Testing Negative At 15 Weeks High Risk

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High Risk Sex - All the symptoms - Tested Negative

Dear Dr. Bob,I've been on this board for a year since my high risk encounter, and I want to write this note to thank you and to encourage others like me to just get tested. This summer I received oral sex and had unprotected insertive anal sex...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey Survivor,Thanks for writing in to share your experience. I'm glad that your story has a happy ending. It also underscores many recurrent themes of this forum:1.Symptoms, no matter what they are, do not equal HIV disease.2.Testing is the... Read more »

shingles after 7 weeks, tested negative at 10 weeks

Hi,This is the 3rd time I'm asking this so sorry but I really need to put my mind at... Read more »

Response from Richard Cordova III »

24 weeks after the high risk exposure

Hello Doc, I am writing you from Turkey. Sorry for my English.I have taken 12 hiv antibody tests up... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

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Articles

Innovative Rapid HIV Test Appears to Detect Acute HIV; OraQuick Rapid Saliva Tests Found to Be Not Very Accurate for High Risk Testers

My name's Chris Pilcher and I'm a HIV researcher from UCSF [University of California, San Francisco]. I'm principally interested in HIV diagnostics and particularly in detecting and managing acute HIV infection. The poster is appropriately titled,... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Rapid HIV Testing and Prevention of Perinatal HIV Transmission in High-Risk Maternity Hospitals in St. Petersburg, Russia

To evaluate the effectiveness of an HIV rapid testing (RT) program, the researchers offered point-of-care RT -- including antiretroviral prophylaxis for positive women and their infants -- to pregnant women with no or incomplete HIV testing results... Read more »

HIV Self-Test Kits Ineffective Among High-Risk Populations, Study Says

Some HIV self-test kits are used improperly by high-risk groups, and such groups can interpret test results inaccurately, according to a study published recently in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes , Reuters Health reports. ... Read more »

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

High Risk of Heart Problems in People With Kidney Dysfunction

In HIV-negative people, persistent or chronic kidney disease is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. So researchers at the Veterans Administration (VA) in the United States reviewed their large dataset containing information on more than 17,000... Read more »

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Negative rapid test after four weeks

Posted by csmitty, 1 Reply

Is a negative rapid test after four weeks worth anything? I got that today from planned parenthood but I'm not very relieved. Some say that most seroconvert in four-six weeks but others say that three months is the only conclusive test. Should I be... Read more »

Getting tested tomarrow, High risk

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I got tested a couple of years ago and was neg. But my bf was a iv drug user before I ever met him and he had lots of gf that used drugs and cheated on him. I did not realize the extent of his use till his family informed me of it. I have not told... Read more »

testing at 6 weeks; high risk exposure

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Should I test at 6 weeks using Elisa. I don't hve the money for the other expensive tests so I was wondering if 6 weeks would be considered good instead of waiting 3 months. Feedbacl Read more »

Fever 7 weeks after high risk exposure

Posted by EuropeMan, 1 Reply

I developed a cough 5 weeks and a fever 7 weeks after unprotected viginal sex with a French stripper in Japan. The cough was with green flem so the doc gave me an antibiotic and the low grade fever disapeared. I live in a house with 4 other people... Read more »

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