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Please help :(
Here is my story
2 years ago when I was 19 I had sex with 2 prostitutes unprotected but in a country that has strict visa guidlines about people with HIV so I am sure they were tested but they could have got it when they came to my country anyway since they are prostitutes. Well anyway after I had unprotected sex with them I found out that I could have gotten hiv from them so i freaked out but I took a PCR DNA test for early detection and an ELISA test and both came back negative but the problem is I cant remember if I took these tests 2 weeks after exposure or 6 weeks but it MIGHT be 6 weeks I am just not sure so it was my lesson and I never had unprotected sex ever again, since that time I have been only having protected sex but unprotected oral sex and from time to time I used to always dontate to aids foundations and sometimes go to forums and read stories so I can scare myself nd never have unprotected sex, well anyway last week I came through this forum and everyone is saying pcr dna is not accurate and so on so I have been freaking out again about my exposure 2 years ago and I cant sleep for 2 weeks now, do you think those tests i took 2 weeks or 6 weeks after exposure were not accurate ? although the clinic I tested in assured me the pcr dna will detect anything after 10 days but now I am freaking out again after 2 years, so today I gathered my strength and went and got an oraquick test, after 20 minutes the result came back negative, the risky encounter was 2 years ago, should I stop worrying ? Am I ok ? Encounter was 2 years ago and at that time , elisa and pcr dna both negative and after 2 years, oraquick negative, please tell me I can stop worrying ? I am a bit releived but I did remember that 6 or 5 weeks ago I got a blowjob from a girl that HIV status I dont know, was that a risk ? It was just maybe a 3 minute blowjob no kissing or anything just blowjob, twice with the same girl, any risk? so I had a couple of more questions, after reading many threads I noticed that some of them are saying that the oraquick gives some false negatives ?? That freaked me out.
Here are my questions:
1) What is the rate of a false negative ?
2) I am getting paranoid so I am getting these what if's thoughts even though I am sure I did everything correct regarding the tests, so what if for example I swabbed my gums twice instead of once even though I am pretty sure I only swabbed once, what if I drank water 28 minutes before the test instead of 30 ? And also the oraquick website said false negatives can come from the test not being able to detect anything due to the low viral load or something like that ?? I also read that 1 out of 12 of HIV positive people will test negative in this test, what should I do ? Is it possible I got a false negative ? Have You ever met someone that got a false negative on this test ? Is it an accurate test ? Please reply to all questions :( , and also what if the girl that gave me a bj had some blood in her mouth or something ? Could she have infected me ? Thanks alot, And is it possible my viral load is so low that the test did not detect it ? How can I know for sure it is not a false negative? I am too scared to test again.
2 years ago when I was 19 I had sex with 2 prostitutes unprotected but in a country that has strict visa guidlines about people with HIV so I am sure they were tested but they could have got it when they came to my country anyway since they are prostitutes. Well anyway after I had unprotected sex with them I found out that I could have gotten hiv from them so i freaked out but I took a PCR DNA test for early detection and an ELISA test and both came back negative but the problem is I cant remember if I took these tests 2 weeks after exposure or 6 weeks but it MIGHT be 6 weeks I am just not sure so it was my lesson and I never had unprotected sex ever again, since that time I have been only having protected sex but unprotected oral sex and from time to time I used to always dontate to aids foundations and sometimes go to forums and read stories so I can scare myself nd never have unprotected sex, well anyway last week I came through this forum and everyone is saying pcr dna is not accurate and so on so I have been freaking out again about my exposure 2 years ago and I cant sleep for 2 weeks now, do you think those tests i took 2 weeks or 6 weeks after exposure were not accurate ? although the clinic I tested in assured me the pcr dna will detect anything after 10 days but now I am freaking out again after 2 years, so today I gathered my strength and went and got an oraquick test, after 20 minutes the result came back negative, the risky encounter was 2 years ago, should I stop worrying ? Am I ok ? Encounter was 2 years ago and at that time , elisa and pcr dna both negative and after 2 years, oraquick negative, please tell me I can stop worrying ? I am a bit releived but I did remember that 6 or 5 weeks ago I got a blowjob from a girl that HIV status I dont know, was that a risk ? It was just maybe a 3 minute blowjob no kissing or anything just blowjob, twice with the same girl, any risk? so I had a couple of more questions, after reading many threads I noticed that some of them are saying that the oraquick gives some false negatives ?? That freaked me out.
Here are my questions:
1) What is the rate of a false negative ?
2) I am getting paranoid so I am getting these what if's thoughts even though I am sure I did everything correct regarding the tests, so what if for example I swabbed my gums twice instead of once even though I am pretty sure I only swabbed once, what if I drank water 28 minutes before the test instead of 30 ? And also the oraquick website said false negatives can come from the test not being able to detect anything due to the low viral load or something like that ?? I also read that 1 out of 12 of HIV positive people will test negative in this test, what should I do ? Is it possible I got a false negative ? Have You ever met someone that got a false negative on this test ? Is it an accurate test ? Please reply to all questions :( , and also what if the girl that gave me a bj had some blood in her mouth or something ? Could she have infected me ? Thanks alot, And is it possible my viral load is so low that the test did not detect it ? How can I know for sure it is not a false negative? I am too scared to test again.
Agree with him that I am conclusively HIV negative and no further testing needed ?
Your exposure was 2 years ago. You test negative outside the window period with a rapid test and you had oral sex 5-6 weeks ago.
You don't have HIV.
You don't have HIV.
I think you are in the wrong thread or something or maybe you didnt read my full story ?
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Richard Klein
HIV/AIDS Program Director
FDA Office of Special Health Issues
Food and Drug Administration
Richard Klein
HIV/AIDS Program Director
FDA Office of Special Health Issues
Food and Drug Administration
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