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HIV Monitoring Test Basics

Your HIV-positive test result only lets you know that you've been infected with HIV. To find out if it's time to get HIV treatment, you'll have to visit a health care provider and get two additional tests. Most HIV-positive people can live many years with HIV before they need to take medications to control it. However, every person who tests HIV positive should immediately have two additional tests: a CD4 count and a viral load test. These...

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New and disconcerting info has me frightened - please help

Dr.Bob:You have helped me in the past with my situation, but recent labwork has me very frightened. I'm only starting a new topic because the warning said it was over 60 days since my last post.You may recall my possible exposure situation:...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your situation is not unique or the least bit concerning. You are just one of many who refuse to believe incontrovertible and overwhelming evidence they are HIV negative. Consequently you attribute any and all symptoms or laboratory... Read more »

OMG! Im soooo frightened =(

Hi Dr. Bob! I am sorry to bother you, but Im losing my mind right now =( Back on 9/10 I was testing and the ELISA came back pos and WB was neg. My PCP assured me that I did not have HIV, but to be on the safe side I retest. I retested on 11/20...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Worried 76,It is most likely you are HIV negative. If at the time of your initial positive ELISA and negative WB you were in the midst of seroconverting, you would have been definitively positive at the time of your repeat test over two months... Read more »

Dr. Bob - I am extremely frightened

First, let me explain that I have generalized anxiety disorder for which I am undergoing therapy. My wife and I lost our son about nine months ago in an auto accident and as a result her depression has left her unwilling to be intimate. Being...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Your HIV-acquisition risk is completely nonexistent. Your fears about serum from a new tattoo getting into your picked cuticles are irrational. Equally unwarranted are your fears of contracting the virus by gently scratching Badda Bing... Read more »

Unprotected sex with an ER Dr. - Frightened!

Hi,I'm a female and I had unprotected sex about a year ago with this this ER physician. I asked him to provide his tests results before we had sex, which he did, however it was not a recent test. He ensured me that ER docs have to be tested so...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,He said, "Trust me, I'm a doctor" and you did???? Sweetie, that wasn't your brightest move. You broke Dr. Bob's two cardinal rules for staying HIV free. Cardinal Rule #1: We must assume all our sexual partners could be... Read more »

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frightened

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i contacted an std about 8 years ago and received treatment. i have recently been experiencing fevers and i'm afraid i might have hiv/aids.
i'm afraid to get tested. what are the chances that i might be infected? Read more »

please help me-I am frightened

Posted by allie, 2 Replies

my husband and I were undergoing the work up to have In vitro fertilization and had to undergo an HIV test.
We both had no fear because neither of us had any risk factors. He has been faithful to me, and I completlely trust him. We were totally... Read more »

Very Frightened

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

right now i am terrified

about 4 days ago i had a protected vaginal and unprotected oral sex with a man and the most horrible thing happened to me--the condom broke.

he had not ejaculated yet and there was no pre cum. when he removed his penis... Read more »

PARTNER IS NOW ILL - SO FRIGHTENED

Posted by Sprite1, 3 Replies

My girlfriend, who I cheated on to get into this horrible mess in the first place, is now ill. Swollen glands, sore throat, tired, been sick. BUT SHE HAS A RASH TOO. Yeah, she has allergies. No, the rash hasn't concerned her as she thinks it's... Read more »

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