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Tested positive for chlamydia, HIV Risk (Unprotected sex)
Around 7 days ago i had unprotected vaginal sex with a girl i didn't know very well. I started to get some burning on my penis and i went to get a STD urine test. It came back positive for Chlamydia. This is the first STI i have ever had. I feel really stupid after this encounter for not using protection and putting myself at risk. I reached out to the girl and they said they were tested 2 months ago and everything was 'clear'. However when i asked if they were tested for HIV specifically they said they couldn't recall if it was done. I asked if they had ever tested positive for STIs before and they said they had Chlamydia 10 years ago only. She told me she would be checked again next week. The intercourse lasted around 5 min only vaginal, I finished inside her. I have read this is a low risk scenario however i'm not sure with the unknown status. My anxiety has been through the roof today and I'm not coping well at all. Can someone please advise me what to do and when i should get tested for HIV?
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Anxiety! Human brain is the most complex thing in the universe, if you think you are ailing, you will feel so!
Most people don't have HIV, the probability of you getting infected from an one time exposure, 'assuming' she was infected at the first place, was certainly low. It's very difficult for the semen to enter through the urethra from a FTM transmission.
Unprotected vaginal intercourse with a partner of unknown sero-status does implicate testing for HIV, you can take a III /IV/V generation of HIV antibody test at this juncture to get a conclusive result.
We, here on this forum can only tell you about possibilities, just get tested now to put this behind and move on with your life. You're perhaps going to be okay. Symptoms don't mean a thing.
STOP reading about HIV on the internet, internet will give you information that's never specific to your ownself thus, it's just waste of time.
Most people don't have HIV, the probability of you getting infected from an one time exposure, 'assuming' she was infected at the first place, was certainly low. It's very difficult for the semen to enter through the urethra from a FTM transmission.
Unprotected vaginal intercourse with a partner of unknown sero-status does implicate testing for HIV, you can take a III /IV/V generation of HIV antibody test at this juncture to get a conclusive result.
We, here on this forum can only tell you about possibilities, just get tested now to put this behind and move on with your life. You're perhaps going to be okay. Symptoms don't mean a thing.
STOP reading about HIV on the internet, internet will give you information that's never specific to your ownself thus, it's just waste of time.
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Thank you Mike i went to the doctor this morning and i will have to wait until the end of this month and do a test. I will do my best to stay positive in the meantime. Thanks for your support i appreciate it.
You have to ask the tester what kind they use. Both are readily available.
Statistics are mainly useful for large groups of people and you had one encounter so I wouldn't bother studying them anymore.
The best way to reduce anxiety is to have her test because if it comes up negative then you should focus on that (especially if she tells you she is past the window period) while you wait to test. You can buy a test in a drug store for her if it comes to that, since it will go a long way toward reducing your anxiety. Otherwise don't Google as GR stated. There is no diagnostic there at all, so the more you hunt, the more it will only make you more anxious.
Statistics are mainly useful for large groups of people and you had one encounter so I wouldn't bother studying them anymore.
The best way to reduce anxiety is to have her test because if it comes up negative then you should focus on that (especially if she tells you she is past the window period) while you wait to test. You can buy a test in a drug store for her if it comes to that, since it will go a long way toward reducing your anxiety. Otherwise don't Google as GR stated. There is no diagnostic there at all, so the more you hunt, the more it will only make you more anxious.
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You can buy a home test at a drug store too.
Any time you have unprotected penetrating sex, anal or vaginal, you've risked HIV. But it is a low risk from a single encounter of transmission rates of less than 1%. Let that sink in, less than 1%. So, the odds are really in your favor that you would not get HIV from this. There is truth to the fact that having an std increases your risk of acquiring HIV but you GOT the std from this episode, correct? So, I'd be less inclined to worry. Because you've had a risk, you need to test. You can take a 4th generation DUO test at 28 days or any time after that for a conclusive result. You can ask her to test now for some peace of mind but that wouldn't mean you shouldn't test yourself. Stay busy, stay off the internet and know that your risk is extremely low.
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If she takes an hiv test now and hasn't had any other unprotected within the last 4 weeks then you are safe from risk, however it is a trust thing if you only have her word for it, so you might want to do your own test in 4 weeks just so you can tell your next partner that you are conclusively negative. Any test is conclusive after 3 months so if the last time she had unprotected vaginal or anal was over 3 months ago then she can buy any drug store test. She can't get hiv from oral, so she shouldn't include that in her window calculations.
Thank you both for the quick response it's currently 3:43am here and i'm not sure why this episode is making me so much more anxious than others i've had. She told me she made an appointment for Monday. I guess her lack of concise information and vagueness are concerning me. I it's my own fault for not protecting myself - but that doesn't make it any easier. Are the DUO tests the standard tests they give you at GPs or is this a more specialised test i need to go to a sexual clinic for? IS the risk less than 1% if she had it? Or is this taking into account she may not have had it. Also can you please suggest anyways to reduce my anxiety?
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