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HIV need some advice.
I was with a girl. escort, condom broke ..didnt last more then 25 seconds.I dont know if she was clean or dirty. Anyway this was 2 weeks ago and i just took the test and i know its early. What are my odds ? literally 25 seconds. no pierce of the skin. I shouldnt see any symptons yet right? I am soo parranoid that I feel like i have symptons but i dont i think. I have loss of appetite right now cause I am scarred and waiting for result. If you got any information that can lighten my situation or what do you personally think the chance is. Thanks alot for your guys time.
last thing. does it make a big difference if i got a wart from her? does hiv get passed though HPV?
Yes, but this is not a psychological counseling site. You may want to consider seeking a mental health professional for an evaluation if you suspect you have anxiety problems.
Your odds of infection are not 1:1000, they are well below that as the chance also depends on the prevalence in the female population, which is below 1:1000. HIV is highly uncommon in women (even escorts) and you can't get it if your partner was not infected.
You are ruminating about a 1:2 million risk. You are more likely to get hit by lightning while you are reading this than have contracted HIV.
As I've said before, the risk from a condom break is so vanishingly low that it is does not require testing from a risk perspective. It is a vast waste of resources for people to test immediately after such incidents, when a simple annual screen would be more than adequate.
Having the #3 Combo at Wendy's is a risk, but we don't get our cholesterol and heart checked every time we do it.
Your odds of infection are not 1:1000, they are well below that as the chance also depends on the prevalence in the female population, which is below 1:1000. HIV is highly uncommon in women (even escorts) and you can't get it if your partner was not infected.
You are ruminating about a 1:2 million risk. You are more likely to get hit by lightning while you are reading this than have contracted HIV.
As I've said before, the risk from a condom break is so vanishingly low that it is does not require testing from a risk perspective. It is a vast waste of resources for people to test immediately after such incidents, when a simple annual screen would be more than adequate.
Having the #3 Combo at Wendy's is a risk, but we don't get our cholesterol and heart checked every time we do it.
pls help me. I been stressing crying having panik attacks. I have shooting pain nerves and slight aches in arms. swollen gland but i think thats cause i was poking at it. can this be cause im stressing/anxiety so bad?
Paranioa got me poking at my throat last night and today i got small little bumps on each side.. could that be cause i was poking and feeling around?
hey. I should not see any symptons in 2 weeks right. anything is just paranoia right? I dont got anything bothering me but I feel itchy time to time but its just in my head i think.
well I just wanted to say thank you very much for all your knowledgs and lizzie you bring great hope to my situation. Ive read alot what you had to say in other post and you are a great person with positive feed. Thanks you all for the help and il check in later.. No more internet reading for me or i will lose my mind lol.. thanks
It's not surprising at all. Just a rough estimate, but 60-80% of people who post here have no risk whatsoever, with the rest concerned about one time, low risk exposures. Yes, there are occasionally posts that describe high risk situations as well, but they are few and far between.
And your statistics are essentially correct, although the female prevalence would work out to be 1/1000 (which is accurate for Western countries), resulting in a chance of 1 in 2 million.
And your statistics are essentially correct, although the female prevalence would work out to be 1/1000 (which is accurate for Western countries), resulting in a chance of 1 in 2 million.
really lizzie lou? that statistic of only one person actually contracting hiv on this site is quite surprising.
But i guess more people develop symptoms through anxiety and test neg than people who actually have no symptoms at all and test positive?
I think also the stat for insertive vaginal insertive is 1 in 2000 episodes, assuming the female is definitely hiv positive and if it is for as brief a time as slip_slide mentioned above then i would guess your risk is even lower.
Lets say for example , where i live, a small 1st world modern city, there are 4000 hiv pos people out of a pop of 4 million.
Half for example are female so 2000 women have hiv
if i have a 1 in 2000 chance with any of those 2000 women, the chance is thus 1 in 4 million. thats assuming they are at their most infectious/acute stage, and if the duration is brief or if they are not at acute/imost infectious stage then the odds again are greatly reduced?
But i guess more people develop symptoms through anxiety and test neg than people who actually have no symptoms at all and test positive?
I think also the stat for insertive vaginal insertive is 1 in 2000 episodes, assuming the female is definitely hiv positive and if it is for as brief a time as slip_slide mentioned above then i would guess your risk is even lower.
Lets say for example , where i live, a small 1st world modern city, there are 4000 hiv pos people out of a pop of 4 million.
Half for example are female so 2000 women have hiv
if i have a 1 in 2000 chance with any of those 2000 women, the chance is thus 1 in 4 million. thats assuming they are at their most infectious/acute stage, and if the duration is brief or if they are not at acute/imost infectious stage then the odds again are greatly reduced?
yes...stress and anxiety will affect not only your appetite...it can also make you physically sick.
hiv is a very fragile virus and needs an almost "perfect" environment to transmit. i've been here over two years and i think there has only been one person that has contracted the virus...and that is with thousands of ppl posting.
you've been told when to test...try and stay calm...and stay off hiv sites (loads of misinformation out there) THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW YOUR STATUS...IS TO TEST.
hiv is a very fragile virus and needs an almost "perfect" environment to transmit. i've been here over two years and i think there has only been one person that has contracted the virus...and that is with thousands of ppl posting.
you've been told when to test...try and stay calm...and stay off hiv sites (loads of misinformation out there) THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW YOUR STATUS...IS TO TEST.
lizzie loud i got quik questions. I really like and trust your advice cause you seem very knowlegable about the subjects. First thing, The fact that im stressing about this right now will it effect my appetite? cause right now I am not getting that hungry. second with the information I gave you do you really believe in the 1-1000 contracting considering i only went 25 seconds and i got no skin rupture.. Im just gonna take your advice and sit back and ignore the internet comletely and wait for tests. thank you very soo much for your time.
would the test now not help at all? i got the blood test today for silphilis and HIV .I went to the clinic today cause i had a spot on my penis. It was a wart 2 pin size warts. they froze it. So i went to get the blood test right away and bloodlab. It comforts me very so much to hear you say 1 in 1000 if she was HIVpositive but I got worried cause i read on internet that they are linked together. is that very true? or the girl could of just had warts and nothing else? thanks alot for advice
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now...to answer your question.
if you want to play the odds game...IF SHE HAD HIV...you would have around a 1 in 1,000 chance of contracting hiv. more than likely she did not. the short time of unprotected exposure is also in your favor.
a test at 6-8 weeks will give you a good indication of your status...but follow it up at 3 months for a conclusive result.
there is nothing that you can do now except for test. do NOT start searching the internet for "symptoms"...the mind is a powerful thing and you will convince yourself that you have every symptom that you read about.
just test...
now...to answer your question.
if you want to play the odds game...IF SHE HAD HIV...you would have around a 1 in 1,000 chance of contracting hiv. more than likely she did not. the short time of unprotected exposure is also in your favor.
a test at 6-8 weeks will give you a good indication of your status...but follow it up at 3 months for a conclusive result.
there is nothing that you can do now except for test. do NOT start searching the internet for "symptoms"...the mind is a powerful thing and you will convince yourself that you have every symptom that you read about.
just test...
im sorry. I didnt mean to say it like that. I am really sorry for putting it that way. This is all very new to me and I am just trying to understand this.
Do you call people with diabetes, heart disease, and with mental disease DIRTY? Don't call people that are HIV positive or have an STD dirty. It's rude...
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