Originally Posted by Liz122

Hi, I had an instance that had bothered me that has occured 3 years ago. Since then I was not sexually active. I decided to get a recent HIV test at a local clinic to make sure I was fine since that time. My test came back negative. However the day that I took it I had a little cold, so the day before I drank lots and lots of hot tea with lemon, maybe 7-8 cups. So I was wondering if fluid intake of this much intereferes with antibody levels, by dilluting them in your blood? Hence, creating a negative result?

I asked the doctor and she told me it doesn't, and since the instance happend so long it would show 100%, however I am still worried.

Can someone experiened in this category please clarify for me?? So I stop worrying..