Question: Hi Doctor

I am not sure if you remember our conversation was about 6 weeks ago, I had an exposure with a woman involving deep kissing, i did have a cut on my mouth but no blood, I was advised by you not to worry and for a peace of mind to do another test at 12 weeks, I did a Test for all STDS (chlamydia, Gonorrhea,syphilis), they came back negative, I also did a test for the following:

Hepatitis B Antigen- 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 9.5 weeks and 12 weeks - NOT DETECTED
Hepatitis C Antibodies- 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 9.5 weeks and 12 weeks - NOT DETECTED
HIV Test - 12 weeks - NEGATIVE

I have a question, is 84 days conclusive for Hepatitis B, some sources say 6 months, , However my doctor and the CDC website stated 3 months is more than enough time for the antigen to have shown up by now

from my understanding according to wikipedia the reason why some people say 6 months is because they are referring to the period that elapses during HBsAg to HBsAb seroconversion, i.e. between the disappearance of surface antigen (HBsAg) from serum and the appearance of HBsAb (anti-HBs), if am correct?

Regards XXXXXXX

Hi Doctor

Thanks for the reply, the reason I asked this is because 2-3 weeks after the exposure, i developed joint pain in fingers, toes, elbows, knees, everywhere

I developed purplelike blood vessel vein appearing on my fingers, a small purple line rash which stayed for week on my stomach and phlegm with very tiny squiggly blood

I did a full blood test, for liver and kidney, everything was in normal range Inflammation test for C-reactive protein, ESR and UREA and URIC acid, they were all fine

but the test for ANA was 1:160 (speckled pattern) does this mean i could have an autoimmune disease? I am not sure what is actually causing this joint pain, it all started after exposure with the woman, i was fine before this, what do you think it could be, its been 12 weeks now with joint pain

Regards XXXXXXX