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HIV TESTING SCARED ONE NIGHT STAND HELP PLEASE
Hi everyone,
I am a female and last night I made the mistake of having an unprotected one night stand with a man who was born in the UK but whose family is African. I am beside myself, and have talked myself into thinking I have HIV and I cannot stop crying/thinking about the fact it is a possibility. I asked him and he said he was clean and tests regularly. What if he had contracted it since he was last tested?
I also went to the GUM clinic for emergency contraception and asking about PEP but they refused as they say it is 'low-risk' - none of this is calming my worries and I feel I may have a panic attack at any moment.
Please could someone help? Is there a chance? I am so scared and I feel I would spiral into a downward cycle of depression if I have to wait a month for any sort of result?
I am a female and last night I made the mistake of having an unprotected one night stand with a man who was born in the UK but whose family is African. I am beside myself, and have talked myself into thinking I have HIV and I cannot stop crying/thinking about the fact it is a possibility. I asked him and he said he was clean and tests regularly. What if he had contracted it since he was last tested?
I also went to the GUM clinic for emergency contraception and asking about PEP but they refused as they say it is 'low-risk' - none of this is calming my worries and I feel I may have a panic attack at any moment.
Please could someone help? Is there a chance? I am so scared and I feel I would spiral into a downward cycle of depression if I have to wait a month for any sort of result?
You can ask him to provide proof of his last negative test and also ask how many partners he had since then and get him to test 28 days after the last one. You can get a conclusive result with a 4th gen test after 28 days.
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No one here pays attention to method of intercourse since any penetrating unprotected vaginal or anal is an unquantifiable risk that can only be determined after a test. Oral is not a risk, so if that is all you had then you can't have HIV.
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