Fourteen days ago I did something stupid. Now I am scheduling a whole battery of tests to look for just about every std known to man. The tests will be performed in two days, sixteen days after possible exposure. Which tests can detect their targets in that window? I believe the HIV test is "early detection" - Poymerase Chain Reaction? - and should give an accurate result.
Meanwhile, I have no "classic" symptoms for any of these diseases - but it might be too soon to tell. My initial big concern was HIV, but so far I have not demonstrated any clear signs of acute infection which, according to what I have read here and in other forums, should present themselves in 2-3 weeks (some say longer). Now my biggest worry is Hepatitis, particularly type B since I have read that type C is not very efficiently spread through intercourse. However, I have also read that this particular test may not show anything for up to four weeks. Is it possible to get an accurate result sooner?
Meanwhile, is it possible for symptoms of these diseases to manifest before any known test could detect them in a lab? I have had many general symptoms over the last two weeks that might be attributed to anxiety (constipation, reduced appetite, slight feeing of weakness perhaps due to eating less, and a heightened overall sensitivity to any other "symptom" produced by my body). I hope that my dry mouth and eyes are due to anxiety rather than to something infection-related. As I stated earlier, my biggest fear after HIV is Hepatitis. The others, if treated, can't kill you.
So, I really just want to know how long it will take for me to find out what, if anything, I will be dealing with.
BTW, I have been checking my temperature several times a day for about a weeek. Nothing. In fact, my body seems to run a little cold - as low as 96.5 when I wake up in the middle of the night - and inching up to just above 98 during the day before falling again in the evening as I prepare to sleep.