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Low CD4, OHL, Depression, elisa Negative at 8 week...

My sincere request to please respond [br>[br>1. On 3rd March 2013 my barber made a cut at back of my...

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My sincere request to please respond [br>[br>1. On 3rd March 2013 my barber made a cut at back of my neck, at same time I noticed bleeding on his hand, he said same blade cut him as well. Before cut me he cut his hand. [br>[br>2. I google it and found it low risk but started monitoring myself [br>[br>3. Around 2 weeks 15 March- noticed small red dots on tip on my tongue and small round pimples at both my lip joints. Both still exist. I thought it is Herpes but it never converted to a pimple so far neither it hurts. After noticing this I got scared and now I am under constant depression since then. [br>[br>4. After guidance from internet I did following tests [br>[br>a. CD4 on 15th day Count was LOW- 380 [br>Absolute Lymphocyte 1245 [range 990-3150> [br>CD3 Total T 76 [59-83> [br>Absolute CD3 941 [677-2383> [br>CD4 Helper T 30 [31-59> [br>CD4 Absolute 380 [424-1509> [br>[br>b. RNA PCR Quantitative on 12th and 17th day- all NEGATIVE [br>c. Blood test ELISA "Antibody+P24 Antigen" on 14th, 28th, 35th, 40th, 54th Day -all NEGATIVE [br>[br>So far I have not got any FEVER but some chills, light sore throat, light muscle pain, light joint pains, light neck stiffness but all comes and goes without FEVER. [br>[br>I know conclusion will come after 13 weeks test but can someone please guide on my condition for following questions [br>[br>1. RNA PCR Quantitative is not approved for diagnosis, so this test at 17 days has no significance, result was "Target not detected". [br>[br>2. Can my CD4 380 be due to depression? [br>[br>3. Now I have OHL like symptoms, can OHL be there without HIV, due to bad immune system? [br>[br>4. Can my Antibody Creation [no Fever, no large Lymph nodes which appear when body start fight> be delayed due to my depression which suppressed my immune system due to depression [br>[br>God BlessView Thread

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HIV Seroconversion and Hypothyroidism

Hello. Would having untreated Hypothyroidism affect the seroconversion of HIV? Would an 8 week test still be...

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Cunnilingus & HIV

Between 3rd March 2013 to 14th March 2013 I had protected vaginal sex 4 times with with a CSW. On 14th March...

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Hiv immunity

I have a good reasons to believe that i have Hiv immunity. Any advice for next steps? Thank you.

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OCD HYPOCHONDRIA OF HIV.. please help!

okay so I'll try to make my long story as short as possible I have been afraid of HIV since I learned about...

Posted by An_251638

okay so I'll try to make my long story as short as possible
I have been afraid of HIV since I learned about it when I was 8 years old.
I've been a hypochondriac most of my life, suffering from alot of anxiety and depression to the extreme, but lately my hypochondria is out of control.

Basically, my fear of HIV sparked back up a few years ago, I met my now fiance, and we had unprotected sex because I trusted him, etc.
I went to my gynocologist and got all std testing done EXCEPT hiv because it scares me so much. she asked me if I had unprotected sex before and I told her I did with my boyfriend and she was making it seem like I had the disease or something and must get tested at once
I ran out the office hysterically crying, my childhood fear was brought back up.
This was almost 3 years ago. To this day I am so physically and mentally afraid.

My fiance took the oraquick tests a few times and they came out negative.
I still dont believe it.

In my neck, I can feel a couple of small moveable lymphnodes

I can sometimes feel them in my arms where your arms bend in that space if I press hard enough

I'm constantly looking for them. I've been able to feel them for almost 2 years now, because I started researching about HIV so much and everywhere I read was lymphnodes lymphnodes
I didnt even know what lymphnodes are! but I looked into them and found out every single please where they were in your body and started feeling them everywhere
one day my entire body was hurting in EVERY spot my lymphnodes are supposed to be located, literally throbbing.
I couldnt feel anything at the time but maybe because I was so new to it that I didnt know how, and now I do?
But that pain lasted about 4 days, it was the worst time of my life,
I went to the doctor and she said it was probably just a cold/virus, it was in the winter time.

