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AM i HIV positive?? Very scared...need help, PLEASE!!
Hi doctor
I an 25 yrs old and had a high risk exposure with a sex worker in central america about 55 days back...i have had a chronic sore throat since before this exposure and have been on antibiotics for 5 times in the last 2 months but to no avail...only yesterday the sore throat became bad (i.e. with pain and a little coughing). I have not had any sex after this incident. I also feel a little weakness and have a slight temperature.. i am deficient in vit-D since the last 7 months..hence i am on calcirol..also my doc recently advised me to go for a CBC test in which my RBC was a litle over the range with the WBC being around 6.4...do I have HIV? i am planning to go for an HIV antibody test once i complete the 3 month period. Please advise!
PS I am very very scared and worried
I an 25 yrs old and had a high risk exposure with a sex worker in central america about 55 days back...i have had a chronic sore throat since before this exposure and have been on antibiotics for 5 times in the last 2 months but to no avail...only yesterday the sore throat became bad (i.e. with pain and a little coughing). I have not had any sex after this incident. I also feel a little weakness and have a slight temperature.. i am deficient in vit-D since the last 7 months..hence i am on calcirol..also my doc recently advised me to go for a CBC test in which my RBC was a litle over the range with the WBC being around 6.4...do I have HIV? i am planning to go for an HIV antibody test once i complete the 3 month period. Please advise!
PS I am very very scared and worried
guys i got an antibody test for hiv-1,2 done at 60 days and it came out negative...how are my chances of getting a negative after 12 week (84 days)...am really tensed...pls help!!!
i had a fever of 100.4 today and saw a doctor..he diagnosed me with pharingytis (yet again in the last 2 months)...am on antibiotics for the 6th time and i hope this goes away....am very scared :(
thanks guys...i have a really sore throat, some coughing, weakness and some low grade fever...am **** scared and this was the stupidest thing i did in my life...i hope i can get through this and pledge never to repeat this incident again...not worth the diseases or the mental pain!
just to point out the OP has stated he had sex for 1 hour not 1 year...wait for the 3 month mark which is 35 days from now and get a conclusive result and put this behind for you good.
Since you have been having unprotected sex since a year, you can take a test now and once after 3 months from your last unprotected sexual episode.
An 8 week result will give you a fairly good idea of your status and is unlikely to change. Though a 3 month test is conclusive.
I had unprotected penetrative sex for almost 1 hour with the prostitute...she later told me that she was not hiv positive but i can't really go by that. Will an antibody test after 55 days give me a satisfactory result (like 95% correct)?
If you had unprotected penetrative sex, the only way to know your status is by testing with an HIV test. You can obtain your conclusive test result 3 months post exposure.
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