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Hello,
This may seem OCD and paranoid to many but it's very real for me and has effected my everyday life for 2 years. 2 years ago I had a minor sexual encounter with a guy who I now know was not positive and had 0 stds. Someone told me he slept around a lot so my mind got the best of me. Being in college and afraid to tell my parents I went to a planned parenthood clinic. I wish I had never went knowing what I know now about everything. I went and the place was dirty and the people were very unprofessional. I got a lancet test done and it came out negative. However immediately after I left I got scared the lancet test could've been reused or dirty since the pleas ewasnt clean. The person who took the test also was unprofessional and told me that she had people test positive for the first time last week which instilled fear in me even more being the virus could be lingering around there. Different sites say different times about how long hiv lasts some say 30 seconds some say weeks this is unnerving. I also had a cut on my finger from the lancet for a bout a week. I ordered a oraquick oral swab test 2 months later I tested negative. At 3 months I ordered another one the box was from Walgreens the package was best up but the test tube and test stick were intact and still packaged right so I used it. Afterwards I got scared what if someone tampered with the kit and there was hiv in it. I know this sounds silly but this is real to me. That test also came out negative but a week or so later I came down with a really bad flu like illness I went to the doctor and the flu test was negative but they still treated me for the flu. Ever since then I've been so scared I think about this everyday I have had so many sinus infections the last 2 years I've also had a minor rash on my arm not sure if it was bug bites but it looked like bug bites and at one point I had small flat red bumps on both elbows reverently I got a sinus infection and have felt so dizzy I went to the doctor today and she said since I've been getting so many sinus infections she took blood I am so nervous now they will find something in my blood. Do you think I have anything to worry about or I've been creating my own misery. Please help and not make fun of me the only ways I could've gotten the virus was through testing human error happens I'm so scared. I also open mouth kissed a stranger once in. 2 years but I don't think that's a risk ?
This may seem OCD and paranoid to many but it's very real for me and has effected my everyday life for 2 years. 2 years ago I had a minor sexual encounter with a guy who I now know was not positive and had 0 stds. Someone told me he slept around a lot so my mind got the best of me. Being in college and afraid to tell my parents I went to a planned parenthood clinic. I wish I had never went knowing what I know now about everything. I went and the place was dirty and the people were very unprofessional. I got a lancet test done and it came out negative. However immediately after I left I got scared the lancet test could've been reused or dirty since the pleas ewasnt clean. The person who took the test also was unprofessional and told me that she had people test positive for the first time last week which instilled fear in me even more being the virus could be lingering around there. Different sites say different times about how long hiv lasts some say 30 seconds some say weeks this is unnerving. I also had a cut on my finger from the lancet for a bout a week. I ordered a oraquick oral swab test 2 months later I tested negative. At 3 months I ordered another one the box was from Walgreens the package was best up but the test tube and test stick were intact and still packaged right so I used it. Afterwards I got scared what if someone tampered with the kit and there was hiv in it. I know this sounds silly but this is real to me. That test also came out negative but a week or so later I came down with a really bad flu like illness I went to the doctor and the flu test was negative but they still treated me for the flu. Ever since then I've been so scared I think about this everyday I have had so many sinus infections the last 2 years I've also had a minor rash on my arm not sure if it was bug bites but it looked like bug bites and at one point I had small flat red bumps on both elbows reverently I got a sinus infection and have felt so dizzy I went to the doctor today and she said since I've been getting so many sinus infections she took blood I am so nervous now they will find something in my blood. Do you think I have anything to worry about or I've been creating my own misery. Please help and not make fun of me the only ways I could've gotten the virus was through testing human error happens I'm so scared. I also open mouth kissed a stranger once in. 2 years but I don't think that's a risk ?
I've had my share of pokes for rapid tests and some bled more than others.
Regardless, if you didn't stick your finger in hiv infected fluid immediately after ( and we know you didn't) you had zero risk from the poke the lancet left.
Respectfully, please follow my advice above and seek out a respected hiv counselor.
Wish you the best, take care.
Regardless, if you didn't stick your finger in hiv infected fluid immediately after ( and we know you didn't) you had zero risk from the poke the lancet left.
