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7 Months

Dr. i would have to be honest that Anxiety is the main reason of me writing you.
my HIV risk was : Kissing a woman who had licked her finger after it was inside her, and at that tie i had chapped lips.
that was 7 months ago. i did 7 tests so far and the latest was at 6 month mark. all Negative. All STD negative except HSV1 and 2 positive but it was not a typy-specific test. i am not sexually active. married.
i am planning to go for a test at 7 month mark.
my fear is the following: i have grave disease whihc is autoimmune disease, and i am on treatment (tapazole). i am worried thta probably GD (grave disease) or Tapazole can alter the HIV window period in my case.
i know that GD can increase anxiety and it is one of the symptoms that i had and still have and for this reason i am asking for assurances from a trusted source. can you pease give that to me, and thanks for your honesty sir.

2/ can i get Hepatitis C and HIV by the encounter described above?

Kokorico
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You didnt have a risk, you need to know that hiv is only transmited trhough sharing needles, unprotected pentrative sex, and mother to son, so if you cant control your worries, anxiety, stress, OCD, then seek for therapist to help you cope with this, you dont need to wear a condom with your wife, you were never at risk at all. MOve oN
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If you can't get over it, seek professional mental help.
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do you know ways to overcome that?
i am married and have confessed to my wife. and since then we are using condoms.
we have agreed to use condoms till 6 month post "exposure". but honeslty i could not give that up and still using condom.

my wife is becoming mad at me, especially that my sex drive was zero during the first three month.
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If you have GD and didn't have a risk of contracting HIV could GD be related? Is it normal to be worried about HIV when you didn't have a risk? No it's not normal. It's a phobia. Seek out professional mental help to deal with it.
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this is what all the people have told me. but please anxiety is killing me and it is due to the Grave disease.
i am really worried: is GD is a result of HIV infection, or my anxiety WHICH IS ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF GD that is making me worried about HIV infection.

it has been now 7 month and still worried. is that normal. though i am confident that i did not hing wrong or that puts me on risk except whjat i have mentiond before. (kissing).

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3 months is conclusive for someone that has had a risk. You didn't have a risk so there is no window and no reason to test.
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do you PLEASE know what is the longest window period in this site or others?
i know about the healthworker at 13 moth in 90s. but nowadays?
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There is no window period, you didn't have a risk.
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what about the Window period in my case?
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NO risk of HIV or HCV
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