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Offline ejs8

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hiv risk
« on: April 27, 2011, 03:58:10 pm »
I tested for hiv 6 weeks after risk situation. I would like to know if this is enough. I have read that there have never been any cases of hiv positive after 6 week negative with no new risk involved.
I would also like to know if a person recently got hiv will she be more infectious and will this make any difference evenif condoms are used.
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Offline RapidRod

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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2011, 05:14:39 pm »
What was your possible risk?
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Offline Andy Velez

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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2011, 05:24:37 pm »
Like Rod I would like to know more specifically what you did that you think put you at risk for HIV.
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2011, 03:53:41 pm »
I had vaginal sexual relations with woman.
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2011, 03:56:48 pm »
ej,

Did you use a condom? If you did, you did not have a risk.

If you did not use a condom, you did have a risk although on the lower side of things.

Hiv is a fragile, difficult to transmit virus and more so from a woman to a man. You're unlikely to end up hiv positive after a one-time insertive unprotected vaginal incident, regardless of her viral load.

Please clarify. Did you or did you not use a condom?

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Offline ejs8

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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2011, 05:42:35 pm »
yes I did it was with condom. I know condom is safe sex but wanted to know if there have been cases of condom used and person becomes hiv positive. I would also like to know if you have heard of cases where a person is hiv negative after 6 weeks and then turns positive in a later test with no new risk involved.
Thank you
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2011, 06:26:31 pm »
You are making this situation way more complicated than it really has to be.

Condoms provide very effective protection against HIV transmission. As long as you used a condom for intercourse I don't see any HIV-science based reason to be concerned. Maybe there are other personal factors involved in the situation that are drving your unwarranted concern?

The average time to seconversion (after a genuinely risky incident like unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse) is 22 days. All but the very smallest number of those who are going to seroconvert will do so within 4-6 weeks after a genuine risk. Because of that tiny number who maybe slower to seroconvert, we stick with 3 months as the time for a conclusive negative result.

But you didn't have a risk. Seems to me this is all about your doubts and fears rather than a real risk. 
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2011, 01:46:48 pm »
thank you for response. I just wanted to make sure on timing of test because even though I used condom you still get some vaginal secretions when you touch condom as you remove it or condom is not all the way down to base of penis.
thank you again
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2011, 02:39:39 pm »
eks,

It does not matter if you touch vaginal fluids when you remove the condom. No risk.

It does not matter if the condom did not cover the base of your penis. The important thing is that the head of your penis was covered while it was inside a vagina.

You did not have a risk.

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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2011, 04:48:40 pm »
ok understood. thank you for your response
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2011, 04:54:41 pm »
this is my last question.
Before i put a condom i was foreplaying I ofcourse did not insert penis inside of her but might have gotten close to vagina. I have read that hiv virus is present in vaginal secretions deep inside the vagina. Could this be a risky situation.
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2011, 05:21:34 pm »
Frottage or rubbing penis against vaginal lips is NOT a risk for HIV transmission. The secretions in the vaginal cavity which can contain HIV are in the cervical area, far up and not at the vaginal lips.
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Re: hiv risk
« Reply #12 on: April 30, 2011, 09:56:17 pm »
ok thank you very much for information. this really help me understand risk situations.
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