Paranoia is taking over me!

[Glint]

About 8 years ago, i had an unprotected sex with one female sex worker.  At that time i did not notice any symptoms of seroconversion.
About 5 or more months later, i submitted orasure oral swab sample for my health or life insurance application. I thought i was in the clear since no one called me regarding the application or test sample result. So i am not sure wether they performed the test or not.
So after that sex with SW, I remained abstine ever then.

So about a couple weeks ago, my paranoia came back. So I did the oraquick test, and tested negative. I followed the direction carefully, but the one line that came out on the stick is faint compared to the example in the direction in he booklet since it was portrayed as thick, bolded line.  Could I have messed up the test somehow? Or was my test kit defective from the factory? I kept thinking to my self the "what if" scenario, and its driving me crazy.

Please let me know your opinion.

Thanks.

[jkinatl2]

My opinion is that you are conclusively HIV negative. You are free, of course, to test again if you would like, but form what you describe, there is no way you are HIV positive after several negative results and so many years. No way whatsoever.

[Glint]

So after 8 years without sex, is the oraquick test considered conclusive? I am scared of getting false negative. I mean what if my body stop producing hiv antibody after 8 years? Is that can happen? I really dont want to test again because its nerve racking. I feel healthy physically now, but i am mentally stressed out and full of anxiety about this issue.

[Ann]

Glint,

Once your body has produced hiv antibodies, you will always test hiv antibody positive.

Your test at eight years following your last incident of unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse is absolutely conclusive. You do not have hiv.

Ann

[Glint]

I heard that once the decease progress to aids, i wont be producing antibody anymore. Rendering the test useless. Is that true?

Recently I got a Ct scan on my abdomen, and they saw a bruising on my colon. Is that a sign of hiv/aids? They think its a bacteria infection.

Overall i feel physically normal though.

[RapidRod]

No that is not true. As Ann told you once you are positive you are always positive.

[Ann]

Glint,

There were rare cases in the early days of the pandemic when people were in late-stage aids, blind from CMV, suffering from aids-related dementia and suffering from aids-related wasting, could hardly breathe due to PCP - in other words, blind, insensible, weighing about 70lbs and on their death-bed, who no longer produced antibodies to anything, never mind hiv.

That is obviously not your situation. Otherwise, you'd be too ill and out of it to even think about posting anywhere on the internet.

Get a grip. YOU DO NOT HAVE HIV!!!

Ann