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negative hiv tests and continuing symptoms, please pray for me!
Hi Guys
I am desperately back to this forum because as much as i tried to convince myself i don't have it, it's still there with fresh symptoms every day. i had many symptoms related to hiv which started one month post exposure. mostly gone though but i still have headache many times during the day which is really bothering me . I also have kind of pain in my ear which i don't understand the reason. i have it for two weeks now. today more than five months post exposure i noticed a lump behind my right ear which scared me to death. is it a sign of post acute HIV phase?
i had a negative antibody test last week which was exactly 5 months post exposure. i also have random pain in my stomach and chest from time to time. on the back of my head i feel also a bump which is i guess a swolen lymph node and i noticed that in the past two months. it sometimes hurts as well.
guys, do you think i am a potential late seroconverter. i am really giving in. i am really tired. i really miss my old days, days i never appreciated enough and now i am on the edge. i m a totally different person. i guess at least some of you know what i am talking about.
everyone thinks i am just stressed out but something is wrong and nobody cares. i visted internist and std doctor but nothing and absolutely nothing . nothing helps me anymore.
i am just praying now but can't change anything now. tomorrow that girl will test for hiv then i know my status based on her status. please pray for me.
I am desperately back to this forum because as much as i tried to convince myself i don't have it, it's still there with fresh symptoms every day. i had many symptoms related to hiv which started one month post exposure. mostly gone though but i still have headache many times during the day which is really bothering me . I also have kind of pain in my ear which i don't understand the reason. i have it for two weeks now. today more than five months post exposure i noticed a lump behind my right ear which scared me to death. is it a sign of post acute HIV phase?
i had a negative antibody test last week which was exactly 5 months post exposure. i also have random pain in my stomach and chest from time to time. on the back of my head i feel also a bump which is i guess a swolen lymph node and i noticed that in the past two months. it sometimes hurts as well.
guys, do you think i am a potential late seroconverter. i am really giving in. i am really tired. i really miss my old days, days i never appreciated enough and now i am on the edge. i m a totally different person. i guess at least some of you know what i am talking about.
everyone thinks i am just stressed out but something is wrong and nobody cares. i visted internist and std doctor but nothing and absolutely nothing . nothing helps me anymore.
i am just praying now but can't change anything now. tomorrow that girl will test for hiv then i know my status based on her status. please pray for me.
Thank you so much. i try to read your post few more times. because it helps. i ll try not to worry too much. I am going through the worst days of my life so far and it's just too much to handle. thank you for your encouraging post and hopefully it will be ok in the end.
Relax friend. Your 5 mon negative test was 2 mon past conclusive. 3 mon is conclusive (meaining in the history of millions of HIV/AIDS cases, there's probably been less than a few cases that went positive after a 3 month negative).
As for symptoms, HIV symptoms are similar to symptoms of most common ailments, so they're no good to go by. Also, a significant number of people who contract HIV experience no symptoms at all, so again symptoms are worthless.
As to your symptoms:
- headache? maybe because you are stressed out worrying about whether you have HIV? (happened to me)
-ear ache? stress symptom. Or you might have caught a cold
- lump behind your right ear? well, could be a lymph node. maybe you're sick with something else. maybe you bumped your head lightly/unknowlingly.
- stomach pains? again stress. when I got scared from HIV (which I got over, after realizing I was non risk) I was torn up down below, I was alternating diaharrea and constipation for a couple weeks after I became calm in mind.
So chill. You're fine. If you need that 6 mon test, which I believe is accepted the world over, go for it. Get some exercise in the meantime, b/c you seem like someone who is going to stress no matter what
As for symptoms, HIV symptoms are similar to symptoms of most common ailments, so they're no good to go by. Also, a significant number of people who contract HIV experience no symptoms at all, so again symptoms are worthless.
As to your symptoms:
- headache? maybe because you are stressed out worrying about whether you have HIV? (happened to me)
-ear ache? stress symptom. Or you might have caught a cold
- lump behind your right ear? well, could be a lymph node. maybe you're sick with something else. maybe you bumped your head lightly/unknowlingly.
- stomach pains? again stress. when I got scared from HIV (which I got over, after realizing I was non risk) I was torn up down below, I was alternating diaharrea and constipation for a couple weeks after I became calm in mind.
So chill. You're fine. If you need that 6 mon test, which I believe is accepted the world over, go for it. Get some exercise in the meantime, b/c you seem like someone who is going to stress no matter what
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