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help me doctor im so scared!!!!
Hi doc,
I had unprotected sex with a guy on 11/4/11. I'm concerned because I cheated on my husband. It lasted for about a minute he did not cum in me.I tested for all stds and HIV, hepatitis 25 days later. On 12/13/11 I felt sick, no fever scratchy throat ear pain and headache. Doctor diagnosed me with pharyngitis/strep. I was given antibiotics for ten days. After about a week on them I developed a yeast infection and white tongue. I retested at 7 weeks ELISA HIV 1/2 ab test. It was negative. Sore throat continues but its off and and and ear pain. Retested one more time at 9.5 weeks with rapid oraquick HIV 1/2 ab finger prick test. Again negative. I still have throat issues now I have fatigue, earpain on and off. So I went again at 11 weeks with rapid test and negative. Can I trust my results? I've been sick for over a month and all test come back normal. I've been tested for mono,flu,strep and complete cbc all normal! I also have pain in my hands at my joints with slight swelling. Can these be all ARS symptoms? My 12 week appt is today, if this comes back negative am I in the clear? My husband also has throat issues and a cough, we both have small pimples on neck near collar bone. Please help me doc, I'm going insane and I find out my results in five days!!!
I had unprotected sex with a guy on 11/4/11. I'm concerned because I cheated on my husband. It lasted for about a minute he did not cum in me.I tested for all stds and HIV, hepatitis 25 days later. On 12/13/11 I felt sick, no fever scratchy throat ear pain and headache. Doctor diagnosed me with pharyngitis/strep. I was given antibiotics for ten days. After about a week on them I developed a yeast infection and white tongue. I retested at 7 weeks ELISA HIV 1/2 ab test. It was negative. Sore throat continues but its off and and and ear pain. Retested one more time at 9.5 weeks with rapid oraquick HIV 1/2 ab finger prick test. Again negative. I still have throat issues now I have fatigue, earpain on and off. So I went again at 11 weeks with rapid test and negative. Can I trust my results? I've been sick for over a month and all test come back normal. I've been tested for mono,flu,strep and complete cbc all normal! I also have pain in my hands at my joints with slight swelling. Can these be all ARS symptoms? My 12 week appt is today, if this comes back negative am I in the clear? My husband also has throat issues and a cough, we both have small pimples on neck near collar bone. Please help me doc, I'm going insane and I find out my results in five days!!!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Thanks for the thanks. Take care.
Thank you so much, and MedHelp is a great forum!!!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Congratulations. Of course you're the only one surprised by the results, as you seem to know.
With the standard HIV antibody tests, including the rapid ones, 3 months (and 89 days is close enough) is the maximum time ever needed. There is simply no need for any further testing. You can safely move on without fear or concern.
With the standard HIV antibody tests, including the rapid ones, 3 months (and 89 days is close enough) is the maximum time ever needed. There is simply no need for any further testing. You can safely move on without fear or concern.
Hello Dr.,
Well I just went to a clinic and got a rapid unigold ab test. And of course you were right it was negative!! Today was day 89 after exposure. Do I need to go back in 3 months? I was advised to return just to be sure. I don't know if I can handle another three months of waiting!?
Well I just went to a clinic and got a rapid unigold ab test. And of course you were right it was negative!! Today was day 89 after exposure. Do I need to go back in 3 months? I was advised to return just to be sure. I don't know if I can handle another three months of waiting!?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No, I haven't seen this. But it wouldn't matter if I did. I also have never seen someone get struck by lightning, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen sometimes.
The advice is 3 months. Call it 12 weeks or 13, it doesn't matter. I'll bet nobody's test ever was negative at 12 and positive at 13 weeks.
In the nearly 8 years since this forum started, Dr. Hook and I have never been wrong in predicting whether or not someone had HIV. Further, nobody on this forum ever reported catching HIV. You are not going to be the first.
You're a grown-up. Accept the science involved and the reasoned reassurance I have given. Re-read my replies above and pay very close attention to every word. Don't post anything else here until you come back in a few days to let me know your test result, which will be negative.
The advice is 3 months. Call it 12 weeks or 13, it doesn't matter. I'll bet nobody's test ever was negative at 12 and positive at 13 weeks.
In the nearly 8 years since this forum started, Dr. Hook and I have never been wrong in predicting whether or not someone had HIV. Further, nobody on this forum ever reported catching HIV. You are not going to be the first.
You're a grown-up. Accept the science involved and the reasoned reassurance I have given. Re-read my replies above and pay very close attention to every word. Don't post anything else here until you come back in a few days to let me know your test result, which will be negative.
I'm sorry to bother I promise I will not ask another question. But have you ever seen an 11 weeks HIV negative test turn positive at 12 weeks? I tested at 85 days is this sufficient? Because I've seen that in the U.S that testing must be done at 13 weeks.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
If your doctors say you don't have an inflamed lymph node, you can be sure you don't. But it wouldn't matter if it were a lymph node. As I said above, the test results ALWAYS trump symptoms. You have no symptoms that came from your extramarital sexual exposure, except to the extent they may be the physical manifestations of anxiety or guilt.
Let's hold off on further discussion until your final test result is available. There is nothing you can add that would change my opinion and the very strong reassurance I have tried to give.
Let's hold off on further discussion until your final test result is available. There is nothing you can add that would change my opinion and the very strong reassurance I have tried to give.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. I'll try to help.
Happily, I can confirm the accurate replies you had to your questions on the HIV community forum. Most important, when HIV testing is done sufficiently long after the last possible exposure, the results overrule exposure history, symptoms and anything else you can think of. The combination of negative tests you have had prove unequivocally that you did not catch HIV during sexual exposure Nov. 4. It would not matter if you had a truly high risk exposure (you didn't) or if your symptoms or your husbands were highy typical for ARS (they are not). If your symptoms continue, you will need to work with your doctor to determine the cause. But for sure it isn't HIV.
It is an urban myth that HIV testing isn't reliable until 3 months after exposure. The results of the antibody tests (both ELISA and the rapid tests like Oraquick) are increasingly reliable as time passes, from around 90% certain at 4 weeks to virtually 100% by 6-8 weeks. Therefore, you can be sure your current (12 week) test will be negative as well.
So relax and try to stop worrying. Don't confuse your apparent anxiety and/or guilt about a regretted sexual exposure with HIV risk. The risk was truly very, very low -- and the negative test result are certain.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Happily, I can confirm the accurate replies you had to your questions on the HIV community forum. Most important, when HIV testing is done sufficiently long after the last possible exposure, the results overrule exposure history, symptoms and anything else you can think of. The combination of negative tests you have had prove unequivocally that you did not catch HIV during sexual exposure Nov. 4. It would not matter if you had a truly high risk exposure (you didn't) or if your symptoms or your husbands were highy typical for ARS (they are not). If your symptoms continue, you will need to work with your doctor to determine the cause. But for sure it isn't HIV.
It is an urban myth that HIV testing isn't reliable until 3 months after exposure. The results of the antibody tests (both ELISA and the rapid tests like Oraquick) are increasingly reliable as time passes, from around 90% certain at 4 weeks to virtually 100% by 6-8 weeks. Therefore, you can be sure your current (12 week) test will be negative as well.
So relax and try to stop worrying. Don't confuse your apparent anxiety and/or guilt about a regretted sexual exposure with HIV risk. The risk was truly very, very low -- and the negative test result are certain.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
I also for got to mention that I have a swollen lymph node by collar bone, nut it only pops out when I raise my arms, I had 3 doctors say its not swollen. I don't know if its a vein or a muscle. Do lymph nodes hurt during serconversion? Mine burned a little and I felt a pinching pain in them.
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