
I Had Girlfriend Two Years Ago, She Was On Contraceptive

Do a 4th generation HIV test.
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I read your query and here is my advice.
Shingles is not a sexually transmitted disease and can't be transmitted with intercourse.
Shingles is caused by varicella zoster virus the same virus which causes the chickenpox when you were a kid. The virus stays dormant in nerves and may burst time to time not to everyone.
You have probably been informed wrong because shingles us not a symptom of HIV. They are completely different infections, diseases.
HIV doesn't show in total blood count, biochemical blood balance or urine tests that you normally do in hospital or when you test for diabetes.
To get tested for HIV you should do a 4 th generation test . Or you better do STD test to check for the rest of diseases.
Hope I have answered the question.
Let me know if I can assist you further.

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