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Q: 6 Month Test
asked by: quintonmed on June 11th, 2007
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Iwanted to know if my fear of being infected with HIV are warranted. On Jan. 7 2007 i was in Douala, Cameroon which is in Africa. I was drinking a little and stupidly went to a prostitute which I normally would not do. We had protectedvaginal intercourse for about 5-10 minutes. She had streched the condom a little but it had no visible holes in it. During that time I realized that the condom was not lubricated. I felt the condom which I assume had the lady vaginal fluids on it and with the same hand I stupidly licked that hand to put saliva and lubricate the condom. I did not ejaculate. Afterwords I washed my penis with water but i think i rubbed it with the same hand i licked. Right after i was done i was scared out of my mind that i had HIV. On thursday Jan 18. 2007 I developed a diahrrea. I was hoping it was from something i ate. 2 weeks to the day I went to the prostitute, I got a fever for about 12 hours. I was going crazy because i was hoping not to get a fever. I read that diarrhea can cause fever but it never has happened to me before. The same day i was leaving to go back to America. Then while in the plane I felt the feeling like I was cathching a cold. It is the same feeling I always get when I get a cold. However i never had a fever preceding it. I kept feeling my lymph nodes to see if they were swollen and I think they were. Those were the only symptoms felt. I had the sore throat for two days. And the fever for about 12 hours. I wanted to know if i could have been infected with the hand i licked and got HIV from my mouth. I am very scared and thats all i think about. I know Africans have the highest HIV infected rate. i took a Oraquick and ELISA test which cam out negative at 3 months April 9.Do my symptoms sound like HIV-2? Does Ora Quick and ELISA detect HIV-2? Does anyone know that stats of people who test HIV positive at six months after testing negative at 3 months? Also about four or five days before Jan 7 i got sick because i drank bad water. Would that have messed up my immune system causing mye not to create antibodies by 13 weeks? aslso I haave been feeling a little under the weather lately.
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Llewellyn
replied on June 11th, 2007
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Every time you have sex with someone without knowing for sure that they are negative, you are taking a risk. While condoms help reduce the risk, they do not eliminate it completely.

I would not worry too much about your symptoms. Those could be symptoms of many things, not just HIV. In fact, many people do not have symptoms that early. Many people have no symptoms when they test positive. Some have no symptoms for ten years.

Most people will accurately test within three months. In rare cases, it will not show up until six months or more after the encounter. So chances are, if you had a negative test at three months, you are negative. However, testing again at six months would be a good idea just to make sure.
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