Thai gay with HIV+ *** in my ***! :-(

I, 35 years old, had sex with Thai gay, 27 years old, in Thailand. The condom broken (I do not know when) and he cum in my ***, all his sperm. He ****** me too much strong, so it is pain, but I did not see any blood (his length penis is around 14 cm).
We went to hospital and they checked his blood, his result is HIV POSITIVE!!

After that they did HIV test for me and it was negative. (I am always do sex with condom, it was first time that I was in risk)

They gave me 5 (five) hours after the exposure PEP (Stocrin + Truvada) for 30 days (today pass 7 days from exposure).
I take the PEP every 23:00, after the dinner (21:00-22:00).

(They want to do PCR HIV test after 2 weeks after the exposure and 4 weeka after...)

1. Please let me know my chance % with PEP?
2. If someone do not take the PEP, what is the chance?
3. What do you recommend to me to do?

I panic, I know my situation is the WORST :(

Thank you,
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[nursegirl6572]

PEP is no guarantee you won't become infected, but it can decrease the chances of infection, especially when started early.  Your PEP was started VERY rapidly, which will help in its effectiveness to hopefully prevent seroconversion.

While you definitely had a high risk exposure, it is still not a "sure thing" that you would become infected.

Follow your doctor's instructions about testing intervals...especially with the PEP.  It's been common practice to test 3 months after your last dose of PEP versus the actual "exposure".

Good luck.

[RainLover71]

you took the correct plan of action.pep or post-exposure prophylaxis is used for high risk exposures.health care workers who are exposed to hiv are offered pep with a 79% success rate,however it doesn,t work for everyone.40% of all healthcare workers stop taking it due to the severe side effects.pep should be started as soon as possible after exposure and no later than 72 hours.A test at 3months will give you a conclusive result.

[pep5]

Thank you for your answer.

I started to take the PEP after 5 hours after the exposure. I do not have severe side effects, just easy headache (I took PEP already 7 days)

Let me to ask you and the others, why on Wikipedia the risk is not high??!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV

my case is:
Estimated infections per 10,000 exposures to an infected source:
Receptive anal intercourse (2009 and 2010 studies): 170‡ [30–890] / 143 [48-285]

>> My chance is between 1.7% - 8.9%? (without PEP)
>> Do you think I need to be worry?

[RainLover71]

you do not have to worry about risk from not taking pep because you have already made the decision to take it and under the circumstances you made the right decision.pep is very effective,that,s why it,s avaliable for people who have had a high risk exposure.

[nursegirl6572]

PEP is no guarantee you won't become infected, but it can decrease the chances of infection, especially when started early.  Your PEP was started VERY rapidly, which will help in its effectiveness to hopefully prevent seroconversion.

While you definitely had a high risk exposure, it is still not a "sure thing" that you would become infected.

Follow your doctor's instructions about testing intervals...especially with the PEP.  It's been common practice to test 3 months after your last dose of PEP versus the actual "exposure".

Good luck.

[pep5]

Thank you,

"While you definitely had a high risk exposure, it is still not a "sure thing" that you would become infected.... I hope so ;)

Why sometimes with anal sex HIV is infected and sometimes not?
I mean, on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV
ONLY 170 people got HIV from 10,000 with HIV +. What happen, the HIV sleeping? why only 1.7% infected?
When the HIV into in blood why not 100% infected? (without PEP).

Sure, I know that I am case individual and I can be infected :-(

Thanks

[diver58]

This is very true what you have read at wikipedia. Not everyone gets HIV from a single episode of unprotected sex with an infected partner. Without going into the clinical details (as people like Teak and Nursegirl are the best people to reply on this),.

What I know and believe is, It is the kindness and blessing of Lord who loves all of us, that He did not keep transmission of an incurable disease that easy. No one can catch it from air through breathing, not even by casual contact or even intimate contact without involving penetration.  And even if a penetration involved, not everyone contracts it.

Having said that, the risk is too horrible to ignore, no matter it is 1 out of 2000 or 17 out of 10,000. No one would like to be "the one". And more importantly, so far there is no cure available for HIV infection,, though HAART have done some breakthrough but still we are far from a cure. Therefore care is the only cure known to mankind as of today. Therefore safe sex is the order of the day.