My thing is, If I dont have HIV then why can i feel small lymphnodes thoughout my body?
Can stress and always thinking about it make them palpable?
God I hope so.
My therapist says you can make anything hurt in your body with your mind, like if you think really hard about your foot hurting itll start hurting,
but can your mind make your lymph nodes swell??
some doctors and people tell me that thats not even swollen, but I've read some doctors say If you an feel them at all they are swollen!
I am so scared
knock on wood I havent had even a fever in yearssss I mean since I was in middle school or something
I just dont understand what is going on with me, I'm sorry if I sound phsychotic or immature but I cant escape this I know the only answer is to get tested but I am truly not ready for that right now, I am way too fearful.

any insight would be helpful

thank you and god bless.View Thread

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Take the Poll

Can you feel any lyph nodes in your body regularly without being sick??

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Stress to The Max !!

Hello , me and my Husband are trying to have a baby so we went to the dr and he got test me HIV he came back...

Posted by An_251630

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Stress to The Max !!

Hello , me and my Husband are trying to have a baby so we went to the dr and he got test me HIV he came back...

Posted by An_251630

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Unprotected Oral Sex

Hi Gail, How are you doing. I had unprotected oral sex with a CSW wherein she gave me a BJ & I also...

Posted by vphuket

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HIV

Dear all, 10 days back I was engaged in an unprotected anal activity, the whole insetion was less than 30...

Posted by An_251603

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Can a papercut make you possible to contract HIV?

Please help me ease my growing anxiety! Around 2 weeks ago I gave a handjob to someone I knew. He did not...

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Seroconversion questions

Hi everyone, I made a mistake awhile ago and have done an EIA twice. One 9 months after and one about 15...

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Made a mistake

49 days ago I had unprotected oral sex with a stripper. I thought nothing of it as I thought there was no...

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Needle prick

I am heterosexual and engage in monogamous, unprotected sex with my partner and we've both been tested. I'm...

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OraQuick test results

I had a risk event back in July of 2012 and have been so nervous of HIV. I never really experienced symptoms...

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aids information ?

can HIV/AIDS be trasmitted through a drinking glass ?

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aids information ?

can HIV/AIDS be trasmitted through a drinking glass ?

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HIV confirmed

PLHIV- FACING YOUR DEATH "I could not see anymore the bright future ahead of me anymore. The only future I...

Posted by DownedWorld

PLHIV- FACING YOUR DEATH
"I could not see anymore the bright future ahead of me anymore. The only future I see is death."
My vision suddenly darkened when I heard from the doctor that I had HIV. I cried the time he had given me the bad news. That was the darkest part of my life, well, maybe that was just next to my father's death. I froze. I did not even know what to do. "I will commit suicide", I said. That was the first thing that came out from my mind. I remembered my family. I had changed my mind. It was the time that I realized that I was already facing death. We are facing death everyday until we die.

I am a Filipino, 21 years old living in a poor city in Cebu, Philippines. I am taking up Bachelor of Science in Customs Administration. I have so many dreams in life but all of them are just falling down right in front of me. I want to graduate, to be a licensed customs broker, to be an employee in the Bureau of Customs or even to be a teacher in the university I will be graduating from, someday if there is someday. Thinking of my dreams is just so heavenly but the moment I think about my disease, all of those dreams are just nonsense-useless because I am dying. That is all what I am thinking about.

I was diagnosed with HIV just this July 2013. I, together with my closest friend, went to a center that provided free service for testing. Unfortunately, we both received a positive result. We cried to each other's unfortunate life. That was not the first time I got tested. I was tested last March 2013 and the result said I was negative. I did test in March since I felt strange in my body. Before I felt strange, I had unprotected sex with 3 different bisexual men in February 2013. One to two weeks after the intercourse, I felt like I was having flu-like symptoms but without a fever that lasted for a month. I always felt tired all the time. My head was aching. I had backaches, fatigue, chills, etc. which lasted for a month. I was suffering from general illness. I really thought I still carry the virus since I still felt so sickly so I decided to take another test in July. That was the month that had changed my life forever. I keep on asking now if I should have to continue pursuing my studies since I already got infected. Can I live longer like 10 years or 20 years? I do not know the answer. Only God knows.

My story is to be continued next time. If you are newly diagnosed positive for HIV or had it for quite long time, feel free to email me at flix_143@yahoo.com . Let us learn from our mistakes.View Thread

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HELP!!

I took a Rapid HIV test after two months exposure and it was negative in the clinic. Should I trust those...

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HELP!!

I had a Rapid HIV test done after two months of exposure and it was negative. I am really freaking out. I...

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Kids around HIV positive person

Is it ok for others to be around of a person who has HIV positive? What should we be careful with?

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HIV-4 (?)

