Thank you so much for your help sir...
"Just to clarify 54 days PCR DNA and AB are conclusive enough?"
Yes. I haven't changed my mind in the past few minutes. It is impossible to have HIV with both those tests being negative.
Thank you so much doctor.
My exposures were condom protected but I was too drunk to remember if it was used correctly. I didn't a fever at all. The peeling of the palm and feet is skin is what has me worried. I have read on thebody.com stating those can be a ARS symptoms. Do you think that's the case?
Just to clarify 54 days PCR DNA and AB are conclusive enough?
Thank you again
Welcome to the forum.
You don't describe the nature of the encounters, so I cannot comment on whether or not they were truly low risk. I don't know the HIV situation in commercial sex workers in Costa Rica, but my guess is that relatively few are infected.
But test results ALWAYS outweigh symptoms and exposure history, if done sufficiently long after exposure. 54 days is plenty of time; your negative tests prove you were not infected and that something else is the cause of your sympotms. And your symptoms don't really sound much like ARS anyway. ARS usually doesn't cause rashes that end with peeling, and you don't mention fever, which almost always is present.
If your symptoms persist, continue to work with your personal doctor or clinic to learn the cause and possible treatment. But you can completely forget HIV or any other infection you caught from the sex workers.
Regards-- HHH, MD