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Will testing be accurate now and what's the next step if positive?
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I recently ended a 5-month relationship with a man who turned out to be quite the ladies man (many partners). We didn’t have sex, mostly kissing. However, one time I gave him oral for less than 10 seconds on a dare. He had been suffering from a kidney stone at the time and had urinated blood around that time. 3 weeks later I got a chest cold, so did my son and mother. It lasted about a week. Low fever, achy, just didn’t feel good, normal cold stuff. I had an ulcer in my mouth also, which wasn’t unusual for me. Also, had a patch of itchy skin on top of my foot. I’m sure you know that once we think we have it, we become paranoid about everything. It’s been 8.5 weeks since this happened and I have a home HIV test (one step cassette style anti-hiv1+2 rapid screen test), but I’m too afraid to take it alone and I don’t want to share this situation with anyone. My anxiety is through the roof. I’m 45 and I’ve only gotten my period about 3 times in the past year. Now I’m having hot flashes and night sweats in the last month or. Of course, it's extremely hot outside. So I’m blaming it on perimenopause and also anxiety. Seems like a legit reason. I just don’t feel like my self. I just want to worry to end, I’m not a worrisome person usually. I feel like it’s affecting my health at this point. I don’t have health insurance and have no clue what to do next if it’s positive. I’ve been also holding off on the test until 12 weeks have passed because I do not want to have to take this test again. I want to forget this ever happened. Any advice will help. Thank You.
I recently ended a 5-month relationship with a man who turned out to be quite the ladies man (many partners). We didn’t have sex, mostly kissing. However, one time I gave him oral for less than 10 seconds on a dare. He had been suffering from a kidney stone at the time and had urinated blood around that time. 3 weeks later I got a chest cold, so did my son and mother. It lasted about a week. Low fever, achy, just didn’t feel good, normal cold stuff. I had an ulcer in my mouth also, which wasn’t unusual for me. Also, had a patch of itchy skin on top of my foot. I’m sure you know that once we think we have it, we become paranoid about everything. It’s been 8.5 weeks since this happened and I have a home HIV test (one step cassette style anti-hiv1+2 rapid screen test), but I’m too afraid to take it alone and I don’t want to share this situation with anyone. My anxiety is through the roof. I’m 45 and I’ve only gotten my period about 3 times in the past year. Now I’m having hot flashes and night sweats in the last month or. Of course, it's extremely hot outside. So I’m blaming it on perimenopause and also anxiety. Seems like a legit reason. I just don’t feel like my self. I just want to worry to end, I’m not a worrisome person usually. I feel like it’s affecting my health at this point. I don’t have health insurance and have no clue what to do next if it’s positive. I’ve been also holding off on the test until 12 weeks have passed because I do not want to have to take this test again. I want to forget this ever happened. Any advice will help. Thank You.
You can't get HIV from oral so there is nothing to test for. Relax and move on from HIV fears, but the first step is to stop Googling for HIV symptoms and to stop examining your body because you are negative so there is no purpose.
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