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Possibilities Of HIV Without Proper Ejaculation And The Symptoms?

About 20 days ago I had unprotected sex with a guy who I don t know of s hiv status. 17 days after it happened I got tested with an Elisa test and it came back negative. I m having a really slight sore throat but I m not sure if it s real or if I m psyching myself out. I m going to retest at the month mark but I just want to know how accurate my first hiv test was because I m afraid I m going to freak myself out more and cause more symptoms that may or may not be real. And how likely is it that you may even get hiv after one encounter if the guy didn t ejaculate inside you?
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
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Hello dear,

First of all, HIV cannot be diagnosed only with the basis of symptoms.
The symptoms as mentioned in your post can be due to common cold or upper respiratory tract infection which can be relieved with symptomatic management or a course of antibiotics.
Kindly consult your General Physician & start treatment as advised.

The chances of acquiring HIV occurs in 2 cases:
1. If your partner is affected with HIV
2. If there is any cut/raw surface in your mucosa through which the infection can spread.

If the above mentioned criteria doesn't hold true for your case, then there is no need to worry about getting HIV.

However, to relieve your concern, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive.
Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR.
So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe.

Wishing you a good health.
Take care.
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Possibilities Of HIV Without Proper Ejaculation And The Symptoms?

Hello dear, First of all, HIV cannot be diagnosed only with the basis of symptoms. The symptoms as mentioned in your post can be due to common cold or upper respiratory tract infection which can be relieved with symptomatic management or a course of antibiotics. Kindly consult your General Physician & start treatment as advised. The chances of acquiring HIV occurs in 2 cases: 1. If your partner is affected with HIV 2. If there is any cut/raw surface in your mucosa through which the infection can spread. If the above mentioned criteria doesn t hold true for your case, then there is no need to worry about getting HIV. However, to relieve your concern, you can undergo certain tests like p24 assay or PCR for HIV, which becomes positive within a week and are almost 100 % sensitive. Even the presence of a single virus in the body can be detected by PCR. So, if this test comes negative, you can be sure that you are safe. Wishing you a good health. Take care.