HIV WORRIED

[elchiko787]

Hello Doctors, I'm a male 27 years old. And back on Aug 28 I had unprotected sex and about 2 weeks later I started to feel weird symptoms as a weird pain in my armpit and experiencing diarreah, I had a blood test done for HIV a month later after encounter and came out negative, then I also had done another hiv test done where they pinched the tip of my finger to get some blood and it also came out negative. Is there any other test that could be accurate so I can stop worrying about this disease?


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[elchiko787]

I had a regular Elisa test within a month of exposure and it came out negative, then I had the second one a month and a half later where they pinched my finger to get a tip of blood out and it also came out negative. Then about 2 weeks later, I had a western blot test and it came out indeterminate but Im not sure if that had something to do with the flu shot I have gotten a day before test was performed. I also had the HIV RNA by PCR done and it came out as HIV not detected! I have been so worried because my throat doesnt really hurt but my uvula does or I should say I feel like its enlarged and it bothers me...Also at times I feel so type of weird poking in my armpit. Today I bought a test thats could be purchased at any pharmacy its called oralquick and its done with a swap. It also came out negative but it does say to wait 3 months. I had this unprotected sex encounter AUG 28.

[RainLover71]

Forget the symptoms & just take a test at 3 months post--exposure.

[interestedparty71]

Only a three month post exposure negative test is conclusive evidence that you dont have HIV.

What sort of tests did you have previously?