need info about Rapid Immuno dot.

[wirriedboy25]

HI ,

I am 25 and i am from asia. Eight weeks before (jan14th 2012) i had a protected sex with a local call girl.I also had an oral sex with her( I licked her vagina ). Two weeks later i got a fever and i was afraid that i got HIV.

I went to doctor to give my blood sample.The test conducted was Rapid Immuno dot.i was tested negative at that time and Eight weeks later(56 days after exposure), I went for the same test( Rapid immuno dot) , i was negative.

I need to know how accurate is this test after 56 days. Should i go for a test after 3 months ? Please suggest.

[RapidRod]

You never had an exposure and didn't need testing for HIV.

[wirriedboy25]

Thanks for the quick reply, I was having a conversation with the doctor. He told me that even though you do not have any mouth ulcers , or bleeding gums , still the HIV virus can enter in to your body through the Mucus membranes.

And that is the reason i am putting this post.

[RapidRod]

Saliva contains over a dozen different enzymes and proteins that inhibits HIV transmission.

[Ann]

Wirried,

Many doctors are not as informed about hiv as they should be. Your doctor sounds like one of those.

Protected intercourse is not a risk for hiv infection. Condoms have been proven to prevent hiv infection. **There have been three long-term studies of couples where one is positive and one is negative. In the couples who used condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, but no barrier for oral activities, not one of the negative partners became infected with hiv. Not one.**

Licking a woman's vagina is also not a risk for hiv infection. Hiv transmission doesn't stand a chance of happening via female genitals to mouth - there are just too many obstacles on the oral route.

The first obstacle is the mouth itself. The mouth is a veritable fortress, standing against all sorts of pathogens we come into contact with every minute of our lives. It's a very hostile environment and saliva has been shown to contain over a dozen different proteins and enzymes that damage hiv.

Hiv is a very fragile virus - literally. Its outer surface doesn't take kindly to changes in its preferred environment; slight changes in temperature, moisture content and pH levels all damage the outer surface. Importantly, it needs this outer surface to be intact before it can latch onto a few, very specific cell types and infect. 

Which leads to the second obstacle. Hiv can only latch onto certain types of cells, cells which are not found in abundance in the mouth.

The third obstacle to transmission this way is having hiv present in the first place. The female secretion where hiv has been shown to be present is the cervicovaginal fluid. This fluid is actually a thick mucus that covers and protects the cervix.

The fluid a woman produces when sexually excited comes from the Bartholin's glands, located on either side of the vaginal opening. I have yet to discover one shred of evidence (and believe me, I've looked) that shows this lubricating fluid to have any more hiv present than other bodily secretions such as saliva, sweat or tears. Saliva, sweat and tears are NOT infectious fluids.

So there you have it. Once the results of the **serodiscordant studies** started rolling in (mentioned above and also marked with **), what we know about hiv transmission on the cellular level was validated. The only people who were getting infected were those who had unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse. Period. One of the three studies went on for ten years and involved hundreds of couples. That's a lot of nookie.

Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:

You need to be using condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, every time, no exceptions until such time as you are in a securely monogamous relationship where you have both tested for ALL sexually transmitted infections together.

To agree to have unprotected intercourse is to consent to the possibility of being infected with an STI. Sex without a condom lasts only a matter of minutes, but hiv is forever.

Have a look through the condom and lube links in my signature line so you can use condoms with confidence.

ALTHOUGH YOU DO NOT NEED FURTHER HIV TESTING AT THIS TIME, anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care check-up, including but not limited to hiv testing, at least once a year and more often if unprotected intercourse occurs.

If you aren't already having regular, routine check-ups, now is the time to start. As long as you make sure condoms are being used for intercourse, you can fully expect your routine hiv tests to return with negative results.

Don't forget to always get checked for all the other sexually transmitted infections as well, because they are MUCH easier to transmit than hiv.

Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!

Ann

[wirriedboy25]

Thanks Ann,  May god be with all of the guys who tested positive and who are awaiting for the tests to be done.

I know how it would have been felt at that time.. HIV is the most worst disease in mankind.

[Ann]

Wirried,

Did you read my previous reply to you? If not, read it and read it carefully. Concentrate on your own thread instead of wandering over to the Just Tested forum. You shouldn't be in that forum.

The vast majority of people who have actually been infected will seroconvert and test positive by six weeks (42 days), with the average time to seroconversion being only 22 days.

Where there has actually been a risk - you have NOT had a risk - a six week negative must be confirmed at the three month point, but is highly unlikely to change.

The above is true regardless of what sort of antibody test is used.

As you did NOT have a risk, your negative result is conclusive. You do NOT have hiv and you do NOT need further testing.

Ann

[wirriedboy25]

Thanks Ann.. God Bless u my brother.

[Ann]

HIV is the most worst disease in mankind.

Not really. I'd rather have hiv than incurable cancer. While hiv is not yet curable, it IS treatable and someone diagnosed in 2012 can live a full life and a normal lifespan with treatment. While hiv certainly is a challenge, there are plenty things worse than hiv in this world.

And you're welcome, by the way. Make sure you use condom for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!!!

Ann