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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: australianmale on April 30, 2013, 09:05:36 am
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this is really dumb off me , , but im back in australia now & ive been doing endless researches online and decided to start a topic
2 weeks ago i went to bangkok (april) and i was with 4 bargirls over the 4 nights i was there , , the 1st girl the condom broke , , the 2nd girl i didnt use a condom , , ive heard thailand/bangkok is riddled with aids
ive already spent 200 dollars on hiv & std testers , , so ill be using them once arrived in the mail
what do u guys recon ??
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You did have a risk and you are going to have to test at the appropriate time to get valid results , you can test 6 weeks past any exposure and again at 3 months to confirm the results . There isn't much to do now but wait and test .
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.
Anyone who is sexually active should be having a full sexual health care checkup, 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 checkups, 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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thanks jeff for your quick reply , , ive bought all std testers and hiv testers , , and ill use all tests , ,
im young smart (well not very smart for what i did in bangkok) but im also good looking and fit , , hiv will just wreck everything , ,
i just have to join hiv dating sites and live a short life
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thanks jeff for your quick reply , , ive bought all std testers and hiv testers , , and ill use all tests , ,
im young smart (well not very smart for what i did in bangkok) but im also good looking and fit , , hiv will just wreck everything , ,
i just have to join hiv dating sites and live a short life
People living with HIV lead fulfilling productive lives and having HIV didn't wreck being good looking or fit . I have lived 30 years with HIV and I'm not near ready to fall over dead yet so it looks like I will have a long life as well as HIV .