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Chances of getting infected
I happed to have viginal sex with a Thai sex worker.For my bad luck and shock i recognised that the condum has reptured. I realised about this only when i pulled out of her.So not very sure how long i got exposed inside the vigina. This is first and the only time i am having sex with anyone else other than my wife.
3 days after this inscident i started feeling itchy behind my ears, neck sometimes on chest etc. If i itch a mosquito bite like lump appears which will dissappear if i do'nt touch it for long time. I also feel itchy at different parts of the body but if do'nt touch anywhere then no rash appear. Today is the 11th day and i still get this itchy feeling . This is not continiouis but appears often. Ofcourse i am anxsioius and too courious about the ARS symptoms.
I know i have to wait for the testing to really conclude on any openion.
But please give me some inputs on what is the chances that you can get infected on a similar situation like me imagining the sex worker was HIV infected? Does the only one contact will 100 % transfer the infection?. Had it not been tranferred then why this itching feeling and rashes after 3 days from that inscident?. So does it mean that I am already infected ?. Till now i do'nt have fever or any other symptoms. But is this rash alone a positive sigh of infection?
I am normally very healthy and hygenic person. I never had this kind of irritation on skin before. So will this be for sure an ARS . Is there any other chances that I can get similar rashes due to some other infection than HIV?
And the last quetions. Is there any possiblity that you get some STD but not HIV so that you can get treated and cured to get a normal life back?
Please advice .
3 days after this inscident i started feeling itchy behind my ears, neck sometimes on chest etc. If i itch a mosquito bite like lump appears which will dissappear if i do'nt touch it for long time. I also feel itchy at different parts of the body but if do'nt touch anywhere then no rash appear. Today is the 11th day and i still get this itchy feeling . This is not continiouis but appears often. Ofcourse i am anxsioius and too courious about the ARS symptoms.
I know i have to wait for the testing to really conclude on any openion.
But please give me some inputs on what is the chances that you can get infected on a similar situation like me imagining the sex worker was HIV infected? Does the only one contact will 100 % transfer the infection?. Had it not been tranferred then why this itching feeling and rashes after 3 days from that inscident?. So does it mean that I am already infected ?. Till now i do'nt have fever or any other symptoms. But is this rash alone a positive sigh of infection?
I am normally very healthy and hygenic person. I never had this kind of irritation on skin before. So will this be for sure an ARS . Is there any other chances that I can get similar rashes due to some other infection than HIV?
And the last quetions. Is there any possiblity that you get some STD but not HIV so that you can get treated and cured to get a normal life back?
Please advice .
Hi ,
I Came in contact wid a sexworker , well during sex i used condom and i used two condoms , now im havin around one month but i didnt havin severe symptoms, im having slight rashes onw or two but its jus fades in hours , my throat is also lill get infected but not like completely infected , actually im quiet nervous about it !!! can i go for a HIV test ??
Shane
I Came in contact wid a sexworker , well during sex i used condom and i used two condoms , now im havin around one month but i didnt havin severe symptoms, im having slight rashes onw or two but its jus fades in hours , my throat is also lill get infected but not like completely infected , actually im quiet nervous about it !!! can i go for a HIV test ??
Shane
I saw at the CDC site only about the test at 6 months . I paste the line is saw there below:
Perform HIV antibody test at original assessment, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.
Perform HIV antibody test at original assessment, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months.
Do you really think that it is conclusive. I am waiting to do a test on the 6th month. There is a statement in the result paper which says that hiv has a window period till 6 months and this is a test on the 3rd month. So I was a bit confused as the people who tested itself is putting disclaimer like this then it should be not a conclusive test right..
You are very genuine in your advices and i like it that way. So i will appreciate your comment on this.
You are very genuine in your advices and i like it that way. So i will appreciate your comment on this.
I got the 84 days test result. I am negative for HIV 1 and 2 (ELISA). This is a very releaving result. Ofcourse I will be doing a final conclusive test on the 6 month bench mark before i will rule out any possibility of infection.
I also had a test for syphilis which also is negative.
Thanks to everyone for the support provided during the trying time. I wish good luck to all you guys who are going through the trauma. I also pray for all of you.
My exposure was of the high risk category and my results should be an engcouragement for those people who have similar exposure and less.. keep cool and do testing... Just do'nt come to any conclusion with you symptoms. This is what i learned and everyone adviced me too....
I also had a test for syphilis which also is negative.
Thanks to everyone for the support provided during the trying time. I wish good luck to all you guys who are going through the trauma. I also pray for all of you.
My exposure was of the high risk category and my results should be an engcouragement for those people who have similar exposure and less.. keep cool and do testing... Just do'nt come to any conclusion with you symptoms. This is what i learned and everyone adviced me too....
Thanks for that support.I still have not got my results. I will get it only early next week.So waiting eagerly for the same.
you will be fine!!! expect a big negative. I appreciate you using the same thread throughout your ordeal. I hope others see how it works!
I have given my blood for testing two days back and will get the result tomorrow.I was on 86th day when I went for the test.Hope I will get a HIV negative result. I had a negative result on the 51 st day with ABBOTT rapid test.I am not relying on this anyway pray for me. I pray for all you guys too..
