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Hello Doctor,
I have had my HIV test done at GUM clinic by NHS UK. The results were negative.
I am worried about the incident happed while the nurse took my blood sample
Nurse applied the Alcohol wipe and did he needle prick to collect the blood. Removed the needle and asked me to press the prick with cotton like thing I think they call it cotton gauge.
She then checked if blood was stopped hence applied the sticking band aid and asked me to lower my sleeve.
And started doing the official work like verifying by number birth date etc
I realised I was still bleeding and there was some blood down my arm. So she pressed the prick with her gloves on from top of the Band-Aid and then asked me to press it while she brought some more cotton gauge (form an open cardboard box from her shelf which had more than one Gauge)to clean the blood.
She cleaned my Arm with the gauge removed the band aid and then checked if more blood and wiped blood from the prick with the gauge which she used to clean the blood on my hand.
Then applied the band aid and assured me non infection has gone in as the blood was coming out.
2. The needle was brand new
3. Not sure if the gloves she was wearing was new as she was already wearing them when she called my name for blood test.
4. Not sure of cotton gauge used to clean blood on my arm if that was clean /uninfected.
Please advise do I have a chance of any STI infection from this episode.(HIV, Hepatise etc.)
The test was done less than 36 hours from now.
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On the 2013 new years eve at a club, a girl with dental braces on bit my lip twice while kissing and made a cut on my inner lip. Later I stopped dancing with her and saw her with 5 more guys that night! Its been 14 days since I got bit. I am really worried that I may have got HIV because I am kinda feeling sick. Please let me know the possibilities.View Thread
So I stupidly had a one night stand with a partner of unknown status. We had oral and penile-vaginal intercourse. A condom may have been used but I'm not entirely positive because we were both intoxicated.
I am well past the 3 month window (have not had any other sexual partners since) and have wanted to get tested just to ease my mind but I am so paranoid about getting a bad result that I haven't been able to bring myself to do it. I guess I am just thinking the worst.
So I have 2 questions
1) Approximately what is my risk from this one time encounter?
2) What do you think of using the at home Oraquick tests? I think taking the test at home may ease my anxiety about it.
Thank you for your help!View Thread
What are the initial symptoms of HIV and when it will appear since the suspected exposure..........?
After the initial symptoms, what will be the duration of windows period and Zero convertion..?
If some one tested Elisa and resulted Negative after 5 months of exposure is he at risk...?
Your immediate reply will be appreciated doctor..View Thread
so slowly and surely got better aftter 3 weeks but still had random spouts of fatigue and Nausea, like I felt sick but i never threw up once. I developed a yeast infection, tiredness and i was depressed. I went to the gum clinic again after 6weeks of the exposure. The lady told me im anxious and that my last results were negative etc. I told her my symptoms and she didn't even do the hiv test on me because she felt i didn't need it -_- she just spoke to me etc and told me to visit my GP.
3 months after exposure. symptoms> random spouts of tiredness, random pain in muscles, rash, slight nausea, headaches. I went to the gum clinic got tested again all results came back negative and the hiv test was the elisa 4th this was in (2012) which i think is the newest form. yet again all test came back negative. at this point the clinic referred me to the counselor of he hospital. He was no good lets just say that. My symptom were faint but still there fatigue, nausea, lack of breath temporally at one point, stinging in penis.
so come 7month after my exposure i went to get tested again. at this point I had been through bad depression of where i thought i was pulling my hair out and in some ways convinced myself I was HIV positive. I done the test in the clinic. nurse and the head nurse said to me if this come back negative its conclusive. I was expecting bad news but all test came back negative even though i still have symptom such as a really bad stinging feeling in my groin and random fevers. (the girl that i had the first encounter with does not talk to me ask i've asked her to get tested etc. at one point she did tell me she had a serious sore throat and bad fatigue)
I slowly put my mind to rest and have had sex with my new partner and she started to come up with some symptoms like fatigue,tiredness abnormal periods (she was on the pill) abdominal pains. she too has been tested and nothing has come back positive
What do I do now ?
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I would like to ask you again and please understand me because i am really worried.
4 days ago i was with some girl and we did not had sex. We were kissing, she was trying to make me hard and she grab my penis and rub on her vagina, but that was less than a minute and then i think she was sitting on my penis for some time. After that i gave her oral sex which was maybe 3-5 min maximum. Now i have some white dots on my tonsils and im really worried, i was feeling sick like 1-2 weeks ago but this drive me crazy, is there any chance of getting HIV/AIDS?
