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HIV from unprotected oral **
I received oral sex from a "massuese" 14 days ago. I had pain in the testicles two days later and a UA that showed bacteria. All my test were negative, with the exception of syphilis. After a shot of rocephin, 500mg of Azithromycin, and one week of Doxycycline (1 more to go), I feel much better. I have a feeling that the Syphilis test may have been skewed by the bacteria that was in my system as Syphilis does not come on after 2 days, but stranger things have happened. Also, it could have been a joint infection of Syphilis and some other bacteria was causing the symptoms.
*This is the only exposure I could have had that would have given me anything. I am sure.
My real question is, could I get HIV from this encounter? I know the odds are remote as I have read the other forums, but my anxiety is real. I had an "early exposure test" done with the initial infection and just had another done yesterday. I will feel much better when those results are received and will do another test at 4 weeks. I have also done 3 ora quicks in the last two weeks, all reporting negative.
My questions:
1. Is there a possibility (assuming this person is HIV+) that I could get HIV from this encounter?
2. With my amount of testing and negative results, would a 4 week test prove definitive?
3. Am I over-reacting?
Tags: HIV, Anxiety
UPDATE:
Called the original clinic and gained more perspective. My initial results were 1:2 on the RPR test. I believe that is the weakest or one of the weakest reactions that can be measured. The STA was also reactive. The doctor then stated that the results are equivocal based on a follow-up test in 2 weeks. I actually had the 8 panel done yeaterday with HIV early exposure and obviously Syphilis. I believe three things may come out of this:
1. My Syphilis reaction was based on the oral sex and was in an early stage of infection and something else (bacterial infection, UTI, NGU) may have caused the symptoms and led me to the doctor and the test picked up syphilis.
2. I have been infected before in my life and cleared the infection or killed it with another dosage of antibiotics for an unrelated illness.
3. My test was compromised by something else. My mother has an auto-immune disease yet I have never been tested. Another bacterium may have caused the test to show a positive at a low level.
Do you agree or have any additional comments? I appreciate your thoughts on this..
Called the original clinic and gained more perspective. My initial results were 1:2 on the RPR test. I believe that is the weakest or one of the weakest reactions that can be measured. The STA was also reactive. The doctor then stated that the results are equivocal based on a follow-up test in 2 weeks. I actually had the 8 panel done yeaterday with HIV early exposure and obviously Syphilis. I believe three things may come out of this:
1. My Syphilis reaction was based on the oral sex and was in an early stage of infection and something else (bacterial infection, UTI, NGU) may have caused the symptoms and led me to the doctor and the test picked up syphilis.
2. I have been infected before in my life and cleared the infection or killed it with another dosage of antibiotics for an unrelated illness.
3. My test was compromised by something else. My mother has an auto-immune disease yet I have never been tested. Another bacterium may have caused the test to show a positive at a low level.
Do you agree or have any additional comments? I appreciate your thoughts on this..
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