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Chances of hiv infection after unprotected sex

Hi, I am a 26 year old male, I had unprotected anal sex with a sex worker 6 weeks back. And 12 days after exposure I got tonsillitis, I went to the doctor and she prescribed antibiotics, it came down in a week. In the mean time my lymph node was swollen, i had fever, night sweats, i feel my left part of stomach is a  bit swollen. I took a hiv antibody test at 4 weeks after exposure and it came to be negative. I told my doctor about the possible exposure but she asked me to wait for 12 weeks. What are the chances that I have hiv? and do you suggest any test to confirm hiv infection earlier? I read that early diagnosis could help in treatment.
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I had oral sex with a man once he did not ejaculate in my mouth! i did oraquick at 3 months to the day, and a blood test at my doctors office not sure what kind it was negative and another oraquick at 5 months. when i called the cdc they said it could take up to 6 months, do you feel as if I'm ok or should i retest at 6 months?
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did you wear a condom? if not, you should have a test. 28 day 4th gen combo. please wear condoms.
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I'm a top negative guy I entered a bottom guy for about 2-3sec before I realize I was making a stupid decision and stopped ammediately. What are my chances of coming in contact with hiv? Please help me,
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I'm a top negative guy I entered a bottom guy for about 2-3sec before I realize I was making a stupid decision and stopped ammediately. What are my chances of coming in contact with high? Please help me,
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Your STD questions have to be posted in the STD Forum.
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Hello everyone.

I had protected sex recently with a hooker but was not able to control myself and had oral sex with her (not sure if lasted a minute or more but not more than 2 minutes). During the session I'm not sure if I had sores/cuts in my mouth but previously before the incident one my tooth sometimes gets bleed especially if I used toothpick to clean it. Few hours later I checked my mouth and found a reddish spot below my tongue though I can't see any cut in there.

Thing is I don't know if this girl is clean but I heard that they regularly go for medical check-up every 6 months. The good side is the girl refused to be kissed and strict to follow using condom which lessens my worry that perhaps she's clean.

Now I'm anxious if I contracted any STD or not but wanna know the chances of getting through that brief incident.

Would appreciate any advice from anyone on this matter.
Thanks and more power.
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once youve done that read this

http://articles.cnn.com/2007-12-20/health/ep.cyberchondriacs_1_first-year-medical-students-skin-cancer-internet?_s=PM:HEALTH


One other thing is there is far to much pressure put on the gay world. its not fair how everyone else can relax (white males) but black people (100x gay people) if you dont believe me read our stuff when you read your own.. are told were so high risk we might aswell admit ourselfs now. Look gay people dont let it get you down we are statisticly more at risk but think about this....

if you asked your mum and dad if they had ever had a hiv test what do you think they would say?, furthermore as an escort 90 percent of my clients have wifes, most gay people have at least tried it with a girl (i had a 2 year bb relationship with a girl), less than 40% of young gay people really admit there gay (im being generous) 20% of bi people claim there gay, but then how many percent of bi people admit ther gay? ive slept with enough straight people in my life who are completley straight .....if you get were im going with this let me further ellaborate...

we live in a multi cultural world now. look at england!!! i for one always fall for black men. believe it or not mix us all together and were all gona ***** hence why you can no longer say black people are more at risk cuz were just not seregated like we were 100s of years ago. ok so then think about a female (becky) (white) is married to jeffery (black) who is an in the closet gay and pays men for sex on a regular basis. (whos more at risk?)
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i had sex unprotected sex couple of days ago and i dont have anything or any symptons but my balls feel weird/funny sometimes do i need to go to the cinic or not? the girl was clean and it was my first time. my balls feels/looks dry all the times and im worried that somethings wwrong. please give  me some info
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I recently met a woman I was dating about 2 weeks ago.  We were getting ready to be intimately involved last night and while we were kissing I had an erection and my penis went inside her vagina while I was on top kissing for about 3-4 seconds and I pushed her away.  Am I in danger for hiv
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I don't respect yours so move along.
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Hey I respect your opinion very much teak.but u kinda sound like a broken record.I mean all u ever say is 3months is conclusive.people need advice not just guide lines.you can call the CDC if you just want a cold robot sorry just saying
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Please i need an answer... I was reading that during ARS, antibody tests are usually negative but viral load tests are positive. I was tested at 5 weeks during symptoms, negative to antobody, but no viral load test. Does this make the negative test less valuable?

It's so confusing
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Ok thanks... how big do you think my exposure was? I am so scared
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3 months post exposure is when you can obtain your conclusive negative test result..
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Hello again

i keep having some symptoms... swollen lymph nodes, temperature around 36, oral rush...

I read the antobodies start to get produced about 1-2 weeks after the ARS... Is it possible that my test at 5 weeks wasn't able to detect them?

please help...
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Please Teak tell me, what are my chances of resulting positive after testing negative to INSTI after 5 weeks? I am still scared, it's hard to manage.
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Yes I was careless, that is for sure. You realized I was at risk then... I hope the next result will be negative as well, I am still scared.
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On please don't try to do the blame game. It's your health and your responsiblity. Had you used a condom, you would not have been at risk.
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I did not know he was HIV+, and I did use a condom after those few seconds.

I assumed if someone knows to be HIV+, he should tell it and not try to have sex without a condom.
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I always wonder why anyone would put themselves at risk of contracting HIV in 2011, doesn't make any sense now does it?
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I am in Canada, they don't do those, they do antibody tests. My test was INSTI 34 days after the exposure (5 weeks). I will have to go again after 90 days (end of January). I may go again in 2 weeks just to be sure, I read the Insti test is similar to 3rd generation ELISA +8 days in the average window period, which makes it able to detect antibody about 98% of the time after 30 days.

I still think about the event everytime... i still ask myself how an HIV positive person, even he said he is undetectable (which I doubt, but he seemed healthy and stocky), would ask someone who is HIV - to have unprotected sex several times during the act, it's so deceitful. Especially because and HIV+ person who is treated and has protected sex, is less risky than someone who does not know his status and tries unprotected sex. HIV+ persons should ALWAYS stick to protected sex, everything else is a crime.

Overall the two things that still worry me are the few seconds my penis slipped in his anus without a condom before me pulling out, and his semen falling on my back. I know the skin is a powerful barrier, so is the few seconds of unprotected sex that worry me.
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Start your own thread.
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i had unprotected anal sex with a guy for a few minutes.

i don't know the guy's HIV status. he told me he was clean, but i have no way of knowing this for sure.

i was the top.

i didn't ejaculate, and i didn't see any blood.

i know i need to get tested, but only in 3 months.

but what are the risks? am i likely to have contracted HIV
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