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Hiv fear!
Hi! Im in alot of stress nowdays because i have strange symphtoms, for what i havent found a reason. I have been in meny bloodtests for allmost every conditions/diseases that me and my doctor have been thinking would be the cause. I have sore/dry upper troath,"jumping" pain in my muscles and joints, little bit of seaborric rash in my testicles, headache from back of my head to the forehead, lymphnodes are sore and sometimes a bit swollen on my neck and under my jaw. This has been going on about 6 weeks now and i dont know what to do. I have taken hiv test also and it was negative. I took the test because i was so drunk 9 weeks ago and im not sure if i had unprotected vaginal sex or did i not do anything at all. My imagination is running fast and i have a feeling that something may have happened then. I took the test 9 weeks after that and i had these symphtoms 6 weeks at that time. Test was hivagab bloodtest. Is it possible to have thhese symphtoms this long in hiv and have a negative at 9 weeks in combo test? Thanks
Hi! Stupid question, but i drank about a litre of water before my test, does this affect the result? I drank it within 2 hours before the test. Thank you
Thanks! When i went to test ive had symphtoms for 6 weeks and still have some of those. Now i have infected folliculites in my legs. Is that something that can be hiv releated? Test was 7 weeks after my tree day fever/flu and six weeks after other symphtoms and 9 weeks after possible expousure. Im just worried because i know something is wrong with me and nothing has been found, and allmost everything has been checked. Im sure that these symphtoms arent caused by stress, or maybe something is. But i wasnt stressed at the point these started. Thanks
" I took the test 9 weeks after that and i had these symphtoms 6 weeks at that time."
You asked about symptoms and testing.
If you were actually HIV infected and had 6 wks of symptoms and tested 3 wks after that then yes, you should have detectable antibodies.
At 9 wks you should test positive for p24 antigen and or antibodies with your fourth generation test. You didn't.
Trust the answer Vance gave you.
You asked about symptoms and testing.
If you were actually HIV infected and had 6 wks of symptoms and tested 3 wks after that then yes, you should have detectable antibodies.
At 9 wks you should test positive for p24 antigen and or antibodies with your fourth generation test. You didn't.
Trust the answer Vance gave you.
Sorry but this is last. I noticed that my profile says im female but im not, i corrected it.
Last one... all those symphtoms started after a fever. I had 38.5c for about 3 days also flu like symphtoms at same time. What about that, should i test again or is this just nonsense. Thanks vance for ansvering!
Thanks for ansvering! I know it seems that there havent been any kind of expousure, but there is a big chance that something happened, just dont remember was there protection involved. Sorry about my english but i hope you understand :-) i know this sounds like im just overthinking it, but i just want to know wuold the test be positive if i had symphtoms going on before and after the test for several weeks. I will try to relax, but its hard because i dont know if i have any more blood to be tested because everything has been tested atleast in my opinion:-). Thanks!
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