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Unprotected Oral, Tested at 23 days and 38 days post-exposure
Hello Dr.s
I gave a bisexual man about one minute of unprotected oral sex on Dec 13. There was no ejaculation. He claims he tested negative for HIV in early December. I have never had a fever or lymphadenopathy since the incident. I have however had pinpoint size maroon dots coming and going in a small group at a time since about 9 days post-exposure and a sore throat from day 18 to day 35. I am now at 5 weeks and 2 days post exposure. I've had 2 HIV tests; one on day 23 (phlebotomy ELISA) and today 5 weeks and 2 days had a Rapid done and it was negative. I should mention I was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic when the dots started. I live in Canada. What do you think my chances of having contracted HIV infection are?
I gave a bisexual man about one minute of unprotected oral sex on Dec 13. There was no ejaculation. He claims he tested negative for HIV in early December. I have never had a fever or lymphadenopathy since the incident. I have however had pinpoint size maroon dots coming and going in a small group at a time since about 9 days post-exposure and a sore throat from day 18 to day 35. I am now at 5 weeks and 2 days post exposure. I've had 2 HIV tests; one on day 23 (phlebotomy ELISA) and today 5 weeks and 2 days had a Rapid done and it was negative. I should mention I was in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic when the dots started. I live in Canada. What do you think my chances of having contracted HIV infection are?
"I have seen my doctor. She just thinks I'm crazy, bonkers"
LISTEN TO YOUR DR. ! ! ! ! !
LISTEN TO YOUR DR. ! ! ! ! !
And my doctor is not knowledgeable about HIV, which hasn't helped. When I asked her my "real world" risk considering everything, she just said, "I really don't know".
Does seroconversion rash appear and disappear in smaller dots over the course of 5 weeks?
I have seen my doctor. She just thinks I'm crazy, bonkers. Put me on an antidepressant, which yes I did need, and lorazepam to sleep for the anxiety. She looked at the pinpoint spots on my body just 4 or 5 at that point, and said, "I have no idea what they are, probably just a reaction to the sun." I have tried to show her the spots appearing in my mouth, she is totally unsupportive and disinterested. I had a VDRL run from the day 23 post exposure blood work which came back non reactive.
I do respect your opinion, I respect the scientific evidence too, and I thank you for offering reassurance on this matter. But how can you be 100% certain that there was no risk posed. I am scared. I just want to know I'm okay. My doctor flat out told me yesterday that she won't be doing any more testing until the 3 month mark. This is playing on my mind because I have had lesions appearing and disappearing first on my body for the first few weeks and now in my mouth. That's more than just a coincidence. Something is up.
And I'm 31, previously healthy and no reason to believe I'd have a sub-par immune response.
Do you know how accurate a day 40 ELISA via phlebotomy is, considering I've been quite sick and had symptoms. I believe it is a 3rd generation test. How many percentage would test positive if infected at that point in that scenario.
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