Respectfully, please follow my advice above and seek out a respected hiv counselor.
Wish you the best, take care.
It is not out of the question to walk into a place were sick people go and catch a virus for a sneeze or someone who doesn't know how to wash their hands after body maintenance.
So getting sick after your planned parenthood visit is a probability or coincidence.
As for HIV, infection takes places inside the body.
Your lancet concern is the only one that is a valid fear though the risk is negligible according to Dr Bob.
But this is only if this is actually what happened.
And if the person before you was positive.
"Also after the test some of the fluid spilled out was that any type of risk?"
No.
You are welcome for my replies.
I'm not sure what more I can add to this.
Again, please seek out a professional HIV counselor, one who is respected, and allow them to put this to rest.
Your fears are controlling your life. Causing you to dwell on this and convince yourself of HIV infection from someone who is HIV negative and your speculations at your planned parenthood visit.
Yet, you ignore your negative HIV test results.
So getting sick after your planned parenthood visit is a probability or coincidence.
As for HIV, infection takes places inside the body.
Your lancet concern is the only one that is a valid fear though the risk is negligible according to Dr Bob.
But this is only if this is actually what happened.
And if the person before you was positive.
"Also after the test some of the fluid spilled out was that any type of risk?"
No.
You are welcome for my replies.
I'm not sure what more I can add to this.
Again, please seek out a professional HIV counselor, one who is respected, and allow them to put this to rest.
Your fears are controlling your life. Causing you to dwell on this and convince yourself of HIV infection from someone who is HIV negative and your speculations at your planned parenthood visit.
Yet, you ignore your negative HIV test results.
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I never got sick after planned parenthood I got sick a week or so after I ordered the second oraquick where box came beat up. At planned parenthood the women said people tested positive a week before so I don't think anyone tested positive right before me. Is it normal for a lancet to leave a small cut ? Thanks
"It was oral sex, he was not positive."
Zero HIV concern here.
"Or through contaminated oraquick?"
You said everything was packaged fine.
If HIV was to survive for any duration outside the body it would have to be in an air tight container like a syringe for example.
" Has anyone ever gotten hiv from a reused lancet from planned parenthood?"
Never heard of that.
You tested negative up to 3 months.
Please reread my last paragraph in my first post.
Your anxiety is messing with your mind.
Zero HIV concern here.
"Or through contaminated oraquick?"
You said everything was packaged fine.
If HIV was to survive for any duration outside the body it would have to be in an air tight container like a syringe for example.
" Has anyone ever gotten hiv from a reused lancet from planned parenthood?"
Never heard of that.
You tested negative up to 3 months.
Please reread my last paragraph in my first post.
Your anxiety is messing with your mind.
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I hear what you're saying and thank you for your responses. But I got sick right after that last time I used oraquick and didn't test again leading to my fear someone tampered with it maybe. Also after the test some of the fluid spilled out was that any type of risk? Even though the lady at planned parenthood was unprofessional and the place was dirty do you think there was any chance of getting the virus there during that encounter. I always go back to how she said people tested positive there the week before and can't get the idea maybe the lancet was reused. Thank you.
"2 years ago I had a minor sexual encounter with a guy who I now know was not positive and had 0 stds"
If you know this for sure, no one can give what they don't have.
Besides, you tested well past this event and your oraquick tests after your planned parenthood visit proves you did not get HIV from your visit there either.
"2 years ago I had a minor sexual encounter"
This is no help in risk assessment.
However you tested conclusively negative.
Your anxiety can have an impact on your immune system.
Respectfully you may want to consider counseling from a respected professional to get this fear under control and get peace of mind back in your life.
If you know this for sure, no one can give what they don't have.
Besides, you tested well past this event and your oraquick tests after your planned parenthood visit proves you did not get HIV from your visit there either.
"2 years ago I had a minor sexual encounter"
This is no help in risk assessment.
However you tested conclusively negative.
Your anxiety can have an impact on your immune system.
Respectfully you may want to consider counseling from a respected professional to get this fear under control and get peace of mind back in your life.
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It was oral sex, he was not positive. I have tested negative but testing has given me more anxiety. Has anyone ever gotten hiv from a reused lancet from planned parenthood? Or through contaminated oraquick?
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