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Should I Go For HIV Tests Again?
hello sir i had sex with a sex worker in bangkok i am from india an when i wen there i had with her also oral and unprotected sex as soon as a week i started getting pain in my legs and also some worms kind of running in my legs and pams......after 3 days of it i started getting rash on my face like betterfly also it was burning and iching small blisters in hands and feet which went of on its own in 3 to 4 days so i went to the dr an he told me to take a pcr test for hiv which came negative after 14 days..........but now i have stomach problems i feel my spleen is enlarged i get a nerve pain in my gorn also i am scared can it be hiv or any stds........which tests do u advice me to do again?
Wed, 28 May 2014
Hello,
Thanks for the consult...
Brief answer,
Moderate to severe chance of risk exposed to hiv
Detailed answer,
1. I seen your query and you mentioned that you had unprotected vaginal and oral sex with a aexual worker
2. The result came as negative just 14 days of possible risk exposure
3. To get an accurate result of ELISA the test should be more than 25 days of exposure.
4. If you want know the hiv status kindly do the RNA polymerase test which gives result from 1-3 weeks of risk exposure
5. The confirmation test is by the WESTERN BLOT test which usually done at the end of 6th week
6. The chance of getting hiv is more in your case and the symptoms are looking more like Acute Retroviral Symptoms (ARS) due to unprotected sex
Hope this information helps
Thanks for the consult...
Brief answer,
Moderate to severe chance of risk exposed to hiv
Detailed answer,
1. I seen your query and you mentioned that you had unprotected vaginal and oral sex with a aexual worker
2. The result came as negative just 14 days of possible risk exposure
3. To get an accurate result of ELISA the test should be more than 25 days of exposure.
4. If you want know the hiv status kindly do the RNA polymerase test which gives result from 1-3 weeks of risk exposure
5. The confirmation test is by the WESTERN BLOT test which usually done at the end of 6th week
6. The chance of getting hiv is more in your case and the symptoms are looking more like Acute Retroviral Symptoms (ARS) due to unprotected sex
Hope this information helps
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