I regularly get HIV testing ever since starting college because I was always sexually active. I recently graduated and thought why not make it a yearly habit anyway?
I got the test at my doctor's office and they told me the result was "Quantity Not Sufficient or QNS."
What does that mean? My doctor says that it means there was not enough antibodies for a conclusive result, so the results are treated as negative, and that this is a common result among those who get tested and are negative.
Does that make sense though? I thought if there weren't enough antibodies, that means there is no virus? What's going on here? I looked on search engines and although there weren't many details on QNS some sites said that means there wasn't enough blood for an accurate test.
I'm getting nervous even though my doctor said forget about it, can someone who actually knows what QNS means please help?!
Thank you all in advance!

it means what your doctor said,that you are negative.why would you question your doctor? i'm sure it means that when they test they look for certian levels of certian antibodies in your blood.antibodies are what fight infection,everyone has them they aren't brought in to your system by hiv.
thier levels rise when they are fighting an infection like hiv. when they are not fighting an infection they stay dormant until they are needed.
my thought is QNS means they found some of those antibodies they look for but not at a level that would indicate that you are infected.
relax and go enjoy life and quit second guessing your doctor
good luck :)

QNS essentially means, especially in a disease like HIV, that a lab/doctor office is covering their butts. While you may be showing negative, the test does not know what your exposure was yesterday and depending on the test, what it was the week before.

So rather than saying your negative, the test states you do not have anything measurable in your blood at that time. The only reason you should be worried is if you had questionable exposure...then, as you know, you do the follow up blood work.

I disagree with the others. I think you should wait a few weeks and then get retested, hon.
QNS in common usage (at least in the U.S.A.) means they did not have enough serum to run the test.
"Nonreactive" would be a negative test result.
"Inconclusive" would mean the possibility of antibodies but not enough to call your result "nonreactive."
I have never heard of QNS meaning a negative test result... I believe your doctor may have been mistaken in his interpretation there.
While I think you're probably negative, I think you should retest and make sure the result is "nonreactive."