I am a nursing student in my sophomore year. We have a group project to complete on HIV-4. I have searched...

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Help!

Hello, I am a 25 year old Englishman living in Shenzhen, China. Last Monday (01.04.13) I visited a massage...

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accuracy of oraquick rapid

Hi Gail, i had an oraquick done a couple of weeks ago because i was told by the state that someone reported...

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Given oral to HIV positive person risk?

Ive given oral to somone with HIV, they didnt tell me until after. although they did not ejaculate during oraI...

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Help us find unique ways to help you quit smoking!

We are medical students at the University of Kansas Medical Center studying the connection between...

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9 weeks test negative accuracy?

Hi I am 18 years old male heterosexual . Almost 10 weeks ago i had a gay encounter with an older person....

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Worries, symptoms. Test again?

Hi again, I posted a discussion here a few weeks ago titled "A year and a half and worried, help". I'm just...

Posted by An_250891

Hi again, I posted a discussion here a few weeks ago titled "A year and a half and worried, help". I'm just super stressed again thinking about my screw up so wanted to get a little more support and advice.
I've done a ton of digging and researching online. Lately, to check on the accuracy of the tests I took. It seems from the research I've done that at 3 months post exposure 97% of people have detectable amounts of antibodies. At 6 months, 99.7% or higher have detectable amounts of antibodies. After the 6 months I've seen only a handful take longer, usually because of some other medical condition. Never over a year though.
This figures make me confident in my status for when I got tested.
What doesn't make me confident in my status are the accuracy of the tests I took and some symptoms I have.
My 1st test was done 8-9.5 months after, they took some blood out of my arm and I got the results a few days later. Negative. (I'm not sure what test they did, but I'm guessing it was ELISA, I'm checking tomorrow to ask them.)
My 2nd test was done 13-15 months after, it was a rapid finger prick test. Negative.
My 3rd test was done 17-19 months after, it was an Oraquick mouth test. The vile was empty cause the cap got knocked off while in the bag still so I poured the liquid from the bag to the vile. Result, Negative.
My 4th test I did two or three weeks later cause I thought I screwed up my 3rd test so I wanted to retest. Negative again.
For almost everyone else this many tests and the large amount of time after the exposure would clear up most people's worries. But a lot of mine are still here.
After doing a lot of research online I looked for false negative percentages of these tests.
ELISA is .3% to 1%
Oraquick is about 8%
the finger prick was said to be better than an Oral rapid test. I never found a percentage so maybe 5% or so. idk.
Oraquick tested 4,999 people, their accuracy: 4,902 out of 4,903 correctly reported a negative result. 96 people had HIV, 8 had a false negative result. So out of 4,910 people who tested negative only 8 had HIV. This is the least accurate test I took.
Seeing this I'm wondering so where does the error come from? The test itself or the person performing it, screwing it up? Do the errors come during the window period maybe? I'm guessing these percentages for the most part are when people have detectable antibodies but the test fails to give a positive result.
Alot of these stats help me, but some just make me more skeptical. I slept with an "escort". It was a long drive, when I got there I asked her if she had an STDs I should worry about. She was furious I asked her and didn't tell me anything. From my stupidity and long drive I went through with it, I got so nervous about her my dick went flaccid and the condom slipped off to an extent. Not sure how much of me got exposed.
It's hard for me to say exactly when, but several weeks later I got sick. I remember having a bad fever and possibly cold symptoms. Not sure of any other symptoms. It lasted for several days. Then it happened again like two weeks later. The same thing. I know I had just started exercising again, not really washed my hands good at a germy gym but it looks a lot like ARS.
Some weird symptoms I've been getting for a good year now. My body temperature used to be really low, like a little above 96 degrees. After these last 2 years it is now like upper 97 degrees. It swings usually from lower 97 to mid 98. I never really get the chills of a fever. I just feel really hot when others think the temp is normal. This is my biggest symptom. Another thing I've noticed. If I get a small amount of sleep, like 4-5 hours frequently I'll get diarrhea for the 1st 3 hours or so I'm awake. Usually 3 episodes of running to the bathroom. About 4 months ago after weight lifting frequently I got a fungal infection on my arm. Still partially there.View Thread

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How Soon can hiv symptoms show up

I had a unprotected sex with a prostitute. with in 5 mins i cleaned my organ with the urine. after one day when...

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Oraquick

Hi, I'm a little concerned and need some advice, About a year ago I had casual sex with a long time friend....

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