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do i have HIV?pls help
dr,i am 28 yr male about 40 days back i had sex with a C.W.S in india,it was a protected sex and my condom did not break ,i did not get involved in any oral sex with her but ya i did kiss her,what i am really worried about is that today after 40 days i have become sick with fever and my joints and mussels r paining even my neck is stiff,i even had cold after 20 days from my encounter with her,so pls help me out as i am having sleepless night's i am really worried do i stand any risk of H.I.V
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
You do not have HIV. EWH
hello dr,today after 64th day after my last sexual intercourse with the sex worker i finally went for my hiv test,and i did my ELISA TEST that has turn to be NEGATIVE OR NON REACTIVE.so pls tell me can i look forward and MOVE ON with my life.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Your chances are very, very low but a negative test will be more reassuring than my words. Any approved test will be fine. EWH
dr,thank you for your guidance, but what r the chances am i safe or not,do i really need to test and which test shall i undergo
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The onset of your symptoms is late for the onset of the Acute Retroviral Syndrome (ARS) which is the earliest manifestation of HIV and only occurs in a small number proportion of persons who get the infection. Your exposure was safe. You used a condom for your genital exposure and you had no other meaningful exposure. HIV is NOT transmitted by kissing so that you kissed her does not represent risk of any sort.
It is far more likely that what you are experiencing at this time is the "flu" caused by some other kind of community acquired, non-sexually transmitted virus. I urge you do not to worry. There is virtually no risk for HIV from the encounter you describe. To prove this to yourself, you could get an HIV. At this time, 40 days after your exposure, the HIV blood test would be expected to detect over 95% of HIV transmitted 40 days ago. This, combined with the fact that your exposure was virtually no risk should be taken as proof that you do not have HIV. I hope your flu gets better soon. EWH
It is far more likely that what you are experiencing at this time is the "flu" caused by some other kind of community acquired, non-sexually transmitted virus. I urge you do not to worry. There is virtually no risk for HIV from the encounter you describe. To prove this to yourself, you could get an HIV. At this time, 40 days after your exposure, the HIV blood test would be expected to detect over 95% of HIV transmitted 40 days ago. This, combined with the fact that your exposure was virtually no risk should be taken as proof that you do not have HIV. I hope your flu gets better soon. EWH
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