Query about testing and risks

[dumbmistake323]

Hello,
I need some guidance regarding my test results. I am male 22 bisexual not so sexually active. I had a 2 exposures in a row first, unprotected brief vaginal with a girl i met in a bar, second oral sex on a male. These events happened a with a day's gap from each other. Started developing some symptom(slight fever and sore throat) 29 days after 2nd exposure) please note that these were before my hiv anxiety started so stress cant be the cause. I also got rash, itchy feeling   sweating, red and dry eye but after i read about hiv so anxiety might be the cause not sure. I took a test at 41 days after exposure and another one at 66 days both negative hiv1/2. These tests were ab elisa.
What are my risks?
how conclusive are my tests?
Have u seen anybody 66 days negative later pos?
Do my negative tests cancel out symptoms which occured before them?
Your replies would be greatly valued

[Teak]

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[dumbmistake323]

Ps.This is regarding the oral sex incident . The girl who i had sex with got tested with me so that is clear.

[dumbmistake323]

Hello again , i took your advice stayed away from the pc but just found out that my tests were 79 or 78 days not 80. I am  worrying again. Does this makes a difference ?

[nursegirl6572]

The only one surprised is YOU!

Now shut the pc off and get back to life!!!  You now know a lot more about HIV.

[dumbmistake323]

81 days test negative me and the girl both .  OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YYEEEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks to teak vance orion latchu or anyone else who replied!!!!!!!!!

[dumbmistake323]

So there is no test conclusive at 11 weeks

[Vance2335]

Antigen is useless at his point, that is only good at about 28 days.

[dumbmistake323]

What if i take a antibody+antigen test?

[dumbmistake323]

I cant take it anymore i am taking sleeping pills drinking, smoking weed and cigarettes. I need to know at the earliest. Thats why sir i  need to know as soon as possible?

[Teak]

Any reason you aren't waiting the four days?

[dumbmistake323]

80 days four days short of 12 weeks

[dumbmistake323]

Thank you teak! What do think about testing tommorow?

[Teak]

I don't know where you read it, but it is not an opportunistic infection. Newly infected people do not get opportunistic infections.

[dumbmistake323]

I got inflammation front side of my right ear my ear kinda feels blocked  too. I read somewhere that this kind of oppurtunistic infection in ear is a sign of hiv.is it?   Tommorow wouldl be almost 80 days  would a result at 80 would be conclusive?

[Teak]

No incident HIV infections among MSM who practice exclusively oral sex.
Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. WePpC2072)??Balls JE, Evans JL, Dilley J, Osmond D, Shiboski S, Shiboski C, Klausner J, McFarland W, Greenspan D, Page-Shafer K?University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States

Oral transmission of HIV, reality or fiction? An update
J Campo1, MA Perea1, J del Romero2, J Cano1, V Hernando2, A Bascones1
Oral Diseases (2006) 12, 219–228

AIDS: Volume 16(17) 22 November 2002 pp 2350-2352
Risk of HIV infection attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men and in the population of men who have sex with men

Page-Shafer, Kimberlya,b; Shiboski, Caroline Hb; Osmond, Dennis Hc; Dilley, Jamesd; McFarland, Willie; Shiboski, Steve Cc; Klausner, Jeffrey De; Balls, Joycea; Greenspan, Deborahb; Greenspan
Page-Shafer K, Veugelers PJ, Moss AR, Strathdee S, Kaldor JM, van Griensven GJ. Sexual risk behavior and risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion in homosexual men participating in the Tricontinental Seroconverter Study, 1982-1994 [published erratum appears in Am J Epidemiol 1997 15 Dec; 146(12):1076]. Am J Epidemiol 1997, 146:531-542.

Studies which show the fallacy of relying on anecdotal evidence as opposed to carefully controlled study insofar as HIV transmission risk is concerned:

Jenicek M. "Clinical Case Reporting" in Evidence-Based Medicine. Oxford: Butterworth–Heinemann; 1999:117
Saltzman SP, Stoddard AM, McCusker J, Moon MW, Mayer KH. Reliability of self-reported sexual behavior risk factors for HIV infection in homosexual men. Public Health Rep. 1987 102(6):692–697.Nov–Dec;

Catania JA, Gibson DR, Chitwood DD, Coates TJ. Methodological problems in AIDS behavioral research: influences on measurement error and participation bias in studies of sexual behavior. Psychol Bull. 1990 Nov;108(3):339–362.

There is no debate (among experts) about the HIV risks associated with oral sex. The risk is so low that almost nobody who cares for HIV infected patients has ever had a patient believed to have been infected that way. Among experts, it's a semantic issue about using terms like "no risk" and "very low risk". There is no difference between my or Dr. Hook's use of "low risk" and other experts' "no risk".
DR. HANSFIELD

"And oral sex is basically safe sex -- completely safe with respect to HIV and although not zero risk for other STDs, the chance of infection is far lower than for unprotected vaginal or anal sex. Please educate yourself about the real risks. If you stick with oral sex and condom-protected vaginal or anal sex, you have no HIV worries and very little worry about other STDs. " DR HANSFIELD

"I am sure you can find lots of people who believe that HIV is transmitted by oral sex, but you will not find scientific data to support this unrealistic concern..." DR HOOK

"HIV is not spread by touching, masturbation, oral sex or condom protected sex."- DR. HOOK

in the public HIV Prevention forum of MedHelp, TEAK and the other moderators maintain that oral sex in all forms is a zero risk activity. Would you agree with this assessment?
I TOTALLY AGREE / DR GARCIA
"HIV is not spread by masturbation, through oral sex, through kissing or other casual contact." Dr. Hook
"The observation on thousands and thousands of observations is that HIV is not spread by oral sex (of any sort)." DR HOOK
"I would not say your risk ,if he had HIV is "slim to none"- that's too high.  I would say they are effectively zero.  How much of his ejaculate or other genital  secretions you may have swallowed makes no difference.  EWH "
"As far as HIV is concerned, there is no known risk of getting HIV from performing oral sex on an infected partner, even if that person's genital secretions get into your eyes or if you swallow." Dr.Hook
HIV is not spread by oral sex, giving or receiving, even if sores, gum disease or blood is present
DR HOOK
The fact is that there are no cases in which HIV has been proven to be transmitted by oral sex, including fellatio..  EWH

[dumbmistake323]

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/oralsex.htm

U guys strictly follow cdc guidelines then why do u consider oral sex as no risk?

[dumbmistake323]

As i said before i am going to test at 3 month and you r right  that  a test at 3 months clearly will finish the what ifs but the point of asking these questions is can i be assured that  that the purpose of test at 3 month is just to finish anxiety and that i can start relaxing ffrom now.
Thanks

[dumbmistake323]

Thanks!

[OrionB]

3 months post exposure for a conclusive result. A negative from 3 months post exposure means you do not have HIV. You can then get on with the rest of your life without any anxiety driven "what ifs"

[Vance2335]

When it comes to testing, we use the CDC guidelines. We may or may not agree with the Dr's but no matter what we use the guidelines.

[dumbmistake323]

I saw some posts by dr hhh and hook one of them goes as far ad saying
Any test after 8 weeks is reliable, further testing is not required. Do you disagree  with them teak?

[Teak]

There are no tests marketed or sold to give a conclusive negative test result earlier than 3 months post exposure.

[OrionB]

An HIV Antibody test 6 - 8 weeks after any exposure is very near or indeed conclusive as the doctors on this site have stated many times.

However, official guidlines advise that there is no test available guaranteed to pick up 100% of HIV infections before 3 months. If you want to legally exclude HIV infection, they advise you to retest 3 months after any recent exposure.