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Post-PEP testing and symptoms
Me again...
It's been 5 months and 3 weeks since my exposure: unprotected vaginal with a bar girl in China.
I've been 4 weeks on PEP, got tested many times until 13 weeks after completion of PEP. All negative. I was told by Dr.HHH that this is conclusive.
3 weeks ago I had 1 minute of unprotected sex with my gf. I somehow got afraid - what if... - and we stopped. Maybe due to my fear I started to get symptoms again. First my inner elbows felt swollen, then my armpits started to hurt, now my groins...
I started to google again and found that the CDC guidelines (and doctors on The Body) say that only a test 6 months after exposure, 5 months after PEP, is conclusive.
My fear was back and I couldn't wait the whole six months, so I went again for a test: 5 months and 2 weeks after exposure. Again negative.
It's just one week left to my final 6 months test. But this week, 3 weeks after our short episode of unprotected sex, my gf developed some strange symptoms. She had sore throat for one day, and she felt terribly tired. That tired that she almost fell asleep during work. Though it's better now, she still feels tired.
I am terribly afraid that I didn't wait long enough before having sex with my gf and that I exposed her.
Please, can anybody tell me about an official source that confirms the 4 months that Dr.HHH mentioned to be conclusive!?
It's been 5 months and 3 weeks since my exposure: unprotected vaginal with a bar girl in China.
I've been 4 weeks on PEP, got tested many times until 13 weeks after completion of PEP. All negative. I was told by Dr.HHH that this is conclusive.
3 weeks ago I had 1 minute of unprotected sex with my gf. I somehow got afraid - what if... - and we stopped. Maybe due to my fear I started to get symptoms again. First my inner elbows felt swollen, then my armpits started to hurt, now my groins...
I started to google again and found that the CDC guidelines (and doctors on The Body) say that only a test 6 months after exposure, 5 months after PEP, is conclusive.
My fear was back and I couldn't wait the whole six months, so I went again for a test: 5 months and 2 weeks after exposure. Again negative.
It's just one week left to my final 6 months test. But this week, 3 weeks after our short episode of unprotected sex, my gf developed some strange symptoms. She had sore throat for one day, and she felt terribly tired. That tired that she almost fell asleep during work. Though it's better now, she still feels tired.
I am terribly afraid that I didn't wait long enough before having sex with my gf and that I exposed her.
Please, can anybody tell me about an official source that confirms the 4 months that Dr.HHH mentioned to be conclusive!?
the info you are finding is not up to date.
3 months post pep will give you a conclusive test result.
3 months post pep will give you a conclusive test result.
Thanks a lot for your answers!!
But do you know about any official guideline that says 4 months? Where do these 4 months come from? All sources I could find say 6 months...
But do you know about any official guideline that says 4 months? Where do these 4 months come from? All sources I could find say 6 months...
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