BACK AGAIN

HELLO THIS IS MY SECOND TIME HERE. ON SEPT 10TH I WAS AT A STRIP CLUB AND WAS IN THE BACK ROOM. THE STRIPPER/HOOKER PULLED MY PANTS DOWN AND STARTED TO LICK MY PENIS AND TRIED TO SIT ON IT. I STOPPED HER BUT MY PENIS HEAD TOUCHED HER VAGINA AND MIGHT HAVE INSERTED A LITTLE BIT. ON OCT 25 I TOOK A OARAQUICK SALIVA HIV TEST IT WAS NEGATIVE. ON NOV 28TH I GOT A FLU A WEEK AFTER MY FLU SHOT ALONG WITH SOME NIGHT SWEATS. ON DEC 27TH AT MY 3 1/2 MONTH MARK I TOOK A HIV BLOOD TST NOT SURE WHAT KIND BUT THAT CAME BACK NEGATIVE. NOW THIS WEEK I HAVE A RASH UNDER MY LEFT ARMPIT AND A SMALL ONE UNDER MY RIGHT ARMPIT. THE SKIN IS VERY DRY AND PINK. I ALSO HAVE A SORE IN MY MOUTH BY MY LEFT MOLAR BUT 10 DAYS AGO I HAD MY TEETH CLEANED. TODAY WHEN I WOKE UP MY GOIN HURT ON THE LEFT SIDE. EVERY THING IS HAPPENING ON MY LEFT SIDE. MY QUESTION IS THAT SINCE A 3 MONTH HIV TEST IS 97% ACCURATE AND I HAVE SYMPTOMS NOW SHOULD I RETEST IN APRIL AT MY SIX MONTH MARK? OR DOES MY 3 MONTH TEST STAND UP? ALSO DOES IT HAVE TO BE EXACLTY 6 MONTHS CAN IT BE A FEW DAYS PROIR. IS THIS ALL Coincidence? WHATS YOUR THOUGHT?

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

The likelihood of getting HIV from the exposure you describe is zero or close to it, even if the stripper had HIV--which she probably didn't.  Your symptoms don't suggest HIV infection, and in your circumstances a 3 month test result is completely reliable.  (For further discussion of this, search the STD forum threads for "time to positive HIV test".)

Good luck---  HHH, MD