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HIV Prevention and Testing => Do I Have HIV? => Topic started by: Manny420 on October 06, 2012, 10:21:28 am
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I had unprotected oral and protected sex on april 19 and tested for hiv 1 and 2 with oraquick on june 27. This is 10.5 weeks after exposure and came out negative. Do i need retesting?
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Manny,
No you do not need retesting. You didn't have a risk in the first place. Your result is conclusive - you do not have hiv.
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 RETESTING 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
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Thank you.
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Even if at the time i had chlamydia?
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Even if at the time i had chlamydia?
Yes, even then.