I will complete my 84 days on this saturday. I thought of doing a test on monday 86th day. Will this result be conclusive. I am very tensed though..
Teak.. do you see any chance that I am not infected considering the negative result i got on the 7th week.. I know this question sounds stupid to you but I am finding it very difficult to calm me down.
Teak.. do you see any chance that I am not infected considering the negative result i got on the 7th week.. I know this question sounds stupid to you but I am finding it very difficult to calm me down.
Thanks a lot for that piece of advice.
I do'nt want to shy away from facts. I will definitly be doing test at 3 months and 6 months before I conclude me negative. It is just get a better hope i asked the question after my 7 week test. I just wanted to know whether it is a good hint or just not atall a hint and will have to wait till 3 weeks to get some clarity .
Thanks a lot once again. your advice soothens me a lot. I will be updating my test results here so that atleast i will be a sample of information for others who are going through the same mental trauma.
All you guys are doing a great job here be helping each other.
I do'nt want to shy away from facts. I will definitly be doing test at 3 months and 6 months before I conclude me negative. It is just get a better hope i asked the question after my 7 week test. I just wanted to know whether it is a good hint or just not atall a hint and will have to wait till 3 weeks to get some clarity .
Thanks a lot once again. your advice soothens me a lot. I will be updating my test results here so that atleast i will be a sample of information for others who are going through the same mental trauma.
All you guys are doing a great job here be helping each other.
Curious, while Teak says 12 to 13 weeks, as well as other people, Dr. HHH says 6 weeks is conclusive. So you really can only get different opinions from this forum. Considering every website that talks about this issues says 3 months, thats what I would go with. However, my medical doctor and Dr. HHH as well as other people in this forum believe 6 weeks is very accurate. So that negative result you had at about 7 weeks should be very reassuring and you probably shouldnt worry anymore. Just test at 13 weeks again to be absolutely sure. According to Dr. HHH, its hard for a man to get HIV from unprotected vaginal sex with a woman who IS HIV positive. I think its something like 1 in 2000 for 1st time exposure. Whether its true or not, its giving me a lot of hope. And I also had SO MANY symptoms after my exposure to, and I am now convinced im negative after I was convinced I was positive. Also so many other people on here complain about symptoms and they never end up having HIV. Hopefully this makes you feel better.
Yes i would be definitly testing at this time. But many of the threads were commenting that a negative result after 6 weeks are encouraging and giving more probabilty for not getting infected. So i just wanted to check with my kind of exposure can i also count an some more chance of not getting infected.
From you comment Teak can i conclude that this test was no indication and just a blunt as any early test. So i still have the same amount of risk as i was having till i get a negative on 13th week ?
From you comment Teak can i conclude that this test was no indication and just a blunt as any early test. So i still have the same amount of risk as i was having till i get a negative on 13th week ?
Yes i would be definitly testing at this time. But many of the threads were commenting that a negative result after 6 weeks are encouraging and giving more probabilty for not getting infected. So i just wanted to check with my kind of exposure can i also count an some more chance of not getting infected.
From you comment Teak can i conclude that this test was indication and just a blunt as any early test. So i still have the same amount of risk as i was having till i get a negative on 13th week ?
From you comment Teak can i conclude that this test was indication and just a blunt as any early test. So i still have the same amount of risk as i was having till i get a negative on 13th week ?
If you would have read their sheet it states, that the test my not pick up early exposure. You need to test at 12/13 weeks.
I had my first testing done yesterday. This was a rapid test from the company ABBOTT GmbH Determine HIV. I was seen negative in this test. It passed 51 days when i took this test from the day of my exposure.
I know it is too early a test but still out of curiousity does this result encouraging. Does it increase the probability of me not infected to a higher value.
Someone please give me some openion on this.
I know it is too early a test but still out of curiousity does this result encouraging. Does it increase the probability of me not infected to a higher value.
Someone please give me some openion on this.
99% of the girls you see the bars in Thailand are sex workers.
Did she tell you that you had to put a condom on?
If so, she's probably fine.
Did she tell you that you had to put a condom on?
If so, she's probably fine.
Thank a lot Teak. The worry was just because he just had this feaver during this period of when where I myself am worried of some ARS symptom. And his feaver and rash was confirmed to be from a viral feaver by doctor. And you with the present mind set of mine I am worried about everything.. Thanks a lot for giving me the mental support by providing good advices.
Daniel25- This girl is a sex worker but i met her in pub without knowing that and before sex she told me she is in need of some money. Later after the incident of condum repture i was nervous and asked her whether he is a person with any hiv risk then she told me she is a sex worker and normally gets tested every month.
Daniel25- This girl is a sex worker but i met her in pub without knowing that and before sex she told me she is in need of some money. Later after the incident of condum repture i was nervous and asked her whether he is a person with any hiv risk then she told me she is a sex worker and normally gets tested every month.
You need to learn how HIV is transmitted. The only way you can give it to your child is by having sex with them. Now did you have sex with them? I don't think so. You don't get it from kissing, food or anything else you can come up with. I'm sure he's not an IV drug user where you shared works with him.
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