back to the nightmare.

hi Doc,
I'll be brief.
unprotected Vaginal(condom broke)Tested negative at 42 and 74 days @ orauick rapid.

went to cdc to get chlamidia shot(dovctor said in case i have it at 21 days)I was a little freak out because nurse put the shot and she didint even get a new shot..she had the shot ready in her pockets..she was mean had tattoos etc etc.

5 days after my last negative result i am feeling worse than ever.i have fever, diarrea (diarrhea), sore throat, 2 enlarged lymp nodes in neck(they are big and red in my skin, i am feeling nauseasbut i dont wanna vomit cuz my sore throat, i am very weak, my body hurts and had night sweatsd  last night. I am feeling baddddd.

i also had a cold 3 weeks ago (strept throat) but i wasnt worried because i was feeling great(no fever etc etc, just pain when swallow)

questions:

1- late seroconverting?
2- late ARS?
thank you.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

It is very unlikely you have HIV from your sexual exposure.  Unless your partner was particularly high risk (e.g., commercial sex worker in a developing country), your risk was too low even to be tested.  But the negative HIV test results prove it.

The rest of your message is very confusing.  There is no injection treatment for chlamydia (but there is for gonorrhea).

If you are in an industrialized country, you can be sure the nurse didn't inject you with used equipment--and I very much doubt it even if you are in a very resource-poor area, like a developing country.  I cannot say the cause of your symptoms, but there is no reason to suspect HIV.  But see a health care provider if they continue or if you otherwise remain concerned.

HHH, MD

[dumbo]

Whether Industrialized or developing countries, it seems not all sterilization procedures are necessarily followed.  Somewhat scary this hospital was shutdown for this very reason.

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=203a9885-ecf9-4651-8b08-70de6d5c0449&k=76126

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Apples/oranges.  How well a hospital's sterilization equipment works ir irrelevant to veryworriedd's implied fear a health worker might have reused injection equipment on different patients.  And I doubt anybody ever got HIV because of the sort of problem described in that news story.

[veryworriedd]

sorry for my english, i am from argentina and thiese all happened in florida. I am scared that the nurse injected me with some HIV contaminated needle. She was very mean to me.

I understand that my vaginal exposure was very low risk and my negative results prove it..but i have doubs about the vaccine. I am having all hiv sympthoms, going to the doctor, what really scares me is that i had a cold 2 weeks ago. this is the first time ever that i get sick after 2 weeks of being sick..

[veryworriedd]

doc, is there any chances of getting ARS sympthoms after testing negative 5 days before?

[FLhoops2k7]

I know you stand by the 8 week tests, but what are the odds for testing poistive after 9 weeks and after 12 weeks?  Do people convert that late?  Does it even happen, like is it something to worry about?

Thanks!

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

veryworriedd:  See my original reply "If you are in an industrialized country, you can be sure the nurse didn't inject you with used equipment" (no matter how "mean" she was to you).  The time before onset of symptoms means nothing.  The important information you provide is that you had a negative HIV test 74 days after your exposure.  That proves you did not catch HIV, period.

FLhoops2k7:  Do your homework.  Use the search button to look for at least 200 threads on "time to positive HIV test".

This is my last comment on this thread.

[veryworriedd]

thank you doc