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I would like to add one more thing in your comment above you mentioned "the risk is always going to be lower to the insertive partner than to the receptive partner" from reading through the web and other sources I have to say I regret my risky behavior and we should never ever rely on any statistics I was foolish before!!!
I also understood that HIV combo test are reliable at 4-6 weeks after infection and at anytime after correct me if I am wrong but if this is the case I think this test should be encouraged so people can tested regardless what the very conservative Window period ( 3 month - 90 days ).
Keep the good Work
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To use an example...the statistic we use for extimated per-act risk by exposure route for unprotected insertive (i.e., being the top) anal intercourse with a partner KNOWN to carry the virus is 6.5 per 10,000 exposures.
For unprotected receptive anal intercourse (again with a partner KNOWN to carry the virus) the estimated risk increases to 50 per 10,000 exposures.
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Your results were quite accurate. You are HIV negative. There is absolutely no doubt about this.
How do I know this? Two reasons
1. Remember that oral sex in itself carries an unbelievably low risk of HIV transmission (even assuming any of your partners were positive in the first place).
2. If you were infected a decade ago, you would, by now, be "enjoying" the full blown symptoms of AIDS; hard to miss.
Yeast (and bacteria) both naturally reside in the vaginal tract of every woman. The vagina isn't a sterile environment. If one or other of these tends to grow a bit, the result is a yeast (or bacterial) infection. Depressingly common by the way.
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i think i am exposed to hiv/aids, i am always having stomach discomfort, no appetite, and a slight or little headache that comes and goes, then 2 days ago i had skin discolouring at my back close to my neck, and a little sore throat, though sometimes when i stop smoking for a while and come back to it, i always have this sore throat. and now i think a lotView Thread
Folks often worry about all sorts of strange scenarios regarding transmission that just never happen.
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I've read a lot of your responses to other posters and I value your opinion.
I've come to learn that oral tests may take a bit longer than blood tests to detect antibodies but after 8 weeks or more they are just as accurate as a lab test.
The higher rate of false tests can be attributed to user error as you have stated and I realize that amongst the "general" population some folks may have reading comprehension issues, mental issues or are just plainly not too bright.
I mean, the insert in the OraQuick even tells people NOT to drink the fluid!!!
The window period of three months is highlighted in capital letters!
Even a pencil is provided to mark the start time of the test....talk about "idiot" proof!
To my understanding the oral fluids test has been used since 2004 and the newly released home version is essentially the same .
I just needed some additional reassurance and again I would like to thank you.View Thread
i just nervous i think.View Thread
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As we've said many times, testing beats symptoms each and every time...and heavens, you've had so many tests that you should be receiving Christmas cards from the company that puts these out....with each and every one of them showing the exact same negative result.
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These are the statistics we use for various sexual encounters (and since you indicated you did "everything" I'll include oral and both receptive and insertive anal intercourse).
For oral sex (both giving and receiving), unprotected oral sex carries an estimated risk of .5 to 1 per 10,000 exposures with a source KNOWN to carry the virus.
For unprotected insertive anal intercourse, 6.5 per 10,000 exposures.
For unprotected receptive anal intercourse, 50 per 10,000 exposures.
Again, these are all with partners KNOWN to carry the virus. Since you cannot confirm your partners status, your risk would, statistically, be less.
While 3 months (90 days) is the recommended time period for testing, the vast majority of newly infected folks (up to 95 percent) will have enough antibodies present by 25 days post transmission to test positive using current screening tests. Often those who can't wait for the three month mark will test at this time period, then retest at 90 days.
Your chances of contracting HIV from these events are, of course, all dependant on whether any or all of these partners carried the virus. If none of them did they could not, of course, infect you with something they didn't have.
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Being an analytical person, everything in me says trust the facts; however, she told me that the staff at PP told her that I was the first person in her "risk window, and the 3.5-4 month test simply confirmed the prior test (shortly before me)" so of course that has left me a wreck waiting to get blood work done, and obviously what led me to this original post (OraQuick Accuracy), since I tested twice with it. I'm sure the staff at PP were leaning on the side of doing the right thing and making sure everyone even possible gets tested; however, that seems a bit aggressive on the window.View Thread
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You are so right and I would like to say I know you get a lot of the same type of questions. I've looked over the board for a while now and you always answer in a courteous and professional way and I am sure I speak for the board when I say we can't thank you enough!
You are right, I swore I saw rashes last night and woke up this morning with nothing. You realize that you may have done something very stupid and you start to look over your entire sexual history and let's be honest, we all haven't used protection when we should have. It makes you even more concerned.
so for now, I'll just try and relax, wait until the 90 day mark and take a test. Fingers crossed it is negative.
Thank you again Gail and have a great holiday weekend!View Thread
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Even IF the person drinking the beer was HIV positive AND the shard happened to contain their saliva, saliva in a positive person does not contain the virus.
I'm curious as to why you believe a shard of glass from a half filled broken beer bottle would contain saliva in the first place? It would be wet from the leftover beer.
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