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Hi!
I was confused and worried after reading this case https://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV--Living-With/Why-does-it-take-so-long-for-me-1-year-to-get -the-hiv-tested-positive / show / 3045258

Note that he reports that his examination was undetermined a week after the exposure. would that be possible?
I need help, I have had several third and fourth generation exams after exposure (I received unprotected oral sex, I touched my tongue twice to her vagina outside, and I had protected vaginal sex for less than 20 seconds), the last 13 months later . All with negative results. I can't get rid of this idea that I have HIV. Please help
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3191940 tn?1447268717
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We have no way of knowing what happened in this individual's case, but it is irrelevant to your situation since you had zero risk for HIV.

HIV risks in adults are:
1) having unprotected, penetrative anal or vaginal sex, or
2) sharing intravenous needles.

There is no other event, including the events you mentioned, that would put you at risk for HIV.
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Thanks for listening!
And About the fact that he reported that the result was undetermined a week after the exposure, would that be possible?
A week? Maybe you mean a year.  We really don't have enough information there to know what was going on.  What we do know is that, after a few indeterminate tests, the doctor should have run different tests (such as an RNA or WB test),  and that didn't happen.
He reported that the result was undetermined after a week of exposure.
So I found it unlikely.
There is no way for us to analyze this, or any other story posted on the internet.  Again, none of this applies to you at all.
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