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Real Risk, Still ill, Am I infected [HIV]?
I had a real risk - unprotected vaginal sex with a HIV+ woman on the 24 of January.
2 weeks after I started experiencing swollen glands, had white spots on them, had a fever and I was diagnosed with Tonsillitis by my GP. The illness went away and I recovered. Then a week later I got the symptoms again and again my GP said it was Tonsillitis. I recovered from the second "Tonsillits" in early March.
I then got ill again, almost straight after I recovered, and I am ill to this day. I constantly have a blocked nose, especially in the morning and a slight tiredness.
I had a Duo 4th Gen Test done at 108 days Post-Exposure which was negative. This is at 15 weeks. (Also 13 weeks post first ARS symptoms)
I don't often get ill, I am very healthy and I've never been this ill in my life (6 months and counting)
My questions are as follows:
1)When do antibodies develop given that my symptoms were actually ARS?
2)Is my test conclusive and I should stop worrying, or should I retest, given my risk?
2 weeks after I started experiencing swollen glands, had white spots on them, had a fever and I was diagnosed with Tonsillitis by my GP. The illness went away and I recovered. Then a week later I got the symptoms again and again my GP said it was Tonsillitis. I recovered from the second "Tonsillits" in early March.
I then got ill again, almost straight after I recovered, and I am ill to this day. I constantly have a blocked nose, especially in the morning and a slight tiredness.
I had a Duo 4th Gen Test done at 108 days Post-Exposure which was negative. This is at 15 weeks. (Also 13 weeks post first ARS symptoms)
I don't often get ill, I am very healthy and I've never been this ill in my life (6 months and counting)
My questions are as follows:
1)When do antibodies develop given that my symptoms were actually ARS?
2)Is my test conclusive and I should stop worrying, or should I retest, given my risk?
Thank you all very much for your replies. It means a lot to me.
I will try to forget everything and move on with my life.
I will try to forget everything and move on with my life.
ARS is due to your immune response to the HIV Virus which means that if you were to experience the ARS, it's due to antibodies forming and your test would positive, for sure, about a few days to a week after the onset of the ARS. No antibodies, then no ARS nor HIV.
You are consluively negative and dodged a bullet.
You are consluively negative and dodged a bullet.
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See someone, a mental health professional maybe, to help alleviate your fears, and I bet that your symptoms go away.