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Test 4 years after exposure

I had a ripped condum with a CSW four years a go. Started having some weird skin problems so I thought maybe HIV. Went to the County HIV testing center and had an Oraquik test. My gums seemed dry because my whole mouth was dry from nerves.

The test came back negative. Should I accept that this test center would know that it is negative. The lady who gave me the test said she had been doing it for 13 years. Still am nervous.
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no I'm not I comment ere becose dis post similr to mine datz why.
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Then you hijacked someone else's thread. Move along.
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I'm diffrnt guy not da guy whom post here. go nd da comments and shall msg you da problem I hav?
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your post is hard to follow.

above you state, "i never had test I last had unprotected sex around 4 years ago and protected sex more den year ago"

your FIRST post here states,  "Went to the County HIV testing center and had an Oraquik test. My gums seemed dry because my whole mouth was dry from nerves. The test came back negative."

#1...the test you took for your exposure 4 years ago, PROVES, that you did not contract hiv from that scenario.

#2...what you described next... "da thing v did is lip kiss, she suck my penis and I suck my boobs"  is nothing that you need to test for.

hiv is transmitted through...
unprotected vaginal / anal intercourse
sharing iv drug works
mother to child

i do not know how to make this any clearer.  YOU DONT HAVE HIV ! ! !

kindly move along...you do not have a hiv concern and this forum has nothing left to offer.

if you are having health concerns, work with your dr...its NOT hiv related.
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I nver had test I last had unprotected sex around 4 years ago and protected sex more den year ago. and no rish one more den 9 months ago. what I meant is even after 9 month is thr possibility of symptoms? I means is how long symptoms starts to show after sex and what is maximum time symptoms can show in human body after sex?
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Lets keep in mind both you experiences, 4 year old and 9 month old. Let us assume you took a hiv test last month and your result was negative. This means you havent been exposed to hiv. Had you been exposed to hiv 4 years ago and if you would have tested last month or anytime in the future as well, you would always have tested positive.
Thats what Lizzie said, once you have hiv, you always have it. If you are not clear with this explaination, can you tell me, when was your last exposure (last time you had sex) and after how long did you test after that.
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and ad too dat I had 3 days of headache last 4 days.
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i hv sum symptoms after 9 month of encounter dat too not too risky bcz da thing v did is lip kiss, she suck my penis and I suck my boobs. around 2 weeks back I saw flat patch on my groin and after dat pimple kind of rashes which is small and yday I saw sum redish rashes in my both legs, any way I had unprotected sex wit my gf 4 years back. so do you thing all dis symptoms nothin to do wit hiv?
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Symptoms if any, normally show up within 2-4 weeks after exposure. 9 months is too long to the symptoms to show up.
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@at_ss in this case thr z chance symptoms show after 9 months???
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186166 tn?1385259382
once you have hiv...you always have hiv.

any test 3 months (OR LONGER) yields a conclusive result
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The latest guidelines are 3 months. Your are good to go. Stay safe.
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No risky exposures for four years. Super safe. I see all the comments at testing at 3 and 6 months so not sure if there is latency with antibodies after 4 years with Oraquik test.

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If you did not have any risky exposures within the last 3 months, the test which you took is conclusive. Any test taken at or after the 3 month mark from the day of exposure is conclusive.
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even after 4 years? Thanks for the reply
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Yes, your result is conclusive. Believe in your test and move on. Stay safe.
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