How can they be very infectious, because in a week how can hiv multiply so much?
The virus multiplies very quickly and in the first few weeks the viral load is at it's peek. I'd say by week 3 it's at it's highest.
Thats when people have high viral loads.During the window period is when people are most infectious and when many transmissions occur.
Oh ok I understand, but wouldn't the viral load be higher after 4/5 weeks then 1 week. Or is 1 week more then enough, and at this time is hiv present in sperm?
YES,the viral load would be higher at 4 to 5 weeks as vance suggested,however if one was hiv positive it would be present in there sperm after a week,yes.
Cool I now understand, so the last question is, will the viral load be infectious enough to infect after a week?
So if I had sex with someone they got tested after the window perios and are negative. Will I be negative aswell..
As long as they didn't have unprotected sex with someone else and didn't tell you about it.
Test to know YOUR status. Do not use someone elses test as yours.
not always the case, you need to check your own status... they were not infected by you but not every exposure leads to infection
Even if it was 3 exposures?
Enough...test 3 months post exposure to know your status. Simple as that.
To know my status, but that don't make sense. Obviously I'm negative if she was negative after me and after the window period and I had her 3 times unprotected? :s or does that not mean anything or make a difference? :s
Not all unprotected sex will lead to infection. Meaning, even if you had 3 times unprotected sex your girl, that doesn't mean she'll get infected.
Try to repost you question with exact exposure you had.
It's like this: If you had unprotected vaginal/anal sex with somebody whose sexual pattern is unknown (I mean outside your marriage/domestic partnership/relationship), you would need to get tested 3 months thereafter, because if she/he had HIV, she had a chance of transmitting that to you.
Any negative result by then will be conclusive.
So its not allways passed on just depends on luck??
having unprotected sex with someone who is hiv + does not mean "automatic" infection.
That makes sense, so now can you tell me what's the risk of unprotected receptive anal sex if the person was hiv+ or unknown status?
odds are for the dog track.
want to know your status? TEST !
I'm scared to test as I know myself if I'm positive I won't be able to cope with it!
You have to test to receive closure.Its the only way to move on.
What if its positive I won't be able to move on ill wake up everymorning thinking of ita, go sleep evrynight thinking of it. Wondering when I'm going to get ill all the time, ment to be going university in september worked hard for it! And now I'm finally there. Is that moving on ill be depressed ill go mental