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Doctor's,
I know I have a lot of anxiety because of a recent incident. I was intoxicated and may have had unprotected sex with a stripper. My wife and I both tested negative exactly 5 weeks after the incident. I also tested negative exactly 67 days after the incident. My Dr. had put me on a Z-Pak for a sinus or bronchitis infection during the last test. Could that impact the results at all? If not, is it necessary to get tested again after 12 weeks?
Thanks in advance
I know I have a lot of anxiety because of a recent incident. I was intoxicated and may have had unprotected sex with a stripper. My wife and I both tested negative exactly 5 weeks after the incident. I also tested negative exactly 67 days after the incident. My Dr. had put me on a Z-Pak for a sinus or bronchitis infection during the last test. Could that impact the results at all? If not, is it necessary to get tested again after 12 weeks?
Thanks in advance
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
And what exactly did you think I meant by "no medicines have any effect"? Prednisone is a medicine.
In giant doses taken for more than a week, prednisone might have an effect. But your test results are reliable.
That's all for this thread.
In giant doses taken for more than a week, prednisone might have an effect. But your test results are reliable.
That's all for this thread.
Does predisone have effects on tests.I took it the secound week of my exposure.Had a 4 week negative could that not be acurate becuase of the predisone steriod. should i go back for a 6 or 8 week.
It was 2 minutes of unprotected oral sex from a massage girl she was asian.
It was 2 minutes of unprotected oral sex from a massage girl she was asian.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum.
HIV test results are completely reliable within 6-8 weeks after exposure, so your negative test results at 67 days prove you didn't catch HIV. (There wasn't much chance of getting infected anyway. It is the rare stripper who has HIV.) And no medicines have any effect on HIV test results -- and certainly common antibiotics like azithromycin (Z-pak) don't do so. I see no need for any further testing.
Regards-- HHH, MD
HIV test results are completely reliable within 6-8 weeks after exposure, so your negative test results at 67 days prove you didn't catch HIV. (There wasn't much chance of getting infected anyway. It is the rare stripper who has HIV.) And no medicines have any effect on HIV test results -- and certainly common antibiotics like azithromycin (Z-pak) don't do so. I see no need for any further testing.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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