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6 months later and still worried
Hello Doctor!
Let me start from the beginning. On July 14, 2010 I had unprotected oral sex witha CSW...I preformed oral sex on her for about 5 minute at the same time I was fingering her. When I pulled my fingers out i noticed i had some brownish/Greenish stuff on my fingers. I totally freaked out and stopped immediately. At that point i put a condom on and had vaginal sex for about 3 minutes. When i was finished i went to the bathroom and washed my mouth and hands. A week later i had my annual pyhsical and my total protein level came back slightly high...8.7. My doctor did not seem concerned and told me to come back in a month and recheck it. As soon as i got off the phone with him i ran to google and searched high protein levels and came up with HIV and Hepatitas C. That totally freak me out. At the same time this was happening my wife and I were starting an IVF cycle. So on AUG 25, 2010 we both were required to take HIV and Hepatitas C tests, which both came back negative. Btw i went back to my doctor and my protein level had went down to 8 which he told me was normal and I had nothing to worry about. I was sill freaked out about HIV so i got retested Oct 13, 2010, and that test also came back negative. My question to you is: Should I get retested again??? It will be 6 months in a few days and i don't want to put myself thru the torture of waiting for the results. Btw both HIV test prior were antibody 1 &2. Should i be concerned with my protein at 8? Please help Doctor
Let me start from the beginning. On July 14, 2010 I had unprotected oral sex witha CSW...I preformed oral sex on her for about 5 minute at the same time I was fingering her. When I pulled my fingers out i noticed i had some brownish/Greenish stuff on my fingers. I totally freaked out and stopped immediately. At that point i put a condom on and had vaginal sex for about 3 minutes. When i was finished i went to the bathroom and washed my mouth and hands. A week later i had my annual pyhsical and my total protein level came back slightly high...8.7. My doctor did not seem concerned and told me to come back in a month and recheck it. As soon as i got off the phone with him i ran to google and searched high protein levels and came up with HIV and Hepatitas C. That totally freak me out. At the same time this was happening my wife and I were starting an IVF cycle. So on AUG 25, 2010 we both were required to take HIV and Hepatitas C tests, which both came back negative. Btw i went back to my doctor and my protein level had went down to 8 which he told me was normal and I had nothing to worry about. I was sill freaked out about HIV so i got retested Oct 13, 2010, and that test also came back negative. My question to you is: Should I get retested again??? It will be 6 months in a few days and i don't want to put myself thru the torture of waiting for the results. Btw both HIV test prior were antibody 1 &2. Should i be concerned with my protein at 8? Please help Doctor
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Anxious and irrationally frightened persons always have "yes but", "what if", or "did you really understand" questions; there is never an end to it and this forum will not support that mentality. If you keep asking anxiety driven questions whose answers are obvious, like the ones I deleted, the entire thread will be deleted. See my last comment above and pay close attention to it.
Thank you doc...I know your right I just need to let this go and move on...my wife is 5 months pregnant and I'm so worried...thank you :)
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There is no need to test again at 6 months or any other time. I have never had or even heard of any patient to had a negative test beyond 6-8 weeks to later tested positive at any time.
You came here for reassurance. I have done my level best to give it to you. Accept it or not, it's up to you -- but I can do no more than I have. Stop overthinking it; there are no possible circumstances that could change the fact that you did not catch HIV. It is not normal to be so resistant to the facts and the reasoned reassurance you have had, including from your own doctor. If despite all this you remain worried about HIV, it implies a mental health problem that requires its own medical attention. I suggest it out of compassion, not criticism.
That will have to end this thread.
You came here for reassurance. I have done my level best to give it to you. Accept it or not, it's up to you -- but I can do no more than I have. Stop overthinking it; there are no possible circumstances that could change the fact that you did not catch HIV. It is not normal to be so resistant to the facts and the reasoned reassurance you have had, including from your own doctor. If despite all this you remain worried about HIV, it implies a mental health problem that requires its own medical attention. I suggest it out of compassion, not criticism.
That will have to end this thread.
Sorry to bother you doc...so u don't believe its important to re test at 6 months??? Don't want to be annoying but I'm so paranoid and worried about this...my doctor told me everything is fine and there is no reason to be alarmed...he actually called me a hypochondriac...from your experience have you ever had a patient that tested neg 3 months after exposure and test positive 6 months later?? Sorry to be annoying
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There are no medical conditions that cause false negative HIV tests, with the possible exception of life threatening problems like terminal cancer. Diabetes or high blood sugar definitely cannot do it.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the HIV forum.
With the modern HIV tests, it is not possible to have a negative result more than several weeks (3 months, tops) after catching the virus. Your negative HIV tests prove you don't have it and that something else has to be the cause of your symptoms. Further, you had a virtually zero risk exposure last July; HIV is very rarely (some experts say never) transmitted by oral to penile sex.
And your symptoms don't sound like HIV anyway. You could pick almost any 20 infectious diseases at random -- colds, influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis, mononucleosis, gastrointestinal viruses, etc, etc -- and if you read the list of possible symptoms, you will see tremendous overlap: many of the same symptoms for most of them. Same for HIV. Even typical symptoms of HIV almost always are due to other things.
Elevated protein levels, especially mild ones like yours, usually are not signs of anything serious. Of course if you remain concerned about this lab result or any symptoms, continue to work with your doctor about the cause. But you can definitely stop worrying about HIV. Same for other STDs: whatever you have (if anything at all), it has absolutely nothing to do with the oral sex exposure last summer.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
With the modern HIV tests, it is not possible to have a negative result more than several weeks (3 months, tops) after catching the virus. Your negative HIV tests prove you don't have it and that something else has to be the cause of your symptoms. Further, you had a virtually zero risk exposure last July; HIV is very rarely (some experts say never) transmitted by oral to penile sex.
And your symptoms don't sound like HIV anyway. You could pick almost any 20 infectious diseases at random -- colds, influenza, pneumonia, hepatitis, mononucleosis, gastrointestinal viruses, etc, etc -- and if you read the list of possible symptoms, you will see tremendous overlap: many of the same symptoms for most of them. Same for HIV. Even typical symptoms of HIV almost always are due to other things.
Elevated protein levels, especially mild ones like yours, usually are not signs of anything serious. Of course if you remain concerned about this lab result or any symptoms, continue to work with your doctor about the cause. But you can definitely stop worrying about HIV. Same for other STDs: whatever you have (if anything at all), it has absolutely nothing to do with the oral sex exposure last summer.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
I have another question Dr. When i did my physical my fasting blood sugar was 110...is it possible i could get a false negative because my sugar is slightly elevated???
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