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Swollen Lymph Nodes And Worried About Getting Infected By HIV
hi please help me I m 18 and i don t want to live if i am hiv positive i was negative after 12 week but i have swollen lymph nodes in my neck but its not too much my doctor told me maybe its because u are new cigarate smoker what should i do i cannot wait till 6 month my life is going to be hell i had condom but my condom was broken and i inject in her vagina
Sat, 5 May 2012
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Dr. A. Chakravarthy,
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Dear friend,
Thanks for the query in HCM
when was your exposure?
You can do a RT-PCR test which is a costly test which is sensitive even 6 weeks after the exposure.
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck may be a symptom of any infection of teeth, scalp or mouth etc. Hence do not correlate with HIV infection.
regards
Dr A CHAKRAVARTHY
Consultant in Reproductive & Sexual Medicine
Member, Internationa AIDS Society
Thanks for the query in HCM
when was your exposure?
You can do a RT-PCR test which is a costly test which is sensitive even 6 weeks after the exposure.
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck may be a symptom of any infection of teeth, scalp or mouth etc. Hence do not correlate with HIV infection.
regards
Dr A CHAKRAVARTHY
Consultant in Reproductive & Sexual Medicine
Member, Internationa AIDS Society
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