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STDs (Expert Forum)
hiv
Answered by
Edward W Hook, MD - HIV Prevention, stds
Welcome to the STD Forum, which is intended only for questions and support pertaining to sexually transmitted diseases other than HIV/AIDS, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papillomavirus, genital warts, trichomonas, other vaginal infections, nongonoccal urethritis (NGU), cervicitis, molluscum contagiosum, chancroid, and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). All questions will be answered by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. or Edward W Hook, MD.
hiv
by carmen240, Apr 04, 2008 12:18PM
hi doctor, i am sorry for my inglish, I had sex with a friend once no protection ,Nov 19 2007 and i got tested for std's february 18 I got MY results february 21 and every thing come back negative
for all stds herpes, HIV etc, NEGATIVE ALL I want to know if I have to get tested again after 12 week .
it is accurate de result or I need futher testing after 12 weeks for hiv, after my test in negative
for all stds herpes, HIV etc, NEGATIVE ALL I want to know if I have to get tested again after 12 week .
it is accurate de result or I need futher testing after 12 weeks for hiv, after my test in negative
Doctor's Answer
by Edward W Hook, MD, Apr 04, 2008 02:09PM
, Apr 04, 2008 02:09PM
You have posted on the wrong site. Questions about HIV belong on the HIV prevention site. I will do my best to answer your questions with this reply but, if you have additional questions or follow-up they must be on the HIV Prevention site. Sorry.
You can be confident that you do not have HIV. Even though your exposure was not protected, your risk is very low. This is because:
1. You do not know that your partner had HIV. Statistically it is unlikely that he was.
2. If your partner was infected (and he was probably not), your chance of getting HIV from a single act of vaginal intercourse is less than 1 in 1000.
3. Your test at twelve weeks was at a time when more than 99% of all tests that are going to be positive will be.
When you use these three facts to calculate your risks, they are, for all practical purposes, zero.
Be comfortable that you did not get HIV from the exposure you describe. EWH
You can be confident that you do not have HIV. Even though your exposure was not protected, your risk is very low. This is because:
1. You do not know that your partner had HIV. Statistically it is unlikely that he was.
2. If your partner was infected (and he was probably not), your chance of getting HIV from a single act of vaginal intercourse is less than 1 in 1000.
3. Your test at twelve weeks was at a time when more than 99% of all tests that are going to be positive will be.
When you use these three facts to calculate your risks, they are, for all practical purposes, zero.
Be comfortable that you did not get HIV from the exposure you describe. EWH
