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We are not doctors, we are a group of people infected or affected by HIV, and we have taken the time to educate ourselves on how HIV is transmitted. Since your questions are pointed I will try to answer and be of some assistance, however your issues sound like they could be Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I am not a psychologist and would not be able to diagnose you, due to my lack of a license to practice Medicine. let me first tell that you can google most of your questions and that will give you a point of beginning to help you with your own research, try to stay current the CDC is a great source of information in Dealing with HIV

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/

HIV transmission can occur when blood, semen (cum), pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), vaginal fluid, or breast milk from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person.
HIV can enter the body through a vein (e.g., injection drug use), the lining of the anus or rectum, the lining of the vagina and/or cervix, the opening to the penis, the mouth, other mucous membranes (e.g., eyes or inside of the nose), or cuts and sores. Intact, healthy skin is an excellent barrier against HIV and other viruses and bacteria.
These are the most common ways that HIV is transmitted from one person to another:
• by having sex (anal, vaginal, or oral) with an HIV-infected person;
• by sharing needles or injection equipment with an injection drug user who is infected with HIV; or
• from HIV-infected women to their babies before or during birth, or through breast-feeding after birth.
HIV also can be transmitted through receipt of infected blood or blood clotting factors. However, since 1985, all donated blood in the United States has been tested for HIV. Therefore, the risk of infection through transfusion of blood or blood products is extremely low. The U.S. blood supply is considered to be among the safest in the world.
For more information, see "How safe is the blood supply in the United States?")
Some health-care workers have become infected after being stuck with needles containing HIV-infected blood or, less frequently when infected blood comes in contact with a worker's open cut or is splashed into a worker's eyes or inside their nose. There has been only one instance of patients being infected by an HIV-infected dentist to his patients.
For more information, see "Are health care workers at risk of getting HIV on the job?" and "Are patients in a health care setting at risk of getting HIV?" If you would like more information or have personal concerns, call CDC-INFO 24 Hours/Day at 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636), 1-888-232-6348 (TTY), in English, en Español.

Last Modified: October 20, 2006
Last Reviewed: October 20, 2006
Content Source:
Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

What is compromised/ suppressed immune system. The only way you would have one would have been you were receiving chemotherapy from cancer, or a heavy drug user, like you shot up heroin daily and that broke down your immune system.

Does compromised/ weak immune system take more time to produce antibody to HIV infection. Actually you are normal, and if you had HIV it would show up. Always use a condom, wrap that baby up, that is the best protection.

Would a Person having as low Cd 4 counts 350 is considered to have compromised immune system. No a normal immune system has around a 350 – 500, that is normal. It is a cause of medications to help bring up T Cells, you may have a low CD4 if you are say doing Cocaine regularly or using hard drugs like crack or heroin, you may even have a hidden infection or some other sexually transmitted diseases. There are an abundance, and some can be passed by giving and receiving oral.

Do such person with 350 cd 4 count at the time of exposure would take much more time than a normal person. no google what a healthy CD4 is.

Upto what maximum time the immune system with 350 cd 4 count would take in responding in shape of antibody to hiv infection. You would have a conclusive test at 3 months, actually these days the tests are so advance, most can tell within 6 weeks. You may want to make sure that you take a western blot if your OCD gets the best of you. Good luck. That is the macdaddy of all tests and aint no HIV getting past it. D

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