PN does not happen in primary HIV infection. LOOK up anxiety and take a look at the symptoms.
well yeah i know The DNA PCR is not recommended for the costs & the rate of false positives it sometimes come up with......that's why i repeated the Elisa test at 6 weeks coz that's what my doc told me to do, since he said 6 weeks is a good time frame to analyse whether indeed any infection did occur.....ofcourse i've been asked to validate everything at the end of 12 weeks to make sure......
The only reason i was worrying was i was experiecing severe tingling , numbness & cramps in my feet & palms....now it's quite similar to peripheral neuropathy....i've heard PN does occur quite commonly with HIV infection....& that's got me worried...
My next appt with the Doctor is 2 weeks from now, so i'l have to wait till i go to him again with these symptoms....any idea whether these could be related to HIV, coz whatever i've read regards PN, it does say HIV is one of the conditions where it certainly occurs....please advise!!!
You didn't have a risk of contracting HIV. PCR-DNA test is not an approved diagnostic test.
Hi Curly,
I am sorry but I can't help in this, ratehr wait for Teak or Lizzie...they know more.
Usually a 6 week negative is a good sign though...cheer up and relax.
Good luck,
FWK
Well i mentioned low risk coz i think this is low risk.....But please correct me if i'm wrong coz the more i think of it i feel that the vaginal fluids were around the moist fresh cut i had sustained & that would have posed some risk...