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Do probiotics affect hiv test or window period?
I got tested last week after I had unprotected sex with a guy, I’m female. It was such a stupid decision to have unprotected sex I know, but I got tested after 3 months with a convo antigen/antibody test. It was negative. However I have celiac disease and I take probiotic supplements every day to help with my digestion. I was wondering if these would affect the hiv test in any way or cause a false negative result?
Our members have shared with you that your test was conclusive and that your wound worry is no risk.
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You have tested conclusively negative for this event, and you can safely move on.
You have tested conclusively negative for this event, and you can safely move on.
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Hi, I need your opinion. I was in the kitchen it’s a shared communal kitchen of my dormitory where many other people share the utensils. I was using a cheese grater and cut myself. I got a deep scratch and I had to put a plaster on it. I’m worried if someone hiv positive had used the grater before me and injured themselves would there be any blood to blood contact and am I at risk of hiv? I took the grater out of the cupboard and it looked clean and I was already grated carrots on it when this happened. If there was anyone’s blood ok it from before I guess the carrots would have rubbed against it anyway. I just need some reassurance. I definitely did bleed and needed a plaster would this wound classify as a deep wound that required medical attention?
Needing a plaster isn't "medical attention." Wounds that are severe enough to allow HIV to enter the body are those that require emergency medical services .
HIV is NEVER transmitted by blood found on surfaces or objects. You are NEVER going to get HIV via a wound unless you experience a catastrophic accident with potentially life-threatening wounds while a person with HIV experiences the same trauma along with you.
HIV is NEVER transmitted by blood found on surfaces or objects. You are NEVER going to get HIV via a wound unless you experience a catastrophic accident with potentially life-threatening wounds while a person with HIV experiences the same trauma along with you.
Got it, phew. So even IF there had been some residual blood on the grater and I came into contact with it when it pierced my skin I’m safe? I just want to make sure you understood that I DID BLEED a little bit enough to warrant a bandaid on it.
Also would the same apply to wet blood on an object? Like if an object had fresh blood on it? I just want to understand so in the future I don’t panic.
This is not the type of thing that is a risk regardless as air inactivates the virus and we don't get hiv from objects including a grater. No risk. The only ways anyone gets HIV is to have unprotected vaginal or anal sex or to share IV needles with someone to inject drugs. Air and saliva inactivate the virus. Just cutting yourself on an item used communally does NOT transmit HIV
You are just repeating the same question in a different way. Read my reply again and tell me whether your wound qualifies as catastrophic and life-threatening.
No it doesn’t but then again, I don’t understand the contradiction. On the one hand you’re both saying objects in the environment can’t transfer hiv but then you’re also claiming the wounds have to be severe and in that case bloody objects in the environment can be a risk??
You did not have a risk for HIV, that's the bottom line. Curfew was just illustrating that when you read about wounds, it's never your every day wound like you had. Curfew agrees that you won't get HIV from a shared kitchen object, EVER.
NO. Objects are NEVER a risk. I'm talking about something like a major car accident where both passengers end up extremely bloody and on top of each other, with active bloodflow co-mingling. I'm not even sure if that event has ever happened, or ever resulted in HIV transmission, but it is the only plausible scenario in which wounds could theoretically lead to HIV infection. The chance of something like this happening (involving at least 2 serodiscordant individuals) are ASTRONOMICAL, and you should waste no time at all thinking about it.
Don't have unprotected anal/vaginal intercourse with someone who is HIV+ or whose HIV status is unknown to you, and don't share intravenous drug needles, and you will never have to worry about HIV.
Don't have unprotected anal/vaginal intercourse with someone who is HIV+ or whose HIV status is unknown to you, and don't share intravenous drug needles, and you will never have to worry about HIV.
Hi, I just need clarification on window period. I feel like I may have miscalculated. Is it 3 months aka 90 days after the date you had unprotected sex? So for eg. If I had unprotected sex on January 1st, my 3 months is on 1st April? On another website Poz Forum, it was written that when you test for hiv after 3 months and it’s negative, it means that you were technically negative 3 months before the test. Meaning it reflects your status of 3 months ago. But 3 months ago I was already negative so I don’t get it. I mean if I test on 1st april, it would mean I was negative on 1st January? But when I had unprotected sex on 1st January I knew I was negative because I had never had unprotected sex before that. Ahh I’m just very confused about the window period.
I meant to write *combo test not convo
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