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HIV Ag/Ab Combo Test...after 2 weeks
Hello to all and the HIV experts,
I am a neat freak in my daily life and scare about STDs... this time I am probably suffering from so- called 'HIV phobia'...
last month I met a friend and we seemed happy with each other so we had SUPER deep French kisses for some times. I had some hot drinks before the kisses so I felt my oral got a bit injured (maybe the oral mucosa got scalded）except that I had no ulcers or sores. And I didn't know the oral condition of my friend (Maybe he had some open cuts or sores in the mouth..) We didn't had any other sex activities except the deep French kisses...
After a few days this friend told me that he is a confirmed ' HIV+ ' for many years and wonder if I would mind go on making friends with him. (He took medicine everyday and said the viral load was almost not detectable...). As I am so scared of HIV so I felt extremely freak out and took HIV test 2 weeks afterwards. And It is Negative. Although I knew that saliva won't get HIV transmitted but due to the injuries that I got in my mouth and I DID kiss with HIV+ person! It really raise up the possibility of being infected....
My questions are: Was my situation be at a high risk? About my test result, will it be reliable? What is the 'HIV ag/ab combo' test? Will it be sensitive enough to check out the antibody after the possible exposure within 2 weeks? coz I heard that the window period of HIV is around 6 weeks to 12 weeks after infection...did I take the test too early that the HIV viral load was not high enough to be tested out? I always think maybe the HIV from the saliva was too little and the infection will be postponed to a longer window period? ...
I am really freaking out these days and sincerely hope someone here can help me answer the questions above...Thank you very very much!
I am a neat freak in my daily life and scare about STDs... this time I am probably suffering from so- called 'HIV phobia'...
last month I met a friend and we seemed happy with each other so we had SUPER deep French kisses for some times. I had some hot drinks before the kisses so I felt my oral got a bit injured (maybe the oral mucosa got scalded）except that I had no ulcers or sores. And I didn't know the oral condition of my friend (Maybe he had some open cuts or sores in the mouth..) We didn't had any other sex activities except the deep French kisses...
After a few days this friend told me that he is a confirmed ' HIV+ ' for many years and wonder if I would mind go on making friends with him. (He took medicine everyday and said the viral load was almost not detectable...). As I am so scared of HIV so I felt extremely freak out and took HIV test 2 weeks afterwards. And It is Negative. Although I knew that saliva won't get HIV transmitted but due to the injuries that I got in my mouth and I DID kiss with HIV+ person! It really raise up the possibility of being infected....
My questions are: Was my situation be at a high risk? About my test result, will it be reliable? What is the 'HIV ag/ab combo' test? Will it be sensitive enough to check out the antibody after the possible exposure within 2 weeks? coz I heard that the window period of HIV is around 6 weeks to 12 weeks after infection...did I take the test too early that the HIV viral load was not high enough to be tested out? I always think maybe the HIV from the saliva was too little and the infection will be postponed to a longer window period? ...
I am really freaking out these days and sincerely hope someone here can help me answer the questions above...Thank you very very much!
HIV is inactivated in saliva. HIV is inactivated in air. Both are present in both mouths - so double no risk 2 times = 4 times no risk.
No one in history got HIV from kissing or all of America would have HIV and the papers would be full of reporting it.
No one in history got HIV from kissing or all of America would have HIV and the papers would be full of reporting it.
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Thank you for the answer！Just curious about the two-week test, will it also be an important reference that I didn't get infected?
It is as important as a male pregnancy test.
Just wanna know，I am really not at the risk even my oral got some injuries and the HIV + friend had several deep kisses with me? Our tongues are really twisting together and licking for a while...
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