HIV Rapid test question.?
Around beginning to mid December 2008 I had unprotected sex with a co-worker. He never came inside me. I was tested for all STD”s and HIV through the rapid test first week of January, last week of march, and first week of April. I don’t know his status. He says he’s clean, but I just want to make sure for myself. At the time didn’t even now that he was married, come to find out in February she’s pregnant. So I ask if she is tested and he says she is fine was tested and no HIV. Well i’m still scared, I’m just getting over a sinus infection, and my throat is still sore from the post nasel drip after about 2 weeks. The left side of my mouth behind my tongue is very sore. maybe from coughing so much? I also have a few small redish brownish bumps on the inside of my cheek. I am a smoker. Yesterday i felt nauseous and threw up, but I think it was from missing my birth control for 5 days then taking it again. IDK! Do i need further testing? Was my test on like April 2 good enough? It seems like I keep getting symptoms out of nowhere. Thanks to all who reply!! Also, I have not been with anyone since him in December.
Posted: May 29th, 2009 under HIV Questions.
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Comment from admin
Time October 5, 2009 at 9:53 pm
it sounds like throwing up could be pregnancy, but you wouldve known im sure. i dont know if you have aids but you sound okay. id go get tested agin just to be sure. you re probably just being paranoid but just get tested if itll ease your mind. pray about it
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Time October 5, 2009 at 9:53 pm
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Some of your symptoms fit Pregnancy too. It might be time to go to a doctor and ask him/her.
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Time October 5, 2009 at 9:54 pm
HIV testing should be done at 3 and 6 months after an exposure.
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Time October 5, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Again…98% of people will test positive 3 months after exposure. Your last contact was in December and you were tested in April. That is 4 months. You are most likely fine. In *rare* cases, HIV may not be detectable until 6 months after exposure. If you are still worried, get tested again.
From the HIVTest.org website:
Most people will develop detectable antibodies within 2 to 8 weeks (the average is 25 days). Even so, there is a chance that some individuals will take longer to develop detectable antibodies. Therefore, if the initial negative HIV test was conducted within the first 3 months after possible exposure, repeat testing should be considered >3 months after the exposure occurred to account for the possibility of a false-negative result. Ninety seven percent will develop antibodies in the first 3 months following the time of their infection. In very rare cases, it can take up to 6 months to develop antibodies to HIV.
Comment from admin
Time October 5, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Dear concerned:
Please visit your doctor for your current symptoms.
HIV first, don’t worry about your HIV Status. The Rapid test is bullcrap, its a cheap test that does not test for the virus itself. There is a window period of unknown length to more than a year (fear trip, i had it). When you are cleared from the current symptoms and feeling in perfect health, make a blood donation to the blood bank as they test every known disease including HIV.
Please avoid birth control pills and smoking. You and your body deserve better. Also, smoking makes a woman age faster and sound like a horse. My aunt looked like a prune in her 30s. I only want to tell you to stop smoking, if the entire world have not already told you. Smoking is an addiction, get over it.
Get tested before hitting the sack. Then you don’t have to ask all these health questions and worry in the first place. Make sure you add in the test for HSV1 and HSV2, these two are herpes tests that are usually not included in STD testing in CDC clinics.
Comment from admin
Time October 5, 2009 at 9:53 pm
WHAT YOUR ASKING THIS QUESTION AGAIN AFTER I ALREADY ANSWERED IT LAST TIME …….
And you didn’t give me best answer : I remember you & your question
How dare you not give me best answer(after I took my time to answer you then you have the NERVE NO you had the audacity to re-ask this question!!!!)
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