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HIV statistics in Europe

Hi everyone, here I am waiting for my test results.. just a couple of days more. Like everyone in my situation i'm going crazy spending lots of hours looking for information, forums, statistics, symptoms, etc. over the internet.

For those obsessed with statistics, I just found an EXCELLENT report on HIV in Europe (sub-divided by country):
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/127656/e94500.pdf

It helped me by understanding a little more about HIV reality and how "real" it is on my society, and of course how my situation looks under this statistics.

For example I just found out that there were 382 new cases of HIV in my country in 2009.
From this 382 new cases, 189 were heterosexuals, 143 were homosexuals, 40 drug users and 10 got it from their parents. From the 189 heterosexuals, 131 of them were people coming from sub-saharian Africa, leaving just 58 that I feel "identified" to them. As you can see, a very low rate for a 7 million population country. Helped me to relax a little bit while waiting for my results.

JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, STATISTICS (as well as everything else on the internet) IS GOOD FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING, BUT YOU MUST ALWAYS GET TESTED AS I DID.

Wish me luck!
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Then I suggest you don't waiste your money and use it for professional help.
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I know why you are telling this, however i still believe there is a very small chance of getting it, and when that very small chance it's related with something this big, i see no harm on taking the test at the 3 months mark.

I also still have swollen lymphs all over my body since a couple of weeks after my exposure, they won't go away... neck, armpit, groin, others. They are just there all the time.

I really hope (and believe) you are right!! but only the test will give me the peace i need.

Thanks!!
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You never had an exposure and didn't need testing for HIV.
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Good luck :)
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