Urgent help

[rana64]

Dr . I had an unprotected encounter with a male 7 weeks ago (2-3 times ), he is a heteroxesual, no drugs, no bixesual, healthy, very sport oriented person. Last week i had a negative HIV blood test in the hospital ,that was the 6 weeks window period. The result vas negative or no reactive. What kind of blood test they do in hospitals? Is this reliable? I need your opinion becuase I had read from you that this is and i want to know what you can tell me about it. Please help me, i was in the hospital for a panic attacks and they where thinking was my heart. PLEASE help me doctor.

[rana64]

Hello, only want to let you know that for recomendation of my general doctor i had today a oraquick sawp ( saliva test) at home and the result is negative. I had at 7 weeks the duo test  also negative that was done while i was in the hospital.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Final answer. No, you do not. EWH

[rana64]

Do I need to do another blood test at 12 weeks?.thanks Dr.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

yes, it is reliable.  Believe the result. EWH

[rana64]

I want to tell you the kind of test they did in the hospital: hiv-1 antigen with Hiv 1&2 antobody (2) (beaker) , non reactive.  Is this a good reliable test for my situation?, thanks.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

I'm pleased I could help.  Take care.  EWH

[rana64]

Thanks very much Dr. E,  your answers help me a lot. The level of anxiety is going down little by little !

[Edward W Hook, MD]

No change in my assessment.  Please do not worry. EWH

[rana64]

Also the 2 time he fingerred me and after that i bleed a little, is amy danger still? Please anwser me Dr.

[rana64]

Dr hook, he is a male university professor from switzerland, is the same anwer in this case?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to our Forum. In preparing to answer your question I reviewed some of your earlier interactions on the HIV Community site- I agree with what was said there and in particular the advice that nursegirl has given you.  The exposure you describe was very low risk- your partner is unlikely to have HIV.  Remember, fewer than 1 in 1000 men in the U.S. has HIV and your partner sounds to be lower than average risk.  Further, a single encounter with an infected partner has a risk of less than 1 infection per 1000 sex acts.  Thus, mathematically, if you had sex with him three times, your risk for infection even before testing was less than 3 in a million.  Then testing at 6 weeks as you did would have detected over 95% of recent infections.  Thus your risk for infection is now far less than 1 in 30 million- you are far more likely to be struck by lightning than to have gotten HIV form the exposure you describe.

Please don't let your OCD get the best of you.  There is no realistic chance that you acquired HIV from the encounters that you have described. EWH