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Can I still be positive??
I had unprotected sex in the beginning of April with a friend. He said he got tested after our encounter and was negative for HIV. I was clean before and only had a history of high risk HPV which I got a LEEP procedure to take care of it. My paps have been normal for the last 2 years up until now. This guy had chlamydia (he later tested positive) and gave it to me. I was treated for chlamydia and tested neg for gonorrhea, herpes, hep c/b, syphilis, HIV ( at 6 weeks (oraquick), 8 weeks (ELISA-blood) and 12 weeks(Rapid finger ***** test). My pap recently came back as abnormal (ASCUS). My gyn did a colposcopy and biopsy and said he didn't see any genital warts and said that my cervix looks very inflamed. I'm still waiting on results for a HPV test and the biopsy, I'm so nervous and have been having nightmares everyday. I'm having a tingly itchy feeling in my cervix, and I'm correlating it that I can maybe still have HIV even though my test at 12 weeks was negative. Has anyone ever go through these symptoms?? I've been dealing with an on going nightmare for 3 months now and just want to put an end to it. How accurate are my results at 12 weeks? Also is it possible that I'm infected with HIV and it re-activated my HPV? Thanks!
Thank you, I'm going to get re-tested in august for a clear head, but you've convinced me that I can look forward to a negative result. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your patience and advice. I have certainly learned from this experience and will never repeat this mistake ever again. ONE last question, I know you don't know my friend, but after I told him I tested positive for chlamydia, he went to the clinic and tested for HIV along with syphilis and gonorrhea, he told me everything came out negative except for the chlamydia, would somebody lie about something like this?
if he wanted to lie, he didn't need to tell you about chlamydia either. But what matters is your end of 12th week negative result above his lies and honesty. You absolutely have nothing to worry about now. :-)
well yeah, the risk does increase but what are you going to do if the other person does not have HIV? He couldn't have given you something he didn't have, right? You said so yourself that he tested negative after your encounter, and that should have totally eased your mind.
Trust me, I had a tough ordeal myself and could not think logically for the last 3 months at all. I came here and posted very insane questions but you can trust on the advice you've been given here because they know what they are talking about. I learned a lot from them too.
I know exactly what you are going through but be very calm. You're negative and your results will not change. You would have had antibodies produced and tested positive by this time. But you didn't, which is awesome!! You can test again, but you don't need to!
Trust me, I had a tough ordeal myself and could not think logically for the last 3 months at all. I came here and posted very insane questions but you can trust on the advice you've been given here because they know what they are talking about. I learned a lot from them too.
I know exactly what you are going through but be very calm. You're negative and your results will not change. You would have had antibodies produced and tested positive by this time. But you didn't, which is awesome!! You can test again, but you don't need to!
I had anal exposure but came out of it fine..
Your chances of getting Chlamydia and other STDs are more greater than catching the monster HIV. And your test at the beginning of 12th week is a proof that you don't have HIV. You can test again and your results wont change...but don't stress over it now because it will do you no good. You've waited this long and you have your negative results, you should party now!
Your chances of getting Chlamydia and other STDs are more greater than catching the monster HIV. And your test at the beginning of 12th week is a proof that you don't have HIV. You can test again and your results wont change...but don't stress over it now because it will do you no good. You've waited this long and you have your negative results, you should party now!
1 day short of 12 weeks(83 days) is by definition the end of 12th week and not the beginning.
What I meant to ask is that I read if someone has an STD they can transmit HIV easier, so since he had chlamydia, that put me at much more of a risk, this whole ordeal is a nightmare and I just want it to end. Now I'm waiting on biopsy results and it's making my situation that much worse, I feel as though everything went wrong after ONE TIME...
Let's use some logic here:
PEP Regimen: 4 weeks (28 days)
RNA PCR conclusive: 2 weeks(14 days)
DNA PCR conclusive: 4 weeks (28 days)
4th gen test sensitivity over 99% at: 4 weeks(28 days)
Dr. Moyle on body say 98% seroconversion at: 56 days (8 weeks)
Do you see a pattern here. Everything mentioned above is about HIV related seroconversion and testing. They could have said do PCR/4th gen test at a month but policy setter say 28 days and not 30 days.
