lymph nodes

[ogtriste]

hi i have been posting since the begining of my exposure wich is 11 weeks ago. i have done anti body test as far as 9 weeks i even did a pcr test at 6 weeks everything was negative. the docs said that i dont have hiv and that i should move on, i want to be extra sure and test at 12 weeks, my question is. today i started to feel my right lymph node swell under my ear. and its freeking me out, is it to late to be getting swollen lymph nodes?

[lookin4answers80]

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of things that could cause a swollen lymph node, most of which are much more common than HIV. It could be a cold, a throat infection, any number of things. Your nine week test is very encouraging, and your negative PCR test at 6 weeks is very, very strong evidence, as it would generally catch the level of virus present at that stage of the infection. Just get your 12-week test, which I can virtually assure you will also be negative, and move on.

[evenflow1121]

Swollen lymph nodes appear to swell for all sorts of reasons not hiv related.  Its not HIV related, you had two prior test done, one at 9 weeks and one at 6, get your 12 week test if you want and when you test negative, and negative you shall be, close this chapter in your life and move on.  See your doctor about your lymph node its something else.

[ogtriste]

I think i might have caused it to swell, ive been feeling them trough out the whole day. im not even sure if its the lymph node. im gonna check with my doc, ask her to check my lymph nodes. 1 more week and im gonna get this over with it has been the longest 3 months of my life, and so far the most worrisom ones aswell.

[ogtriste]

i have been going to an std clinic and i talked to the doctor he told me that i should get a test tomorrow. which is 11 weeks, he said it really not gonna make much of a difference. im so confused should i do it or just wait it out.

[ogtriste]

i got my 11 weeks hiv result, thank god it was negative.  doctor says its good enough and prooves i dont have hiv. moving on?

[mike_no]

1. Your tests were rock solid and don't suggest you have HIV. I guarantee you your 12 weeks AB test would be negative

2. Swollen nodes associated with HIV are generalized, one or two swollen nodes don't suggest HIV.

3. If your lymph nodes were really swollen due to HIV, you didn't have to feel it but you could have seen it standing in front of the mirror because HIV related swollen nodes are huge.

4. The area that you describe, you have been feeling a node is a part of the body where the nodes could be easily felt, they are pea sized and completely normal.