I had a unsafe sex with a call girl. Its
been past 6 months from now. My health is
normal as it was previously except for
cough which had been there from past 3
years because of using cigarrates.
Can you tell me whether I am HIV free. How
much time it takes for a person to get to
know about it with out undergoing blood
test. More over what are the other
symptons and normally how much time it
takes for one to know about it.
You can do an HIV-test right after the
risky sexual behavior. This test serves to
find out if you were infected BEFORE the
risky sexual event. Then you should do
another HIV-test 3 months after the risky
sex. After any HIV-infection, the body
needs several weeks to create antibodies
(seroconversion) against the HIV-antigens.
The period when the body is infected with
HIV but antibodies are not created yet is
called the “window”-period. That
period can last a different amount of time
in different people but, it is believed
that 3 months is enough time for most of
the infected people.
A blood test will determine if a person is
infected or not. First symptoms are
flu-like and are very unspecific. In many
people, after the flu-like symptoms, their
body recovers and has no symptoms although
there is HIV-infection present. That is
the so called “asymptomatic period”.
This period can last different amounts of
time in different people. The first
serious symptoms that may assume
HIV-infection are prolonged diarrhea,
generalized swollen lymph nodes, weight
loss, prolonged fever, etc. These symptoms
are also not specific but can direct us to
do some medical investigations including
HIV-test. Finally, when the body’s
immune system has completely crashed,
symptoms of various infections dominate.
You SHOULD perform an HIV test as soon as
possible!!!
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