Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
March 28, 2024, 04:09:22 pm

Login with username, password and session length


Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 772946
  • Total Topics: 66310
  • Online Today: 424
  • Online Ever: 5484
  • (June 18, 2021, 11:15:29 pm)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 370
Total: 370

Welcome


Welcome to the POZ Community Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people with HIV/AIDS, their friends/family/caregivers, and others concerned about HIV/AIDS.  Click on the links below to browse our various forums; scroll down for a glance at the most recent posts; or join in the conversation yourself by registering on the left side of this page.

Privacy Warning:  Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If you are HIV positive and disclose this in our forums, then it is almost the same thing as telling the whole world (or at least the World Wide Web). If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.

  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.

  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.

  • Forums members must behave at all times with respect and honesty. Posting guidelines, including time-out and banning policies, have been established by the moderators of these forums. Click here for “Do I Have HIV?” posting guidelines. Click here for posting guidelines pertaining to all other POZ community forums.

  • We ask all forums members to provide references for health/medical/scientific information they provide, when it is not a personal experience being discussed. Please provide hyperlinks with full URLs or full citations of published works not available via the Internet. Additionally, all forums members must post information which are true and correct to their knowledge.

  • Product advertisement—including links; banners; editorial content; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from POZ.

To change forums navigation language settings, click here (members only), Register now

Para cambiar sus preferencias de los foros en español, haz clic aquí (sólo miembros), Regístrate ahora

Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Welcome to Do I Have HIV?

Welcome to the "Do I Have HIV?" POZ forum.

This special section of the POZ forum is for individuals who have concerns about whether or not they are HIV positive. Individuals are permitted to post up to three questions or responses in this forum.

Ongoing participation in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum (posting more than three questions or responses) requires a paid subscription, with secure payments made via PayPal.

A seven-day subscription is $9.99, a 30-day subscription is $14.99 and a 90-day subscription is $24.99.

Anyone who needs to post more than three messages in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum -- including past, present and future POZ Forums members -- will need to subscribe, with secure payments made via PayPal.

There is no charge to read threads in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum, nor will there be a charge for participating in any of the other POZ forums. In addition, the POZ Basics "HIV Transmission and Risks" and "HIV Testing" basics, will remain accessible to all.

NOTE: HIV testing questions will still need to be posted in the "Do I Have HIV?" forum; attempts to post HIV symptoms or testing questions in any other forums will be considered violations of our rules of membership and subject to time-outs and permanent bans.

To learn how to upgrade your Forums account to participate beyond three posts in the "Do I Have HIV?" Forum, please click here.

Thank you for your understanding and future support of the best online support service for people living with, affected by and at risk for HIV.

Author Topic: worried...  (Read 2577 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline worriedsick44

  • Standard
  • Member
  • Posts: 3
worried...
« on: June 12, 2014, 03:59:06 pm »
Hi. i have a couple questions.

1) About a month ago, I was vaginally fingered by a guy. He had an open cut/sore on the finger he used. Am I at risk for HIV? I understand unprotected sex is a main cause, which i did not do. But could his open sore/blood been enough in touching me within?

2) I went in to see my doctor about 3 weeks after it happened to get tested for herpes, because about three days after the incident my nodes swole, along with a sore throat, and I was spotting. I was negative (for herpes and HIV). However, I did not think HIV would have been a factor at the time, so it did not phase me. I am worried sick now that I could have HIV. So my second question is, if i was already showing symptoms, would the antibodies have shown up in an HIV test? Or even though I had symptoms, could I have still had a false negative since i got tested rather early?

Thank you for your time

Offline Jeff G

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 17,064
  • How am I doing Beren ?
Re: worried...
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2014, 05:37:31 pm »
Fingering is not a risk for HIV so you need not be concerned you will become infected in this manner . HIV is sexually transmitted from unprotected anal and vaginal sex and not from fingering .

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 did not have a risk and do not need to test for this specific incident , 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!
HIV 101 - Basics
HIV 101
You can read more about Transmission and Risks here:
HIV Transmission and Risks
You can read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
You can read more about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read more about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
You can read more about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

Offline worriedsick44

  • Standard
  • Member
  • Posts: 3
Re: worried...
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2014, 05:53:17 pm »
Even if his open wound had blood on it, and that went inside my vagina?

Offline Jeff G

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 17,064
  • How am I doing Beren ?
Re: worried...
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2014, 05:59:31 pm »
Even if his open wound had blood on it, and that went inside my vagina?

If he had a huge gaping cut and profusely bled into your vagina you may have a problem ...but he would not be sticking a painful bleeding finger in you ... if he wasn't screaming in pain and begging you hurry so he could stop then its safe to assume it was not a risk .

HIV is far to fragile to be transmitted from a scratch or day old cut or even a few hours for that matter .
HIV 101 - Basics
HIV 101
You can read more about Transmission and Risks here:
HIV Transmission and Risks
You can read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
You can read more about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read more about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
You can read more about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

Offline worriedsick44

  • Standard
  • Member
  • Posts: 3
Re: worried...
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2014, 06:12:23 pm »
Okay, thanks for easing my mind.

What about the second question though? If I was showing symptoms, would the antibodies be in my blood already? Or could the antibodies still not show up in my blood, even if I had symptoms, giving me a false negative?

Offline Jeff G

  • Administrator
  • Member
  • Posts: 17,064
  • How am I doing Beren ?
Re: worried...
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2014, 07:02:54 pm »
Okay, thanks for easing my mind.

What about the second question though? If I was showing symptoms, would the antibodies be in my blood already? Or could the antibodies still not show up in my blood, even if I had symptoms, giving me a false negative?

If this is your only concern in the last 3 months ... meaning if you have not had unprotected anal or vaginal sex then your test is accurate and you are conclusively HIV negative .

The average time to seroconversion is 22 days. Most who are infected will test positive by 6 weeks. For various reasons a small number will take longer and that is why we follow the CDC recommendation to test at 3 months for a conclusive negative result.

You have not had a risk for HIV ... so you do not have HIV .
HIV 101 - Basics
HIV 101
You can read more about Transmission and Risks here:
HIV Transmission and Risks
You can read more about Testing here:
HIV Testing
You can read more about Treatment-as-Prevention (TasP) here:
HIV TasP
You can read more about HIV prevention here:
HIV prevention
You can read more about PEP and PrEP here
PEP and PrEP

 


Terms of Membership for these forums
 

© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.