I am really really worried.
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My doctor doesn't seem to be concerned and I've seen other doctor indeed who feels the same. Is there a chance I actually do have it? Someone help me please.. I have now sleepless nights..plsss docs..View Thread
Two weeks after my partner and I had unprotected sex. I got sick again. On November 20th, my throat was bothering me again, my body was aching, my ears felt full, I was coughing, the lymph nodes in my neck were slightly swollen and I felt tired; had no energy. I went to a walk in clinic ( I was out of state visiting) and I was diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection. I was given instructions to rest, drink plenty of fluids and take some over the counter meds. After a few days, I felt better but the coughing remained. The cough was due to a tickle in my throat. It was also producinIg a lot of mucus. I also had and continue to have post nasal drip.
My partner and I had a second unprotected encounter but orally this time on December 3rd. Two weeks later on the 18th or 19th, I started feeling sick again. I had dizzy spells, my lymph nodes are swollen again (worse this time), my shoulders hurt and my ears feel full and bulgy. I saw my primary care physician on Wednesday December 19th complaining of the cough thats lasted for two months and a yeast infection. He was not too concerned that I have been coughing for two months and gave me a prescription. He checked my ears and they were fine. He checked my throat and it was fine. He gave me a prescription for diflucan for the yeast infection. I've been unable to completely get rid of this yeast infection. Upon my request, My doctor conducted an STD panel test. The results came back positive for HSV1. I thought I might have HSV1 back in August but test results conducted in August and October were both negative. The HIV results from the 19th were negative.
Based on my risky behavior and my symptoms, I am scared that I am HIV positive. It seems that I've had 3 colds in 2 months, my lymph nodes are swollen ( I can feel it when I swallow or turn my head), my neck hurts, my shoulders hurt, my ear drums feel like they are bulging, I feel nauseous, I've been feeling dizzy, this yeast infection will not go away and I feel like a headache is coming on. Furthermore, my skin began feeling itchy today. I've not had a fever but I feel hot especially around my ears.
My behavior and decision making with my partner is completely unbelievable. I've been under so much personal stress lately that my judgement is completely off. If you are willing, please help me sort through this given the symptoms that I've described. Thanks for your attention.View Thread
im just curious and im really worried and im looking for an advice
i hope u guys gonna help me. Last night i had oral sex over one girl nd she was rubbing her pu*sy on my penis but we did not had sex.
Im that kind of person that is always worried for these kind of things so i wanna ask u can aids/hiv be transmitted that way? i mean i think the girl is clean but im just asking for any case is there a reason for concern? is there many cases like mine ?
Thank all of u , i hope u gonna help me!
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I have white tongue and white around mylips now, and a hot face and ears. Saliva over producing sometimes, itchy sometimes. Is this hiv?View Thread
Thanks for the blogs, I have beenn reading through and have not found my answer. Lat night I had sex with a sex worker, In Nairobi keya, The first time for about 5 to 8 minutes. I ejaculated and carefully removed the condom using some tissue. Afetr sex i went in to the bathroom, put water in the condom to see if there was any spillage. The condom was intact at the tip although the condom was spilling at the base. The condom had broken just less that 1/2 cm from the base of the condom. I took the sex workers number and we have been texting , she says she was tested last week and was negative, she also reccomends that we go for a test together ( could she be saying this just to ease my mind??) So i have agreed we should in 8 weeks or 6 weeks, We also had sex twice more on that same night as i was drunk, i also carried out this water experiment twice and the condoms seemed fine, I tend to put water inside, and wipe with a tissue, squeeze and look for sppillage. This time I was unfortunate it had broken close to the base, and i feel her jusces may have swam all the way down to my urethra, the tip of the condom was ok ad had covered my tip..............What do i Do, very stressed at work, should I wait 3 months or I can go earlier for a test??????
