please help me to move on with 8 weeks test

[worry07]

hello dr hook and dr hunter.I have been following your advisors for so long.

I live in Chiang mai,Thailand

I went to have body massage 11 weeks ago.There was frottage.I could not feel penetration and the place states there is no sex there. The next day I went to have protected sex with prostitute in a legal place that regulary test hiv for sex workers there.I noticed condom moved up just little bit but it still covered well and there was no water leak when testing with water.

1 days after the two incidents I test negative for antigen
14 days antigen negative
19 days antibody and antigen negative
28 days after the first incident and 26 1/2 days after the  2rd incident antigen and antibody 1/2 negative
6 weeks antibody 1/2 negative
almost 9 weeks 1/2 negative


the antibody tests are all GPA methond results around 5 minutes.I test in city area in Chiang mai.


Please tell me I can totally move on with 100% safe fro hiv or do I need testing 12 weeks.I don't want to test anymore so I choose to write to ask you.Your answer will really safe me from my worry

[worry07]

ok  I will follow your reccomendation 1 stop testing and 2 stop searching to feed my "fear"


this will be my last post. Thank you again!

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

The earlier comment about rapid tests is outdated.  The latest data suggest no such problem.

I strongly suggest you stop searching this forum, or anwhere else on the internet, for additional information.  Anxious people are always drawn primarily to information that inflames their fears.  Don't do it anymore.

[worry07]

I happend to see you speculate the lower accuracy of rapid tests in "Early detection" in the  forum
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/HIV-Prevention/Accuracy-of-rapid-tests/show/1316320



However,recnetly I see your replies that 6-8 weeks is 98-99 for  rapid tests.

So it should be no   problme with the rapid test,right?


I know  we need to put the context of low risk vs high risk. I just want to know the accuracy of test itself.


Thank you so much.I know you are busy.This will be my last question.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Thanks fo the thanks.  Take care.  (But do note MedHelp's rule about a maximum of 2 questions every 6 month on the professionally moderated forums.)

[worry07]

Thank you doctor hunter. I am a big fan of you whenever I have problem (irrational fear) I always come to the expert forum and also other people of course.Your advises are so great! I will move on!

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

No matter.  The result is reliable.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm pretty much ignoring your description of the sexual exposure you are concerned about.  Test results always overrule symptoms, exposure history, or anything else in judging whether or not someone has HIV.  It is not possible to have HIV and have a negative HIV antigen/antibody combination test at 28 days, or a negative antibody test at 6 and 9 weeks.  So I am definitely telling you that you can "totally move on with 100% safe from hiv" and you "do NOT need testing 12 weeks".

And you had a zero risk exposure anyway, as you were accurately told on the comminty forum recently.  You didn't need testing at all.  But the results you have had are reliable.

Regards--  HHH, MD

[worry07]

the 9 week test is antobody 1/2