For about 7 years, I have been worried about my status. Although I didn't have unprotected sex, I...


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Nov 16

Just a question....

Hiya.... I recently did my test and it was negative but having told someone the anxiety and stress...


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Aug 16

First time HIV self test

A couple of years back I have done one HIV test at STD clinics before. About 7 month ago I exposed...


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Jul 16

Biosure test

Does this test cover all types of HIV? My possible exposure was from someone originating from...


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Jul 16

Should I still be worried?

I stupidly had a one night stand with someone 2 years ago. after 2 years I came across this test...


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Jun 16

I had been in a manogomous relationship

I had been in a manogomous relationship (as much as I aware of course) for a year and a half. Don't...


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Apr 16

Less scary then going to a clinic or gp

I recently found I was pregnant and the midwife had left a leaflet about the HIV test you get...


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Apr 16

Such a relief after months of torture!

Such a relief after months of torture! The 15 minutes wait was one of the longest, hardest times of...


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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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Mar 16

Meant to go to a clinic but my sister told me about biosure

Meant to go to a clinic but my sister told me about biosure as she was a tester.I think it's great...


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Feb 16

I'd had many unsafe sexual encounters

I'd had many unsafe sexual encounters - deliberate and knowing the risks. I don't really know why,...


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Feb 16

re living my sexual history to remember if I had put myself at risk!

I have had the worst anxiety for the past 2 weeks after someone put the idea in my head that HIV is...


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Feb 16

Living in fear for years

I have been living in fear for years thinking that I could have been infected with HIV. I was...


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Nov 15

too worried to go and be tested for fear of being seen by someone I know

A few years ago I made some bad decisions and had unprotected heterosexual sex with a number of men...


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Oct 15

Reliabilty of tests.

Can someone tell me the reliability of the tests. I have done two well outside the window period....


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Oct 15

It takes courage to do the test alone.

The last time I tested for HIV was late 2013 and after that I was exposed to the virus. Although my...


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Oct 15

If your scared ask a family member to be with you!

I'm 24 and I have a slight problem going to a clinic when going through a health scare, my phobia...


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Jul 15

HIV self test - would definitely recommend

Hi I never really thought there was much chance of me contracting HIV - I've never injected drugs...


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May 15

BioSure self test

As someone who likes to get tested (for my own reassurance) having not only the test done at home...


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May 15

A very welcome addition to the UK safer sex landscape

I used this as an experiment, and found the test very easy to use and to understand. I was very...


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Apr 15

HIV Self Test - FIRST TIME

So fantastically simple to do! I cannot stress how anxious you can get having to go to a doctor or...