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help!! hiv scare!!
Yes hello doctors, I mad e mistake and had unprotected vaginal sex with a massage therapist, she told me she was clean many times, I got tested for Chlamydia and gonorrhea, I was a virgin and she was my first it was almost 3 weeks ago, im really scared and dont want to let my family down, I was wondering at the risk of getting HIV from this woman was, im starting to get a little bit of lower back pain, im assuming its kidney pain, im really scared and will get tested for HIV at the six week mark, which is 3 weeks from now! I dont have any symtpoms for STDs! Im only 18, and I aspire to be a doctor someday! I know what I did was stupid and it will never happen again, please and thank you for any answers!!
Also, do the odds increase significantly if i got an std from the same person, if shes HIV positive?! Because her status to me was No because she told me, but it might as well be unknown! I dont have any symptoms for any STDs but i know that most are asymptomatic! Thanks again.
Thanks to both of you guys!! Im still scared and I heard the 6 week test is almost 99% reliable! But I'll still follow up at 3 months, I realize that, honest to God all I want is a negative result so that I can move on with my life, I greatly respect anyone our there suffering from HIV! They are the real warriors, please pray for me everyone! Thanks again! This has taught me many lessons! Thank you so much once again!
3 months post exposure is when the poster can obtain their conclusive negative test result.
First of all, Always use a condom if you intend to have sex with sex workers. They might tell you they are clean but they can be in window period without knowing it. Having said that, the chances that you got HIV from the exposure you describe is low. Most sex workers in industrialized countries dont have HIV. Even if she had HIV, the chance that you acquired it from the exposure you describe is 1 in 1000. Your overall odds of getting HIV probably is 1 in 100,000.Get a combo test at 4 weeks or antibody test at 6-8 weeks. If they are negative, then the odd's of you having HIV would be 1 in ten million. If you are not comfortable with those odd's, get an antibody test at 12 weeks.
Odd's are definitely in your favor, however dont forget that there are people who got HIV despite these low odd's. So ALWAYS use condoms.
Odd's are definitely in your favor, however dont forget that there are people who got HIV despite these low odd's. So ALWAYS use condoms.
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