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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: bruins on June 27, 2013, 10:49:20 am
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Dear POZ, first of all, I thank you very much for reading this post . My story is...
I had sex with a sex worker a month ago. She gave me a unprotected oral sex at the beginning, it lasted about 2 minutes till I cummed into her mouse. After that we had a protect sex(with condom) less than 1 min because I was so nervous. I am trying to convince myself I will be alright but I have severe head and neck pain everyday recently. Do I have a risk? Is the 6 weeks blood test trustable?
Thank you so much!!!
Best regards
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Hi Bruins , nothing you did was even the slightest bit of a risk so you can relax .
HIV is sexually transmitted from unprotected vaginal or anal sex , so you didn't have a risk . You do not need to test for this specific incident but a yearly sexual helath checkup is always a good thing .
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!
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Thank you for your very quick reply~~~
I have Hirsuties papillaris genitalis on my penis before i had my first sex which means that didnt cause by any sex disease( I am 28 now). Does that increase the risk of infect in my case(oral sex)?
Thanks again!!!
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Hirsuties papillaris genitalis are considered a “normal” variant and in no way will effect or increase the risk of acquiring STD'S .
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Dear Jeff G,
First of all, I want to thank you again for what have you done for this forum, you are amazing.
Now, because I was too nervous so I took an Abbott rapid test and ELISA at week 6. Both of them were negative. Can my negative result at week 6 be a conclusive result or I need to take another test at week 12 ?? Sorry for my panicking
Wish you all the best and thank you
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Bruins,
Your six week negative is conclusive because you did NOT have a risk for hiv infection. You can test again at three months if you want to, but your result is NOT going to change.
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