Please Help Me, Is This Possible Hiv Infection Posted: 03-10-07 11:20am
Help me please, I am at my wits end.
Please if there is a person who has
experience in this or a doc please, please
help me! I am worry all the time it is
hard to sleep, eat or function. It is a
very long story but I will give you the
short version. Last July 06 after three
encounters with three separate girls 1 in
February 06 (a Asian girl) 1 in April 06,
and 1 in June 06,; I started having,
muscle pains, white tongue, aching lymph
nodes , chronic ear ache, burning or
searing feeling in the throat(feel like a
sore throat but doc says I have no sore
throat) no fever, no diarrhea.
I went to the doctor, who said not to
worry. I did worry so I went and got
tested using the standard elisa test at 3
weeks from the last possible exposure to
HIV, it was negative. Knowing I was still
in the window period I tried to wait but
could not. I paid to have a PCR Qualified
DNA done at 58 days, from the last
exposure the site said the result was
conclusive, which was also negative.
After talking to the CDC whom told me such
tests are not an approved diagnostic for
determining your HIV status; I waited
until 13 weeks and tested again using the
Oral Quick Rapid test, approved by the
CDC, it was negative. I was relieved but
my symptoms persisted.
I started going to see a shrink who says I
am OCD about the whole thing. I think I
have reason to worry. I waited until 23
weeks, counting very day, trying to be
positive about the whole deal. Using the
same test, “Oral Quick”, the rest was
negative. But this time the clinic used
the swab method, I was unsure of the
results. Yet, held my self together until
I was 7 months (Jan 07) from the last
possible exposure. I tested at the Laguna
Beach clinic using both the Elisa test and
the Oral Quick finger prick method, both
came back negative. GREAT! I am done! I am
done!
Most of the symptom have subsided, I still
have a sore throat feeling, fungi “what
ever” on my groin area, feels like a
rash but no visible sign of one. My skin
burns in small spots, my forearms, face,
my legs and arms muscles ache all the
time, red little bumps on my chest, and a
white tongue from time to time. I had a
fever last week for three days, never
before had that!
I tested again at 8 months March 07 using
oral quick, negative! Now today I have a
rash all over my chest and stomach. Like I
said I had a fever on Monday and this rash
on Weds- Thursday, still have sore throat,
and aching muscles.
My question is, WHAT IS THIS? Is it
possible that I have been exposed to a
sub-type of HIV that is not picked up with
the standard antibody tests? Do the tests
today pick all sub-types? Some HIV website
say not all subtypes are picked up. The
CDC was vague at best when I asked them.
The clinic that gave me the PCR test way
back in August 22,06 says that test would
have picked up the HIV virus replication
if I had HIV not matter what types it was.
Is this true?
I really need some relief from this, I can
not live like this. I have never been sick
before and now I feel like poop all the
time. Please help me! PLEASE!
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homerx
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Posted: 06-03-08 17:58pm
You do sound OCD. Maybe you should post
under the Anxiety forum? Just a
thought..be glad you don't have HIV/AIDS,
it isn't a walk in the park....