Hi Bob Good Day, I had one unsafe exposure on 17 August 2008 unprotacted vaginal sex.The lady tested negative on 7 November 2008 on Rapid HIV antibody test.I started geting ARs like sysmptoms like sore throat since november 2008 which comes and goes till now it get better when i take antibiotics but comes agin after 7 days course is complete.I tested on 20 November 2008 Rapid test negative.26 december antigen/Antibody test negative.PCR HIV qualitative test on 29 December negative and series of 12 antibody test at every months the last test was rapid antibody test on 17 september negative.I now still have sore throat which comes and goes every 15 days I als0 fell pain and uneasenees in groin and armpit area it is on left side and when left side groian and armpit pain goes then it shifts to tight side groin armpit and neck area.Please advice is this sigh on HIV lymphs node problem due to hiv infection.Why i get better when i take antibiotics does antibiotic help in hiv infection why sore throat is returning to ofen.Doc i have remutiod arthritis does this is causing pain and uneassyness in groin and armpit area.Please advice i am dying after having 5 hiv tests in last 10 months all negative but i still suspect hiv infection,

Hello,

You've had over a dozen negative HIV-antibody tests and an undetectable quantitative HIV PCR DNA out to over two years! Yet you "still suspect HIV infection." Hmm. Exactly which part of "HIV negative" are you having trouble understanding? Your tests are definitive, conclusive, excessive and WOO-HOO-able. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. No additional HIV testing is warranted.

Antibiotics treat bacterial infections (not viral infections, like HIV). That your sore throat seems to improve on antibiotics but then worsens could indicate you have a chronic bacterial infection in your tonsils or sinuses. I'd recommend you see an ENT (ear, nose and throat) physician for an evaluation.

Rheumatoid arthritis causes inflammation and pain in the affected joints.

Stop chasing after a disease you could not possibly have. There is overwhelming and irrefutable evidence that you are HIV negative. If you can't accept this truly wonderful reality, you may need to seek psychiatric help. Your fears are completely irrational. You should be WOO-HOO-ing, not worrying!

Dr. Bob