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Am I infected with HIV
On December 13th, 2014, I went to a friend's house party and accidentally drank from someone's beer bottle. At the time I had a couple open bleeding wounds on my lip. Within 10 days, I experienced the worst flu-like symptoms in my life. I had rash, thrush, horrible sore throat, swollen tonsils, high fever and chills, and had the most horrible night sweats in my life. All symptoms disappeared after 14 days. Unfortunately, my swollen lymph nodes remained. 5 years ago, I'd caught mono, so therefore, my doctor ruled out mono. In addition, I never had any sexual encounters or risk, however, the person who drank the bottle before me had a horrible sexual history of paying for sex, going to massage parlors, heavy drinking, and unprotected sex. Recently, my coworker told me his friend was infected with the HIV virus from sharing a joint with a friend. I'm afraid it might happen to me as well. I went to the hospital and tested negative on hiv test on the 6th week post exposure. Recently, I tested negative at 3 months post-exposure. Do you guys think my test result is conclusive? or should I continue to test for HIV up to one year? I am afraid my body is experiencing late seroconversion
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