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HIV risk beginning penetration
Hello, thank you in advance for your assistance. I had a small risk with a gentleman. He rubbed his penis against my vagina and there were beginning penetrations (not full penetration, just head at the entry and rubbing the head around the entry). I tested negative for HIV at 19 days with a 4th generation duo test (antibody and antigen). I plan to get tested again at 28 days and 6 weeks but I am having night sweats and am slowly driving myself sick with worry while I wait to get tested. The gentleman is unresponsive about his status. Is this considered a real risk? And if so how conclusive is my negative result at 19 days?
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Only you can determine if he penetrated, but you say he didn't so not sure what the issue is. If he did penetrate then test at 28 because no one here can determine what happened. Otherwise no penetration=no risk.
It is purposeless to test twice, so if you do that it will be hiv fixation if you do.
Docs don't pay attention to symptoms because they can't diagnose from them so no one here does either - you should also stop worrying about your "night sweats".
It is purposeless to test twice, so if you do that it will be hiv fixation if you do.
Docs don't pay attention to symptoms because they can't diagnose from them so no one here does either - you should also stop worrying about your "night sweats".
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Thank you, Im curious if pre seminal fluid was rubbed around the entry of the vagina if that constitutes a risk. I suppose that’s my actual question.
"Otherwise no penetration=no risk."
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air (penis, fluid etc. ). You will be happy to learn that you had no risk, because you can't get hiv from personal contact except unprotected penetrating vaginal or anal with a penis, neither of which you did and you didn't share hollow needles to inject with which is the only other way to acquire hiv - there are only 3 ways to get hiv. Analysis of large numbers of infected people over the 40 years of hiv history has proven that people don't get hiv in the way you are worried is a risk.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe.
HIV is a fragile virus in air or saliva and is effectively instantly dead in either air or saliva so the WORST that could happen is dead virus rubbed you, and obviously anything which is dead cannot live again so you are good. Blood and cuts would not be relevant in your situation since the hiv has become effectively dead, so you don't have to worry about them to be sure that you are safe.
There is no reason for a person to test when they are safe. The advice took into consideration that the other person might be positive, so move on and enjoy life instead of thinking about this non-event. hiv prevention is straightforward since there are only 3 ways you can become infected, so next time you wonder if you had a risk, ask yourself this QUESTION. "Did I do any of the 3?" Then after you say "No, I didn't" you will know that it's time to move on back to your happy life.
No one got hiv from what you did during 40 years of hiv history and no one will get it in the next 40 years of your life either. You can do what you did any time and be safe.
Thank you, this reassures me enormously. Thank you
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