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Dr HHH. I like to have your opinion has you are professional. This site is very comforting.
ok. what happen is i had unprotected sex with a female, and we had sex a couple of times, while i was drunk. however me and her knew each other for a while and she said that i was her first, and i didnt really believe it. then i heard rumors that she was sleeping around.. damn, any ways after the incident on 23/10/2006
i had a std test plus hiv at 28 days which came back negative. then two months after the incident near christmas i had sore throat and a swollen gland on my neck.
after going crazy for a while i took a test on 12/1/07 - 10.5 weeks for hiv which came back negative, DO you think am in dda clear, do you think i should follow up with a 13 weeks, because i want to move. this has been stressing. i know symtoms dont mean anything, which i aslo believe but i feel that my test aint showing up
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A) do i need any more testing
B) is there any chance of me turing hiv postive between 10.5 and 13 weeks.
Thank you very much-
ok. what happen is i had unprotected sex with a female, and we had sex a couple of times, while i was drunk. however me and her knew each other for a while and she said that i was her first, and i didnt really believe it. then i heard rumors that she was sleeping around.. damn, any ways after the incident on 23/10/2006
i had a std test plus hiv at 28 days which came back negative. then two months after the incident near christmas i had sore throat and a swollen gland on my neck.
after going crazy for a while i took a test on 12/1/07 - 10.5 weeks for hiv which came back negative, DO you think am in dda clear, do you think i should follow up with a 13 weeks, because i want to move. this has been stressing. i know symtoms dont mean anything, which i aslo believe but i feel that my test aint showing up
)
A) do i need any more testing
B) is there any chance of me turing hiv postive between 10.5 and 13 weeks.
Thank you very much-
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The negative HIV test result at 10+ weeks proves you didn't acquire HIV during the exposure you describe. You do not need further testing. However, you will find that many expert sources have not kept up with modern testing technologies and still recommend 3 months, or about 13 weeks. If the conflicting advice makes you anxious, you can have another test at 13 weeks. But if you do it, you can be sure it will be negative.
HHH, MD
HHH, MD
Here in S. America most public health labs perform two tests one automatic MEIA and a manual Elisa. I have a friend who works in a lab. She said that is not infrequent to have discordant results - I mean some false positive by either method. She also said tha tpeople who took vaccines are somehow prone to produce false positive.
Am from uk, so they have latest tests, so what do you reckon doc, should i stop testing
So doc you dont think my result will not change?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Oh come on. Read my original response. No further comments/questions.
i get the point. its just crazy, what we go through, as least we can learn from our mistake.
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