Do I need PEP

[HIVFears]

please respond me Sir/Madam. I am under extreme depression. I also apologize for my poor english. I am foreigner living in US.



I got a fear that I have HIV (i had several encounter in past protected/unprotected with last one two years back). I went for rapid test about 38 days ago and test came out negative.



About a week back I started feeling following



1- I started feeling pain in my neck and my throat was little sore a week back and it stayed one week and went away I used Tylenol for 4 days.`



2-  I also developed swollen gums and I went to dentist and he told me that I have "periodontal" disease i can see purple spots on my gums and they are not painful. Doctor said I do not have any cavity, obsessed or infection in teeth. I wonder how I get pain, swelling and purple spots



3- I also had small 2-3 inch rash close to my belly button with small bumps 4 days back and my belly button bleed twice. I cleaned up the belly button and its fine now and rash have been disappeared.







4- I usually get quite few liaisons on my skins which goes away with time (it might be accene I have it from years now)



I do not have any other symptoms.



Now my fears is either my results are incorrect and I have HIV or I got the HIV from testing center. As two people were tested before me.



Can you please respond to my following questions.



1- Is periodontal or any other symptoms I described above are the ARS?

2- Can you get HIV from testing center? Any data support this (like reusing the lancet)?



3- Is possible for ARS symptoms appear after 4 weeks. Are they build gradually?



3- How accurate my results are, they used "Clearview® COMPLETE HIV 1/2" test http://www.alere.com/us/en/product-details/clearview-complete-hiv-1-2.html. What are the chances of having false negative results?





Please please respond me . My work/family needs my attention these days, and I am loosing them with every passed day. please help me Sir/Madam.

[Andy Velez]

You have tested negative on a reliable test. Your test result is conclusive and reliable. You are worrying needlessly about HIV.

If you are having some symptoms that both you, discuss them with your doctor. They have nothing to do with HIV.

In the future wear condoms everytime you have intercourse and you will be well protected. If you are in a monogamous relationship you don't have to wear condoms as you have reliably tested negative.

[HIVFears]

Hi Andy, Thanks for response. It helped me alot. I performed well at work and having great time with family


To kill my feelings from root Can you please respond to following  So you think
1- A test can not miss HIV detection after widow period?

2- There is no way that you get HIV from testing center, It is possible that testing person will get you infected intentionally/unintentionally? When I told testing person after test that I am married I saw a moment of worry on his face which is making me nervous as I felt he did something wrong to me.

3- In average  how long it takes for a person to observe a symptoms?

[Ann]

Fears,

1. Most people will seroconvert and test positive by six weeks after infection has taken place. Once a person has seroconverted, they will always test hiv positive.

2. No. You're not going to become infected from testing for hiv. It's next to impossible. Maybe the testing guy looked worried because you more or less admitted to having sex outside your marriage - and that bothers some people.

3. Some people never experience symptoms, so there's no point to your question.

You don't have hiv. If you cannot let this fear go, I suggest you seek out a therapist who can help you put this behind you. We cannot help you with that here.

Ann

[HIVFears]

I had a sexual encounter with a guy few hours ago. The encounter was brief (5 minutes). He jacked off his penis and then with same hand he jacked off my penis. Both of us did not cum. I remembered he had some pre cum coming out of his dick. Am I on risk from getting his pre cum on my penis. As encounter was not long ago, do I need to go for PEP?

[RapidRod]

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[Ann]

Fears,

I've merged your new thread into your original thread, where you should post all your additional thoughts or questions. It helps us to help you when you keep everything in one thread. It doesn't matter how long it has been since you last posted or if the subject matter is different.

If you need help finding your original thread, click on the "show own posts" link under your name in the left-hand column of any forum page.

Please also read through the Welcome Thread so you can familiarise yourself with our posting rules.




Mutual masturbation is NOT a risk for hiv infection, not even if you use someone else's cum as lube.

Hiv is a fragile, difficult to transmit virus that is primarily transmitted INSIDE the human body, as in unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse where the virus never leaves the confines of the two bodies.

Once outside the body, small changes in temperature, and pH and moisture levels all quickly damage the virus and render it unable to infect. For this reason, mutual masturbation is not a risk. It happens outside the body, with no penetration.

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

Ann