Blood Test

[michaelkors]

Ok so I know the only way to be tested positive for HIV is to get a HIV specific blood test... But I have another question, approx. 8 yrs ago, I had intercourse with some shady girl... unprotected. (so stupid, I was a dumb high school kid)

I had a blood test 4 years AFTER the said intercourse with girl, which came back normal (as in I has a normal range WBC count)... however, the test didn't check specifically for HIV.

4 years after the encounter would the test have shown signs of decreasing WBC count? Like I said it's been 8 years now... and I've been more or less healthy since then the original encounter... At this point would getting tested still be wise? Or would I most likely be in the clear?

(I don't know why this has started bugging me 8 years later? But for some reason I have been VERY anxious about the situation due to some diarrhea and swollen lymph nodes I've been experiencing for the last 2 weeks or so.)

I also don't live in the US any longer, so getting tested isn't as easy here as just going to the nearest clinic like it is in the states...

[Teak]

You aren't living anywhere you can't get an HIV test.

[michaelkors]

... as I explained... I live in a 3rd world country, and it's not as easy as going to the clinic in the states...

[Teak]

Get an HIV test. Don't want to hear about your CBC or WBC.

[michaelkors]

I thought that CD4+ (T-cells and macrophages) are a major constituent of the white blood cells... wouldn't then, the WBC count be low in the case of HIV...