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hiv equivocal result
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Please help I am on the verge of collapsing.
June 20th I had unprotected oral sex with a CSW for about 25 mins then protected Vaginal Sex for about 3 mins.
June 23 I went for an std test. It came back 2 days later as equivocal for antibodies, negative for P24. The nurse who spoke to me insisted that this should be fine but then also insisted that I come in for a re-test.
I am so scared that I have HIV as I have had HIV tests before and have never had this result ever.
Please advise, please!
Please help I am on the verge of collapsing.
June 20th I had unprotected oral sex with a CSW for about 25 mins then protected Vaginal Sex for about 3 mins.
June 23 I went for an std test. It came back 2 days later as equivocal for antibodies, negative for P24. The nurse who spoke to me insisted that this should be fine but then also insisted that I come in for a re-test.
I am so scared that I have HIV as I have had HIV tests before and have never had this result ever.
Please advise, please!
"Please I need a proper assessment not a casual dismissal. I need to know why this result was equivocal and not straight negative as usual. I need to know what could have caused this and what risk I'm putting my loved ones at."
These are complicated scientific questions -- you can't expect a community forum, without professional experts, to answer them. That's why people have doctors. Visit yours. In the meantime, it remains very unlikely you have HIV.
These are complicated scientific questions -- you can't expect a community forum, without professional experts, to answer them. That's why people have doctors. Visit yours. In the meantime, it remains very unlikely you have HIV.
Look I understand why you're saying no risk. It was unprotected oral but it was vigorous and lengthy and then there was protected penetration.
I have done a lot of reading today and it seems that equivocal result is recommended to be seen by a specialist urgently because someone who gets this result may be seroconverting.
Please I need a proper assessment not a casual dismissal. I need to know why this result was equivocal and not straight negative as usual. I need to know what could have caused this and what risk I'm putting my loved ones at.
I feel like.im going to jump off a cliff at the idea of having been so careful all these years and now the possibility that I have contracted this horrible virus from a casual encounter
I have done a lot of reading today and it seems that equivocal result is recommended to be seen by a specialist urgently because someone who gets this result may be seroconverting.
Please I need a proper assessment not a casual dismissal. I need to know why this result was equivocal and not straight negative as usual. I need to know what could have caused this and what risk I'm putting my loved ones at.
I feel like.im going to jump off a cliff at the idea of having been so careful all these years and now the possibility that I have contracted this horrible virus from a casual encounter
Thank you for your response. But why is it equivocal this time when I've had about 10 others in the past and it has always been straight negative.
Could it be a sign of early infection?
Could it be a sign of early infection?
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