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Some simple and direct questions
Dear Doctors,
About one year ago I had sex with a girl and had a broken condom. 28 days after, I did a Roche Ag/Ab P24 Combi test and it came non reactive. I repeated the test 90 days later, same laboratory and same test type, and it again came non reactive.
I had no symptoms like sore throat, swollen lymp nodes, hash, high fever or anything else of my knowledge.
Okay, before you both yeal to me, I have a question.
Two months ago (more than one year later) I got a severe throat inflamation and went to a doctor. He looked and gave me nistatin for 3 weeks for suspicion candida. Well, I used the medication, an oral suspension 1 to 1 million and my throat got better. I stopped and 1 week later i'm with a mildl pain again.
You know, the Internet can be cruel. I did a research and all I read is related to a depressed immunological system like in HIV and cancer/transplant treatment and of course I freaked.
I don't have fever, neither any other signs of infection. Could you please comment about my case ?
Is it possible to have 2 non reactive tests at 28d and 90d and "turn" positive ?
Any help will be greatly apreciated.
About one year ago I had sex with a girl and had a broken condom. 28 days after, I did a Roche Ag/Ab P24 Combi test and it came non reactive. I repeated the test 90 days later, same laboratory and same test type, and it again came non reactive.
I had no symptoms like sore throat, swollen lymp nodes, hash, high fever or anything else of my knowledge.
Okay, before you both yeal to me, I have a question.
Two months ago (more than one year later) I got a severe throat inflamation and went to a doctor. He looked and gave me nistatin for 3 weeks for suspicion candida. Well, I used the medication, an oral suspension 1 to 1 million and my throat got better. I stopped and 1 week later i'm with a mildl pain again.
You know, the Internet can be cruel. I did a research and all I read is related to a depressed immunological system like in HIV and cancer/transplant treatment and of course I freaked.
I don't have fever, neither any other signs of infection. Could you please comment about my case ?
Is it possible to have 2 non reactive tests at 28d and 90d and "turn" positive ?
Any help will be greatly apreciated.
Thank you for your answer and patience.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Oral candida isn't all that rare in entirely healthy persons. I had it myself once. In any case, the HIV test results overrule all other considerations in deciding whether or not HIV is present.
Thank you Doctor.
I had no other exposition for sure. Too much information is simply overwelming and of course all this HIV thing is very, very scary.
I was just very bugged about candida on throat. I tought it would infect just HIV, diabetics and imunodepressed people. That's what turned the bug on.
Thanks once more.
I had no other exposition for sure. Too much information is simply overwelming and of course all this HIV thing is very, very scary.
I was just very bugged about candida on throat. I tought it would infect just HIV, diabetics and imunodepressed people. That's what turned the bug on.
Thanks once more.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
The important information is all in your opening paragraph. Your 28 day test was conclusive; you did not catch HIV. You did not need the additional test at 90 days, but it confirmed that you didn't catch HIV. It doesn't matter what symptoms you had then or have developed in the meantime. The test proves they are not due to HIV. That includes your symptoms a year later.
I agree about the internet. Anxious people tend to see the information that inflames their fears and miss the reassuring parts. The problem with searching HIV symptoms is that they occur with literally a hundred or more medical conditions, most of which are much more common than HIV. Almost every infection (colds, flu, gastrointestinal viruses, pneumonia, meningitis, and many others) as well as many non-infectious diseases can cause most or all the symptoms that are associated with HIV. Thus, symptoms alone are almost never useful in judging whether or not someone has HIV. And as I said above, unless you were re-exposed after the events of a year ago, your negative test results cannot lie: you do not have HIV and something else has caused your symptoms. Do not over-think it: there are NO exceptions to these rules.
As that implies, the answer to your closing question is no. It is not possible to have those negative test results and still have HIV.
So relax and move on. See a doctor or clinic if you still have symptoms that concern you. But stop worrying about HIV. No way.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
The important information is all in your opening paragraph. Your 28 day test was conclusive; you did not catch HIV. You did not need the additional test at 90 days, but it confirmed that you didn't catch HIV. It doesn't matter what symptoms you had then or have developed in the meantime. The test proves they are not due to HIV. That includes your symptoms a year later.
I agree about the internet. Anxious people tend to see the information that inflames their fears and miss the reassuring parts. The problem with searching HIV symptoms is that they occur with literally a hundred or more medical conditions, most of which are much more common than HIV. Almost every infection (colds, flu, gastrointestinal viruses, pneumonia, meningitis, and many others) as well as many non-infectious diseases can cause most or all the symptoms that are associated with HIV. Thus, symptoms alone are almost never useful in judging whether or not someone has HIV. And as I said above, unless you were re-exposed after the events of a year ago, your negative test results cannot lie: you do not have HIV and something else has caused your symptoms. Do not over-think it: there are NO exceptions to these rules.
As that implies, the answer to your closing question is no. It is not possible to have those negative test results and still have HIV.
So relax and move on. See a doctor or clinic if you still have symptoms that concern you. But stop worrying about HIV. No way.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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