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Can HIV Be Contracted Through Intercourse?

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Posted on Mon, 19 Jan 2015
Question: sir ..

i had sex with an sex worker and the condom slipped out..and i was very much afraid and asked the sex worker,she showed me a testing book from the government showing that she was periodically test for hiv ..im scared out of my life plz help... i have been testing for hiv using tri dot method which is the only test available in my place this happened on october 31st and i have test on the 1(after 7days),2(after14days),5 (after 35days),7(after 49days) weeks all the test results came back negative and also i had vdrl n hsbag test after 49 days which all came back negative...plzx help me in not to keep my mind at peace im very much scared ..and dont know what to do ..plz plzz help m,e
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Answered by Dr. Deepika Patil (24 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
get tested after 3months of exposure

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome to Healthcaremagic.

I read your query and understand your concern.

Since the sex worker has shown you a government book that she is HIV negative, then you don't have to worry.

As you have still doubt I would suggest you to get tri dot test repeated after 3 months of exposure. Tri dot test is accurate after 3 months of exposure. Before that the results are not taken as accurate.

If you can't wait till then (due to anxiety which is obvious) then you may go to nearby bigger city and get HIV RNA test. This will give accurate results after 2 weeks of exposure. Since 7 weeks are over, it will give you 100% accurate result. This test is more accurate than tri dot test.

Hope I have answered your query. If any further queries are there I would love to help.

Regards
Dr.Deepika Patil
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Can HIV Be Contracted Through Intercourse?

Brief Answer: get tested after 3months of exposure Detailed Answer: Hi, Welcome to Healthcaremagic. I read your query and understand your concern. Since the sex worker has shown you a government book that she is HIV negative, then you don't have to worry. As you have still doubt I would suggest you to get tri dot test repeated after 3 months of exposure. Tri dot test is accurate after 3 months of exposure. Before that the results are not taken as accurate. If you can't wait till then (due to anxiety which is obvious) then you may go to nearby bigger city and get HIV RNA test. This will give accurate results after 2 weeks of exposure. Since 7 weeks are over, it will give you 100% accurate result. This test is more accurate than tri dot test. Hope I have answered your query. If any further queries are there I would love to help. Regards Dr.Deepika Patil