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Am I hiv positive?
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I am a 28 years old man from Lebanon (middle east) I had an unprotected vaginal sex with a American tourist girl who I met her in a local club the intercourse last for more than 10 minutes and I was drunk …wen I asked about her I discovered that she was a drug addict and she left back to the America so I don’t know her status , after 2 weeks I had a sore throat ,diarrhea , 38.5 degree c fever , severe headache , dry caught ,nasal congestion, chills and muscle pain , this symptoms last for more than a month ,during this symptoms I did blood tests doctors said to me that my blood count is normal . I had an hiv test after 30 and 54 days (during the symptoms) that returns negative, now after 75 day I still feeling pain in my feet and hands I am worried about hiv and I want to know if iam in high risk.
I am a 28 years old man from Lebanon (middle east) I had an unprotected vaginal sex with a American tourist girl who I met her in a local club the intercourse last for more than 10 minutes and I was drunk …wen I asked about her I discovered that she was a drug addict and she left back to the America so I don’t know her status , after 2 weeks I had a sore throat ,diarrhea , 38.5 degree c fever , severe headache , dry caught ,nasal congestion, chills and muscle pain , this symptoms last for more than a month ,during this symptoms I did blood tests doctors said to me that my blood count is normal . I had an hiv test after 30 and 54 days (during the symptoms) that returns negative, now after 75 day I still feeling pain in my feet and hands I am worried about hiv and I want to know if iam in high risk.
Your symptoms in this are irrelevant, for a start they have lasted too long and ssecondly if your symptoms were due to HIV then you would have tested positive or in the least indeterminate on your tests.
The HIV test does not look for HIV itself it looks for the antibodies that are produced. The ARS is caused by the production of antibodies not by the illness itself which is why if your symptoms were ARS then your tests would be showing antibodies.
Yes, you had a risk but it was a low one. Female to male tranmission, especially on a one time encounter is very low risk. You have tested out to 54 days which are pretty reliable. The very very vast majority of people will have detectable antibodies (with any generation of test) by 6 weeks.
You do need to re-test at 3 months to be conclusive but I very much expect you to continue to test negative.
I don't know about lebanon but everybody here in Oman is sick with all the symptoms you have as well, we are all putting it down to climate change. I think you should do the same as I really don't think you need to be worried about HIV but you do need that confirmatory test at 3 months.
The HIV test does not look for HIV itself it looks for the antibodies that are produced. The ARS is caused by the production of antibodies not by the illness itself which is why if your symptoms were ARS then your tests would be showing antibodies.
Yes, you had a risk but it was a low one. Female to male tranmission, especially on a one time encounter is very low risk. You have tested out to 54 days which are pretty reliable. The very very vast majority of people will have detectable antibodies (with any generation of test) by 6 weeks.
You do need to re-test at 3 months to be conclusive but I very much expect you to continue to test negative.
I don't know about lebanon but everybody here in Oman is sick with all the symptoms you have as well, we are all putting it down to climate change. I think you should do the same as I really don't think you need to be worried about HIV but you do need that confirmatory test at 3 months.
same is happening here my brothers
regards from EGYPT :)
i hope that my test and your test will be negative IN SHALLAH
regards from EGYPT :)
i hope that my test and your test will be negative IN SHALLAH
I never had an unprotected sex before this is my first and will be the last, didn’t use protection because I wasn’t able to maintain an erection and I was drunk ,this mistake maybe will cost me the rest of my life.
COMMUNITY LEADER
Do not waste your time on symptoms, they are often misleading and do not mean much. The more you think about them, more your find them, and many ARS like symptoms can be due to many other reasons, so just ignore them and believe your test report
thanx for ur reply , i am worried because my strange inexplicable symptomes , i will be tested after 13 week and hope that the result will be negative .
COMMUNITY LEADER
No, you are not at a high risk. Not everyone gets HIV from s single act of unprotected sex with an HIV partner. There are many odds in your favor. The most prominent one is your 7+ week test which is highly reassuring and it is very highly unlikely that this test result would change after 5-6 weeks.
Get a follow up test done after 12-13 weeks and get a conclusive report and move on with your life, after putting all your worries to rest permanently.
Next time, keep alcohol and a woman separate, they do not mix well.
Get a follow up test done after 12-13 weeks and get a conclusive report and move on with your life, after putting all your worries to rest permanently.
Next time, keep alcohol and a woman separate, they do not mix well.
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