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Conclusiveness and other possible exposure
Hello,
After breaking up with my previous girlfriend, I decided to get tested before entering a new relationship. I got tested at 6 and 13-14 weeks after the last time we had sex and both were negative. I used a Home Access HIV test kit. Is this completely reliable, considering it was over 3 months since my last possible exposure and the type of test used?
Also, over the holidays an injection drug using aunt of mine stayed with us for a few days. I fear she might've used my toothbrush as it was wet when I took it out of the container I keep it in. I know this could possibly be from the last time I used it, considering it's in the bathroom and it was sealed. I didn't see any blood on it and rinsed it off in hot/warm water like I usually do. Is toothbrush transmission more than theoretically existent and/or was I truly at any risk? I had no gum bleeding or open wounds in my mouth that I could tell. Can I continue having sex with my current girlfriend in spite of this?
After breaking up with my previous girlfriend, I decided to get tested before entering a new relationship. I got tested at 6 and 13-14 weeks after the last time we had sex and both were negative. I used a Home Access HIV test kit. Is this completely reliable, considering it was over 3 months since my last possible exposure and the type of test used?
Also, over the holidays an injection drug using aunt of mine stayed with us for a few days. I fear she might've used my toothbrush as it was wet when I took it out of the container I keep it in. I know this could possibly be from the last time I used it, considering it's in the bathroom and it was sealed. I didn't see any blood on it and rinsed it off in hot/warm water like I usually do. Is toothbrush transmission more than theoretically existent and/or was I truly at any risk? I had no gum bleeding or open wounds in my mouth that I could tell. Can I continue having sex with my current girlfriend in spite of this?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Correct. EWH
Just to clarify, I was at no risk with the toothbrush scenario and I don't need testing, correct?
Thanks a lot, I appreciate it.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome back to the Forum. Providing you followed the instructions to the Home Access test properly your results are completely reliable and should be believed. You did not acquire HIV from your prior girlfriend and your test results using this test are to be believed.
As for your aunt, for starters, despite the fact that she uses injection drugs, statistically the chances are that she is not infected with HIV. Even if, as a worst case scenario, she does have HIV, acquisition of HIV through oral exposures, including oral sex is virtually non-existent and there are NO instances in which HIV has been transmitted on an inanimate object such as a toothbrush. The virus is just not very tough and does not live long in the environment., Furthermore, infection through the oral cavity, with or without gum disease or wounds/sores in the mouth does not occur.
Bottom line, you have nothing to worry about. EWH
As for your aunt, for starters, despite the fact that she uses injection drugs, statistically the chances are that she is not infected with HIV. Even if, as a worst case scenario, she does have HIV, acquisition of HIV through oral exposures, including oral sex is virtually non-existent and there are NO instances in which HIV has been transmitted on an inanimate object such as a toothbrush. The virus is just not very tough and does not live long in the environment., Furthermore, infection through the oral cavity, with or without gum disease or wounds/sores in the mouth does not occur.
Bottom line, you have nothing to worry about. EWH
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