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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: Anon006 on December 05, 2012, 08:04:57 pm
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Hi,
I hope you are doing well. I had sex (protected vaginal, protected anal, Unprotected Oral and Kissing) with a sex worker in June this year. I am not sure whether condom broke or not.
I had Rhabdomyolysis in July with a CPK of 13,000 and was admitted to hospital. I googled Rhabdomyolysis and found out HIV can cause it which triggered extreme anxiety and stress. Being unable to bare the stress, eventually I went for HIV testing along with other STDs. The Result came back as Negative. The test was taken at 5 months and 7 days.
Here are the few questions I have and if you can answer these, I would really appreciate it.
1. Does my Rhabdomyolysis (muscle break down) will have any impact on my Negative Results?
2. Do I have to test further at 6 months mark?
I am still struggling greatly with stress and your answer will help me greatly. Please please let me know your response.
Thanks
Anon006
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You never had an exposure. Had the condom failed you would have known it without a doubt.
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Thanks RapidRod. It was just that I was not sure whether the condom broke or not and unfortunately My Dr didn't find what caused Rhabdomyolysis. With 5 months 7 Days results being Negative, Can i forget this and move on with my life?
Thanks again for your response.
Anon006
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Yes get on with your life.
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Anon,
The window period for conclusive hiv testing is three months. You are conclusively hiv negative. Rhabdomyolysis will not effect your hiv testing.
Hiv has been ruled out as a possible cause of your rhabdomyolysis, so keep working with your doctor to find out the real cause. It is NOT hiv.
Which is no surprise. You didn't have a risk for hiv infection. You did all you needed to do in order to protect your hiv negative status - you wore a condom for anal or vaginal intercourse. 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.
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. Some of the other STIs can be present with no obvious symptoms, so the only way to know for sure is to test.
Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, and you will avoid hiv infection. It really is that simple!
Ann