Thanks Doctor, appreciate your advice and concern.
Thanks a tonne !
Wish you good luck with everything, you do a great service !
The chance of a false positive RNA test is very low; cross that bridge if you come to it, which I'm sure you will not. (In the past we have spoken of false positive results, but that was a few years ago and the current tests have little problem with it.)
I hope you're financially secure and that you'll be paying for the RNA test out of pocket. RNA testing is expensive, and I hope it won't be covered by your insurance -- which would be a waste of money. You are at no more risk of HIV from this event than from shaking hands with an HIV infected person, which you probably have done several times, probably without knowing it. If you really need the reassurance of a negative HIV test, suck it up, wait another couple of weeks, and have a much less expensive antibody test.
Sorry to lecture you, but I want other users to understand how inappropriate such testing would be in this circumstance.
That's all for this thread. I won't have any more comments or advice.
Thank you doctor.
Just one repetitive question
With HIV RNA test, If I get a false positive, should I go for two repeat HIV RNA tests to rule it out?
Thanks
Welcome to the forum.
HIV is hard to transmit. You cannot catch it by the kinds of exposure described here. There is no risk without direct exchange of blood, e.g. by sharing injection equipment; or by sex, only if a bare penis (no condom) enters another person's vagina or rectum.
1) This kind of contact carries no risk for HIV or other STDs.
2) It doesn't matter how long HIV can survive in the environment. Nobody in the world ever caught HIV in this way and you will not be the first.
3,4) There is no need for testing. You can safely have sex with your girlfriend.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD