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10 weeks conclusive, been anxious.
Hi Doctors- I want to thank you in advance for both you time and guidance. It goes without saying these topics create high anxiety.
Healthy female, engaged with a male I dated for 2 months, status unknown. The last 2 weeks of the relationship engaged in unprotected vaginal sex guessing a total of 10-12 times. Last exposure 10/30. 5 weeks later experienced a bout of indigestion that followed with a mild sore throat, scratchy voice, post nasal drip, mouth and tongue discomfort (burning), slightly swollen tonsils, small dry spots on my cheeks and a few on upper stomach. Sore throat and moth discomfort lasted for a bout 4 weeks. Went to ENT doc, did camera in throat said it was silent reflux. No high fever or cough. Tested with Oraquick oral swab weeks 7, 8, and 10 all negative. Of course during this time, I googled and so many things lead to HIV which created massive anxieties, and I know may have caused more worry over the above. All symptoms have since subsided. No other STD symptoms. Couple of concerns/questions:
1. Not many on here mention HIV concern beyond a one time exposure and mine was 10-12 exposures, even though in a short time frame.
2. Oraquick results from weeks, 7,8 and 10 all negative enough to have confidence I was not infected?
Healthy female, engaged with a male I dated for 2 months, status unknown. The last 2 weeks of the relationship engaged in unprotected vaginal sex guessing a total of 10-12 times. Last exposure 10/30. 5 weeks later experienced a bout of indigestion that followed with a mild sore throat, scratchy voice, post nasal drip, mouth and tongue discomfort (burning), slightly swollen tonsils, small dry spots on my cheeks and a few on upper stomach. Sore throat and moth discomfort lasted for a bout 4 weeks. Went to ENT doc, did camera in throat said it was silent reflux. No high fever or cough. Tested with Oraquick oral swab weeks 7, 8, and 10 all negative. Of course during this time, I googled and so many things lead to HIV which created massive anxieties, and I know may have caused more worry over the above. All symptoms have since subsided. No other STD symptoms. Couple of concerns/questions:
1. Not many on here mention HIV concern beyond a one time exposure and mine was 10-12 exposures, even though in a short time frame.
2. Oraquick results from weeks, 7,8 and 10 all negative enough to have confidence I was not infected?
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You're still looking at less than a 1% risk, and that is only IF your partner was HIV+ - and most people are not.
Oraquick is considered to be conclusive at 12 weeks post-exposure; however, your result is highly unlikely to change.
Oraquick is considered to be conclusive at 12 weeks post-exposure; however, your result is highly unlikely to change.
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Thank you for taking a moment to share! I’m grateful. Do you know how or when to get the docs that run this to answer? Or maybe you are?
There are no doctors on this site - have not been any for years. You only need to look at the Oraquick instructions to get the information I gave you. If you are concerned, test again at 12 weeks and then put this behind you.
Thank you, was not attending to be offensive at all. I appreciate the input very much. It seemed there hadn’t been docs on for sometime but was having trouble verifying that! Thank you again.
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