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what is my hiv risk and do i need another test?
hello nearly 6 months ago now i had protected sex with a prostitute in central london, i had a fourth generation hiv test at 105 days which came back negative and then again another hiv test in a different hospital at 5 months, that came back negative as well but im not sure if the test i took at 5 months was third generation or fourth generation, i have read online that it can sometimes take up to 6 months for hiv to be detected, do you think i need to retest and what do you think the odds are that i contracted hiv from my experience with the prostitute, i know it was protected but i am still concerned, thank you.
Hello i would just like to thank everyone for helping me through this difficult time, i received my lab results and the hiv test came back as negative, which i am so grateful for, i am going to be so much more careful in the future who i sleep with and the times i do have sex i will ensure it will be protected, thank you again
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I was doing some more research of hiv on the web and I came across this website, please look at number 23. I was wanting to do an hiv test in 2 weeks but now i'm not sure so please give me some advice. Thank you,
I was doing some more research of hiv on the web and I came across this website, please look at number 23. I was wanting to do an hiv test in 2 weeks but now i'm not sure so please give me some advice. Thank you,
Ok regardless of that would you please just answer my question just to put my mind at ease and for personal knowledge, would an hiv test possibly pick up hepatitis antibodies caused by the hep b vaccination and mistake them for hiv antibdoies leading to a false positive if the hiv test was done soon after the vaccination, this will be the last thing i ask and i appreciate all the help i have received up to this point from the website. thank you.
Hello once again, today I went to my local doctor as i required a hep b vaccination as i have no immunity to it, I discussed my issue with the doctor and he said the only way it seems that will remove my anxiety is taking a further hiv test at 6 months which i suppose i will do even if i am being a hypochondriac, from what i understand about the hepatitis vaccination is that it makes the body produce antibodies to fight against the hepatitis infection, if i was to do the hiv test in a few weeks is there a risk that it may result in a false positive as the production of hepatitis antibodies will be mistaken for hiv antibodies thus resulting in a positive result, thank you and i'm sorry if im bothering you, this will be my last question.
Youdidnt have a risk so how can antibodies be delayed for something you can't have?
Hello thank you for your reply, I just had one more question, a few years ago I was diagnosed with bipolar and as a result I have to take sodium valproate and olanzapine everyday, would that by any chance have delayed the time in which hiv antibodies would appear in the body, and what are the types of people who would take longer for the hiv antibodies to appear, thank you.
thank you for your response, had it been with a girl who wasnt a prostitute i would have been a lot less anxious, i was drunk and regretted it immediately, i have done a lot of research on the topic and i read that whilst it is unlikely to contract hiv with protected sex it is still possible depending on the viral load and the fact that it could seep through the condom, i have had hepatititis b and c test aswell which luckily also came back negative, would you please inform me on the window period after the incident of contracting hiv as i have read in some places online that 3 months is sufficient but others say that it can take up to 6 months for a conclusive result, thank you.
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2. If something could "seep" through a condom then condoms would not be marketed to prevent HIV.
3. 3 months for a risk, which you did not have