Hi all, I am bit terrified that My tingling sensation in legs and arms dont go away. I had sex with a prostitute and condom broken off.
1)After 1 month of exposure,elisa test 1 and 2 :result -ve
2)At 85 days ie 27th Jan2009, after exposure ,I tested -ve for P24 antigent test hiv1 &2.
During 1 month of exposure I had night sweating and sleeplessness.
What tests should i take so as to get conclusive test.My abdoment is still upset.I still have unhealthy tongue.I am going to be married.So i need to get tested completely.Please advice. I am in india.
i think you are fine, in regards to hiv. i have also suffered intense guilt, fear and paranoia the last few months. i had unprotected sex with an indonesian prostitute in september last year. i didnt have any sexual encounters until recently, which i then did a full std check at 5 months and 10 days, it all came back negative and i am also having a confirmation test this week. even with all this positive info, previous neg. results, odds of catching something from one time exposure etc i have still been going through hell. the time in between tests has been hell, because i also thought i may have infected my new partner. your hiv status and tests sound as though you are in the clear but i can completely sympathise with you about feeling extremely anxious and guilty. i was watching tv this morning, an astrologer (whom i think is ridiculous) said this week i will receive "startling info"..... i know its nothing but ******** but it sent me spiralling into paranoia and i could not think straight today... i think the point to my story is that its the test results that count and not how we feel that counts....
Just found out, I only have 2 months left on my passport.
Have to delay the singapore trip.
The reason for my anxiety is because I have confirmed Median rhomboid glossitis and angular cheilitis.
And everywhere I looked, it only points to HIV.
dear friends let me tell you a few things take it or leave it, diariha is not a hiv ars, also a standard antibody test at 6 weeks is accurate and p24 antigen test is accurate in 4 weeks, let me tell u have been in this business for some time in africa, on the antibody test i hav seen people who have yet not fully seroconverted after catching the virus,it is in almost 2 weeks the test card starts showing a faint line on the test line mark so we ask them to report again after two weeks and its positive strong line, so since i am sure when you say negative at 2 weeks means no faint line so u almost are in the clear, why i am saying this is that much of your problem is paranoia.. Also u can catch all the stds but not hiv, as it requires ideal conditions and also the viral load of the partner matters...I guess this info helps....I am quite sure all u guys are in the clear. Take care and in future play safe be safe take care. Bye your friend.
Good luck joe1888.
I had a very similar experience to this late last year. Never felt fear like that before.
I had the rapid test done which told me i was negative but it was only after going for the full anti-body test that i felt totally reassured.
I got a great deal of comfort from this forum.
Hope everything works out well for you, man.
Thanks for the comments. Hope is the only thing that I have.
Just one single risky exposure in years, and I think the possibility for me to have HIV is like 99.999%.
Because, I am 100% sure that I have erythematous candidiasis and oral cheilitis.
Recurrent chronic diarrhea since day 5 of exposure.
And what according to the doctor that I visited to be herpes vesicles on the genital doesn't seem to go away. It seemed persistent.
Although I wonder why they never ucerate nor cause any tingling or pain.
I am going to Singapore this Monday to have the vesicles checked.
And going to some anonymous testing clinic for rapid-HIV test.
When I am back, I really really really hope I will still be HIV-negative.