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I had vaginal exposure with a street prostitute on june 13th..although i have worn a condom but i.am not sure whether it was latex or not and i am also not sure whether it broke or not.i got few blood drops in my penile foreskin..i saw that when i removed condom.i got very scared looking that..and my condom was also expired and very thin extradotted flavoured one..i also didnt used lube or anything..i am not sure whether condom broke after rough sex..after few days i got sorethroat and low grade fever which got cleared in 8 days after taking antibiotics..just after that one night suddenly i got pain in my knees and then it spread to my arms hand fingers palm feet elbows back..pain is constant 24 hours..this pain is still there..its been almost 45 days..could ars related myalgia/arthralgia lasts this much long?i have taken many pain killers but thid muscle joint pain isnt going..i did blood tests in wbich my esr and crp values were very high and elevated..my esr was 33 and crp was 48..i have read everywhere that in hiv acute stage esr and crp levels are always elevated..this elevation means i have got inflammation in my body which is causing this muscular and joint pain...:(..i hv done hiv 4th generation elisa test 42 days after my exposure it was negative..i also took hiv1 proviral dna pcr test after 47 days which came negative..sensitivity was 100 viral copies per ml..if i would be infected and my viral load would be less than 100 than ?:(..kindly help,..how much reliable and good indicators are these tests?and my symptons and esr and crp tests are freaking me..
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Ok bro thank you
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YOu had no risk so I am not going to talk about test other then a 3 month antibody test is conclusive.
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Thanks bro....i know u arent here for 24 hours..it means my 4th generation test at 6 weeks and dna pcr test at 47 days which were negative arent good indicators according to u?have u seen anyone testing negative on both of these tests at 6 weeks turn out positive later?:(
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Has nothing to do with ARS.
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Thank vance bro for wonderful replies..one thing i wanted to know as u have got lots of experience in this field..i have read everywhere that esr and crp values increases when a person is in its acute phase during ars..how true is that?and i am experiencing real symptoms not due to stress or anxiety..i have got inflammation..and my muscle and joint pain from 45 days nonstop..is it a coincidence?and also does muscle and joint pain in ars lasts this much long?and by chance if i would have been infected or exposed then how good are my 4th gen test at 42 days along with dna pcr at 47 days?
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Again if it broke you can see it, since you took it off it was not broken. And for the type of condom, latex is most common one, not going to be natural.

Again you had no risk.
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Vance thanks for the reply..i am uncircumcised that also worries me..my inner penile foreskin got cut and blood drops..inner penile foreskin is the perfect place for hiv to enter..vance m not sure whether my condom was latex also or not..and m also not sure whether it was broken or not..i think it may have been ruptured...my abnormal blood tests high esr and crp values..inflammation from one and a half month..and my constant muscle and joint pain from more than 45 days....shouldnt i be concerned?
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If the condom breaks it is very visiable, you had no risk.
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