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Can I stop worrying?

Hi All -

I just got back my Home Access Test results and they returned negative.  I took the test 90 days after possible exposure, should I be good to go?

Thanks

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if a women profromed oral sex on a man,she is more risky and there is no reliable document case report if the partner(female) was not at her period(period boold is more risky),and there is also no document case reoprt oral sex performed just single time who was contact with hiv,you dont want to tell your exposure(even not exposure).hope this can help you,beautiful lady.
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     A man is in very low risk for every activity: also woman performing on him( she has to bleed and him to have open wound on the penis) or him giving oral on woman, as woman secretions contain insignificant amount of viral load anyway. for a woman is far more risky.
    what part do you not understand? in %, we talk about 0,01% chances of gettin' HIV from oral. risk increases when partners have wounds in mouth, gums with problems, dental extractions, wounds on genital area.
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Dont get angry.. I am just asking....I read your post but i cant understand, so i asked you again, Please tell again
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that's what told to ping792's question(read about this post i answered both way of oral sex),you need not to explain it,i know blow job is oral sex.
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A man is in very low risk for every activity: also woman performing on him( she has to bleed and him to have open wound on the penis) or him giving oral on woman, as woman secretions contain insignificant amount of viral load anyway. for a woman is far more risky.
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I mean female sucking male penis without condom...
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How about the BJ? If, female is infected and she is sucking the male penis...How about the risk here?
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from what i told you,you could find hbv is a std as known risk from proformed oral sex on a man without condom.0.25reactivity,0.25<1.00,all the data(number)<1.00 means the result of boold test is negative.it's worth to repaet that your hiv risk is so low that needn't to test.you also asked me about hbv window period,it's 45days-160days,i think you should retest after 160days to be sure.move on,beautiful lady.

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thank you very much! i wanna believe that all these past 6months have been a nightmare due to hepB and all symptoms match it. I had a blood Elisa Ag/Ab 4generation 18weeks post exposure, 0,25 reactivity. than a test discovered HBV in my body and all seems wrong, nothing cures any more. I think it must be all due to it. Do you believe I need a conclusive 6months (considering HBV)? have a nice life ! I have screened all my life past these 6months and learned to enjoy it....I wish that to everybody
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from your description,no matter you even not trust him,no matter he was infect(unlikly),your risk is so low that needn't to take boold test,if you must,8weeks is enough.your symptoms dont contact with hiv,relax,move on,and beautiful lady.
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OH, ok. the case is like this : we talk about a single time,for about 10minutes, and i've told you, unfortunately I am not aware of pre***. The guy told me was so scared about what i've told him, about all symptoms, that he took a full exam, including HIV test, about  2,5months post my exposure and he was ok. I tend not to trust him,as i have seen no test and I am here with swollone nodes everywhere and sore troath for like 3months now....
     What do you believe? It is a lower risk if i wasn''t aware of any ***??
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no contradictory,i just replied for ping792's question,he performed oral sex on a girl,not you.so i just tole him about proform oral sex on a women not a man,you should know.

now,from your situation as below

Oral sex.

The risk of becoming infected with HIV through unprotected (without a condom) oral sex (without a condom) is lower than that of unprotected anal or vaginal sex. However, even a lower risk activity can become an important way people get infected if it is done often enough. A recent study found that 7.8% (8 of 102) of recently infected men who have sex with men in San Francisco were probably infected through oral sex. Oral sex is reported as a more frequent activity than anal sex and is almost never protected by condoms. And because many people (especially youth) do not associate oral sex with risk, oral sex is more likely to be unprotected than anal or vaginal sex.

from the statement,you should know case reports said proform oral sex on a man

1 if you only performed oral sex on a man single time,your risk is so low to recomend to test,if you must,8weeks is enough.

STD Risk Chart

Performing Oral Sex on a Man
KNOWN RISKS                      Chlamydia  Gonorrhea  Hep A               Herpes   HPV (warts)   Shigella*      Syphilis

  
POSSIBLE RISKS                  Hep B
                                             HIV**

UNKNOWN                            Hep C

* If receiver has just topped someone else.
** Very Low Risk


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       You seem to have read very much about HIV and oral. my exposure was the riskier: i am a woman performing on a man. He did not***,but i do not know about pre***. actually, i do not know how that one feels so i felt nothing. since,i had all symptoms in the world, nodes and sore throat still.
       I read what you said and seems so contradictory: so NONE hiv trough oral, still RARELY reported. so there are ore there aren't? so is the San Francisco Public Health right or the RECENT study from Spain?
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Thanks for the help!
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1 you had unprotected vaginal intercourse over six mos ago,now you test 90days negative,that say your boold test have been out of window period,why should you worry?

2 you had protected vagina sex with a different girl no matter who she is ,protected is protected,no risk.

3 you proform oral sex on a girl,no matter who she is,your risk is so low to recomend to test.

Oral sex and women
Licking or sucking the vagina, or vaginal lips is very safe in terms of HIV. There is very little HIV in a woman’s vaginal juices, and saliva damages the virus. Dental dams are not necessary for protection against HIV but may help prevent the transmission of other sexually transmissible infections like herpes.

There are no reliable reports of anyone getting HIV from oral sex on a woman with HIV. Likewise, there is insignificant danger of a positive woman infecting a man by sucking his penis. Condoms can prevent both partners from other sexually transmissible infections. (This information from Treat Yourself Right, AFAO 2000).


QUESTION
I was wondering how safe oral sex is -- both giving and receiving.

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Questions about oral sex are probably the most common ones we get. In terms of HIV, oral sex both ways is very safe. The University of California San Francisco and the San Francisco Dept. of Public Health just completed a study of men in San Francisco who have only had oral sex and found zero new HIV infections. A very recent study from Spain confirmed earlier studies that oral sex is safe sex in terms of HIV. However, there are case reports and individual experiences that support that HIV can be transmitted through oral sex, although rarely. As far as whether oral sex is riskier if you swallow, truthfully no one really knows.


STD Risk Chart

Performing Oral Sex on a Woman
KNOWN RISKS                                     none
POSSIBLE RISKS                                 Herpes
UNKNOWN                                           HPV (warts)





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you're good to go!!!! congrats
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Sorry... my first possible exposure was unprotected vaginal intercourse (I am male) over six months ago... then protected vaginal with a different girl five months ago... and then unprotected oral (me performing on her) 90 days ago or so...

those were my only possible exposures... then reason I have been worried is because I did not know them very well before doing the acts... thanks again
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can you tell me what is your exposure,90days negative you can move on.
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I received the results last week.
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