Rapid test accuracy

[Speedyarcin]

Hi, I took already 5 test post exposure and my question is How accurate will be INSTI rapid test(finger prick 3rd gen.) at 3 month, 6month and the last one at 7month post possible exposure. Can I really trust the results or should I take a lab test?

[GuitarRox]

What was your risk, please?

[Speedyarcin]

Unprotected vaginal with scw (condom full broke during sex). I had a lot of possible ars symptoms 10 days after, including sore throat, fatigue, headache, geographic tongue, runny nose, but without fever. That symptoms made me scared

[Speedyarcin]

And all of the rapid test come negative, so that is a little bit weird. But maybe I’m negative

[CurfewX]

It's not even a little bit weird. Most people don't have HIV, including CSWs, and even if she did, there's a less than 1% chance of being infected from a one-time encounter.

You can move on from this event. You ARE negative.

[Speedyarcin]

Thanks for comment. If you think that I’m negative and the rapid test it’s reliable as a lab test that make me free for fear

[AnxiousNoMore]

You got Covid or flu or a cold or something like that 10 days after your encounter. No one even knows what causes geographic tongue and 3% of people have it so that's not an issue.

[CurfewX]

ANY test you took at least 3 months post-event is conclusive. The other tests were completely unnecessary.