Some advice for anyone who reads this, ALCOHAL IS THE CAUSE OF MOST OF MY UNSAFE SEXUAL EPISODES PLEASE DO OT DRINK AND HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE U DONT KNOW>
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Thanks for the blogs, I have beenn reading through and have not found my answer. Lat night I had sex with a sex worker, In Nairobi keya, The first time for about 5 to 8 minutes. I ejaculated and carefully removed the condom using some tissue. Afetr sex i went in to the bathroom, put water in the condom to see if there was any spillage. The condom was intact at the tip although the condom was spilling at the base. The condom had broken just less that 1/2 cm from the base of the condom. I took the sex workers number and we have been texting , she says she was tested last week and was negative, she also reccomends that we go for a test together ( could she be saying this just to ease my mind??) So i have agreed we should in 8 weeks or 6 weeks, We also had sex twice more on that same night as i was drunk, i also carried out this water experiment twice and the condoms seemed fine, I tend to put water inside, and wipe with a tissue, squeeze and look for sppillage. This time I was unfortunate it had broken close to the base, and i feel her jusces may have swam all the way down to my urethra, the tip of the condom was ok ad had covered my tip..............What do i Do, very stressed at work, should I wait 3 months or I can go earlier for a test??????
Some advice for anyone who reads this, ALCOHAL IS THE CAUSE OF MOST OF MY UNSAFE SEXUAL EPISODES PLEASE DO OT DRINK AND HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE U DONT KNOW>
HLView Thread
I haven't checked yet.
I have two question now.
1. how long after the sex date should I check myself?
2. If the result come positive what should I do?View Thread
Symptoms:
2 weeks later, joint soreness and lethargy. No coughing, sore throat or fever to speak of. This lasted about 3 weeks until I had sex with someone else that had a cold, and I got what she had, which lasted about a week.
I also have a rash above my left ankle that presented maybe 3-4 weeks after the incident and has not gone away. (I suppose a good sign since it is not on my trunk and did not last only 2 weeks).
I am going to get tested at the 90 day mark, but in the meantime, I was wondering how likely it is that HIV was transmitted in the way aforementioned?
Additional note: there probably wasn't any injury to my anus from the sex itself, as the escort had a small penis and what I'm used to putting up there is much larger.
Thank you so much for your time.View Thread
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I was diagnosed back in 1994. My husband had AIDs, which we did not know at the time. Back then it wasn't so common as we fit into the "this cannot happen to me category", However he passed away back in 94,
It was terrifying, I did not want to end up like that, However, fast forward to 2012 and I am undetectable and have a good viral load. Its been a long road but I remarried and am happy.
I just want to say to newly diagnosed people. Its not the end of the world. Its the beginning of a new one slightly altered. With all the new medications they have now a days, its so much better.
God bless my positive friends!View Thread
I am sick and tired of wondering do i stand a chance. I met this girl through a friend, she is a sex worker, we slept together on saturday 9/12/2012, we used a condom and it broke, I was very drunk and did not notice so we had sex for 15 minutes without a condom, until she had an orgasm, i also came inside her, I was so worried that the next morning i phoned her , requested her to go with me for a test and she agreed, both our tests were negative thank GOD, but then i realised she is a sex worker and im sure before me has slept with more people, and maybe without a condom, so the window period was still open to HIV she said she slept with two other giuys without condom and the rest she was careful!!!!!!!!we had done and ELISA test for HIV 1and 2 , my question is, I believ in God and know i cant be worried and pray at the same time, but why am i so worried, i have text her to ask abt her sex history in the last 3 months but she does not want to answer me!!!!!i have to wait for 3 months to get tested, im so worried what do I I do, I also am sniffling and is the 11/12/2012, are these symtoms already, she is an african girl from Kenya born in uganda.........she says her mum passed away fro HIV so she is careful, but if she is so careful why did she tell me the condom broke, she felt it and did not say anything??????????????what to do what to do????View Thread
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Greetings to you and may God bless all for your good work for the people.
Iam a 30-years man living in Africa and iam terribly worried if i have been infected with HIV virus.
I have had sex with sluts several times in the past; about 6-sluts in 2-months period and i have ALWAYS BEEN USING CONDOMS.
Few weeks later it started as a RINGWORM in my neck and then in my hand and later ringworm spread in my back. This is a condition that happened for 3-days. After 3-days, a massive rash developed in my abdomen, Butts and many rashes looked like rings but not yet developed to ringworm. In the stomach and hands developed rash that was like PIMPLES and was not tender. It is hard inside and seems like was developing to be ringworm too.
I have seem the skin doctor and gave me anti-fungal pills called TERBIFIN-250g and 2-cream terbifin tubes to use in affected areas. I have NO symptoms such as:
- Swelling lymph nodes
- High fever
- Diarrhea
I want to stop SEX and get married sooner possible if i will be confirmed OK in the next 3-months but for now please help me with checking the attached photos in a PDF and kindly reply before i go mad with my life.
Awaiting your quick and kind response.View Thread
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