They could have said take PEP for a month(30 days) but they prescribe it for 4 weeks (28 days). 2 extra days for sure wouldn't harm much more than what has been already harmed.
Doc at thebody.org could have said that over 98% sero conversion
happens by 2 months but he chose to say 56 days (8 weeks).
Do you see all these are multiples of 14 and not 15. 3 months is a rounded of figure to go easy on tongue and mind so unnecessary questions from worried people like you are not asked. 12 weeks is pleanty time for detectable antibody response. You are good to go.
PEP Regimen: 4 weeks (28 days)
RNA PCR conclusive: 2 weeks(14 days)
DNA PCR conclusive: 4 weeks (28 days)
4th gen test sensitivity over 99% at: 4 weeks(28 days)
Dr. Moyle on body say 98% seroconversion at: 56 days (8 weeks)
Do you see a pattern here. Everything mentioned above is about HIV related seroconversion and testing. They could have said do PCR/4th gen test at a month but policy setter say 28 days and not 30 days.
They could have said take PEP for a month(30 days) but they prescribe it for 4 weeks (28 days). 2 extra days for sure wouldn't harm much more than what has been already harmed.
Doc at thebody.org could have said that over 98% sero conversion
happens by 2 months but he chose to say 56 days (8 weeks).
Do you see all these are multiples of 14 and not 15. 3 months is a rounded of figure to go easy on tongue and mind so unnecessary questions from worried people like you are not asked. 12 weeks is pleanty time for detectable antibody response. You are good to go.
Thanks for the input, If you don't mind me asking, what was your risk? Am I more at a risk because I got chlamydia the same day?
Thanks for your input, I actually called the CDC today, they said that 97% of people show up in 3 months, so she told me I have a 3% chance that I can still be infected with HIV. It makes sense when you say that blood contact makes it much riskier. I took the test yesterday, making it 1 day short of 12 weeks and I guess 3 months would have been July 11, should that make a difference?
I had a situation where I was also short of 1 day of 12 weeks or it was beginning of the 12th week, and everyone told me that the result wont chance and that I am conclusively Negative. Ofcourse my risk was far greater than most people here, but I ended up testing again later and it was negative...and it's conclusive. Your result wont change....you're home free.
When CDC says 6 months they are out to target those exposures where there was direct blood to blood contact ..i.e in case of HCW's. Any blood involvement is considered to be super high risk. Just imagine a scenario where HIV infected blood is transfused in an HIV negative person. If the person does not test positive within 3 months, its almost impossible for docs to believe that the transmission did not take place so they would want to test again at 6 months. But, remember, these are scenarios where we are dealing with direct blood contact and not for an average sexual intercourse.
First of all, CDC says to wait only 3 months, except in special cases.
Look, the odds your friend has HIV are something like 1 in 10000, in that neighborhood. The odds to get HIV after a one time exposure are 1 in 1000. So the odds you got HIV are 1 in 10 million even before you took the test! And with the negative at 3 months its 1 in a billion! There is just no way you have it, period.
Look, the odds your friend has HIV are something like 1 in 10000, in that neighborhood. The odds to get HIV after a one time exposure are 1 in 1000. So the odds you got HIV are 1 in 10 million even before you took the test! And with the negative at 3 months its 1 in a billion! There is just no way you have it, period.
Why does the CDC say to wait 6 months? This is what worries me most... They say that 97% of people will show up enough anti-bodies by 3 months, but there still is a 3% chance that I can have HIV, i'm so worried sick...sorry if I sound like a pain, but thank you for all your help!
Thanks for your input, it truly makes me feel better. We don't speak because of this issue, I guess I was so overly nervous and bothered him so much about the situation he said that he wants nothing to do with me. I wish I could say he truly was my friend, but then again he gave me chlamydia, which he probably had no idea he had. I have no problem facing whatever is going on right now, but I just want to get HIV out of my head.
a 12 week test is "game - set n match". Whatever issues or physical ailments you are facing now have nothing to do with HIV and remember your risk was low to begin with. For heavens sake you had sex with a "friend". All serology tests are conclusive by 12 weeks. You are medically & technically off the hook. If you are still bothered, best is to go and discuss with your friend whom you bonded with.
I forgot to mention that a month after exposure I had a CBC count and everything was perfectly in normal range. Thanks
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