I cannot reassure you any more than I already have. I will have no more comments.
Thanks, so can i move on from this and stop worrying?? How many chances i have to turn possitive after that 3rd week i took the DUO test? thank you Dr. I just need some reassurance. thanks a lot
Those are not symptoms of early HIV infection. You caught a cold.
Muchas Gracias for you fast reply and half in Spanish Dr!
I havent had any symtoms at all but this past week i had something like a cold, with stuffy nose and cough with mocus so i dont know if that was an HIV symtom.
Buenos dias. Por seguro su ingles is mejor que mi espanol!
El riesgo de HIV en este situacion es minimal--practicalmente, zero. You might have a misunderstanding about the frequency of HIV in the US. The chance that a 20 year old North American woman has HIV is extremely low, probalby less than 1 chance in many thousand. Her reassurance that she isn't infected, and her sexual lifestyle, suggest there is no realistic chance she had HIV. The specific answers to your questions are:
1) A negative test at 3 weeks is highly reliable.
2) Zero for practical purposes. See above.
3) You did not need to be tested at all, and you do not need further testing. But if you remain nervous, you could be tested again 6-8 weeks after your last sexual exposure.
Buena suerte-- HHH, MD