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Need help really scared
I have had oral sex some months prior as a giver
of oral sex to strangers and now I started feeling weak and I sweat a lot.
I went to lgbt trust near me to get tested and they used a rapid test using finger prick.
The control line appeared dark but hiv 1 and hiv 2 were extremely faint and so faint they they weren't even visible unless someone took the kit in hand and observed it. They said another test with same kit and same thing happened again.
They said that I might be positive and I've taken a 4th generation test from a private lab and waiting for results and I'm really scared.
I didn't ever had unprotected anal sex I just did oral , as a possibility I might have had sores during that thing which I might haven't felt.
Please help me with this test result thing.
I recently also had a UTI and that is also worrying me.
of oral sex to strangers and now I started feeling weak and I sweat a lot.
I went to lgbt trust near me to get tested and they used a rapid test using finger prick.
The control line appeared dark but hiv 1 and hiv 2 were extremely faint and so faint they they weren't even visible unless someone took the kit in hand and observed it. They said another test with same kit and same thing happened again.
They said that I might be positive and I've taken a 4th generation test from a private lab and waiting for results and I'm really scared.
I didn't ever had unprotected anal sex I just did oral , as a possibility I might have had sores during that thing which I might haven't felt.
Please help me with this test result thing.
I recently also had a UTI and that is also worrying me.
Oral sex really is not a way that people get HIV. Air and saliva inactivate the virus. The only risks are to have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or share IV needles to inject drugs. If all your exposures were was giving oral sex, you were not at risk. I'm wondering if you are misreading the tests you gave yourself via finger prick. Did you follow directions and only read in the appropriate time? The results are only able to be read at 20 minutes to 40 minutes after testing. Your HIV 4th gen test should be negative.
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I took the test in an NGO, it wasn't done by myself.
The way it gave results in 2 mins and ideally that test kit takes that much time at maximum.
I've no clue how is it affecting me as I always used condom for anal sex.
They asked me the same thing and I told them that I've had oral sex and maybe some mouth ulcers during the episode.
The way it gave results in 2 mins and ideally that test kit takes that much time at maximum.
I've no clue how is it affecting me as I always used condom for anal sex.
They asked me the same thing and I told them that I've had oral sex and maybe some mouth ulcers during the episode.
Reread about "only"because the advice was straightforward . I'm sure you know the meaning of "only" but you responded as if you didn't.
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air ( mouth, maybe blood, penis or vagina, cuts, ulcers, 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. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER 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 ANSWER "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 from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
Your test was a waste of time, so you should forget about it.
Your situation involves personal contact with an object in air ( mouth, maybe blood, penis or vagina, cuts, ulcers, 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. Note that 2 of them require a penis and the third requires a hollow injecting shared needle - there are no OTHER 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 ANSWER "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 from hiv.
The other person's status is irrelevant when you have no exposure to live virus.
Your test was a waste of time, so you should forget about it.
I understand your concern. From the events you describe, they aren't risks for HIV. I don't know your whole history, however. My guess is that your Duo test will come back negative. If it does, let the other tests go. Let us know the outcome. When do you get your results?
Hello the 4th gen test came negative but still I fear the result I got last time on rapid test kit.
What if only antibodies were present only in those drop or its just start of its production.
I'm still really worried thinking about this I don't know if I still need to test later or what.
What if only antibodies were present only in those drop or its just start of its production.
I'm still really worried thinking about this I don't know if I still need to test later or what.
HIV tests are highly sensitive, and thus result in some false positives. This is what happened in your case.
The 4th generation test is definitive, and you are HIV-negative. It doesn't matter what "what if" you think of - your result is conclusive and you do not have HIV.
The 4th generation test is definitive, and you are HIV-negative. It doesn't matter what "what if" you think of - your result is conclusive and you do not have HIV.
But CurfewX I gave oral sex to some guys and it was not even 2 weeks to get tested for 4th generation test. Even prior to this I had oral sex before a month .
Moreover it came positive on rapid test.
I still have symptoms and today I got diarrhoea though past some days I feel lethargic and I just sweat for no reason.
Moreover it came positive on rapid test.
I still have symptoms and today I got diarrhoea though past some days I feel lethargic and I just sweat for no reason.
Since you don't think that anyone here is telling you the truth, and you are determined to believe that you have HIV when you do NOT, I wish you the best of luck in finding another forum for your HIV questions. There is no point in continuing to post here when you think everyone else is wrong and that our advice is bad.
Since you didn't answer the QUESTION I'll do it for you. Answer> No there wasn't a penis in my anus and I wasn't injected so I can't have hiv. This isn't a diarrhea, sweat or lethargy forum so see doc about those issues - if they even exist. This is just an hiv forum and you don't have hiv - you just think you have it, but no one here can cure that emotional problem.
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