First Instance Of Hiv

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Could I be one of those rare rare instances? Please help.

What are the chances that I could be hiv positive but testing hiv negative 4 1/2 years after potential exposure to hiv? The reason I am doubting my hiv negative status(4 1/2 years after last risky event) is due to the numberof symptoms I have that...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It would be extremely unlikely given the sensitivity of todays HIV antibody tests. A DNA PCR test would be definitive.MH... Read more »

Best first line treatment for hiv

Hi Dr Keith,you have changed so many lives with your work, please keep up the great work you do to... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

Had protected sex, for the first time, do I have HIV?

So I had gay anal sex with a guy who had heterosexual partners before. We used a condom and he also... Read more »

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Please help - Am I infected ? - (first post)

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hi everyone,

I would really appreciate if you could read through my story below and tell me if i still have a probability of getting HIV!

I am 28 male from India.I am a heterosexual.Here are the points that are worrying me:-

In early 2000 i had sex... Read more »

First HIV test in 14 years

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

For reasons of paranoia, I hadn't taken an HIV test since 1991, and I've been sexually active with many men (I'm a male) since then, though I've tapered off in the last few years(and haven't done anything remotely unsafe in about two years). ... Read more »

I met an HIV Positive person for the first time

Posted by Barbdoll, 1 Reply

Hello again,
On Saturday I travelled to meet an HIV Positive friend. It was my first time. At first i was nervous didn't know what to expect. I really didn't want to go there to talk about the fact that we were both Positive. I wanted to meet him,... Read more »

For HIV - first test between 9-12 weeks

Posted by nomoreworry4me

For HIV - first test between 9-12 weeks (by that time about 95% of positives come back positive). Then test at 6 months, and then at one year (by one year 99.9% of positives are positive).

For STDs - it depends which one you are referring to - some... Read more »

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