High Risk Exposure And Persistent Symptoms

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Persistant symptoms and -EIA

Dear Dr,Approx 1yr ago I had a high risk exposure to HIV. 9 months later I tested neg to the EIA HIV 1/2 test and so did my wife. Description of my symptoms:6 weeks (after exposure)-swollen throat and difficulty swollowing with strange muscle pain...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You need to look for other causes.... Read more »

Re: HIGH RISK EXPOSURE IN THAILAND -- FOLLOW-UP

HIGH RISK EXPOSURE IN THAI--PROPHYLACTIC TX OPTIONSAS AN RN IN A COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP WHERE THERE... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

High Risk Exposure - Please answer

I had a high risk exposure 7 months ago and have had some persistent night sweats, rashes, and... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Association of Chlamydia trachomatis With Persistence of High-Risk Types of Human Papillomavirus in a Cohort of Female Adolescents

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the necessary but not sufficient cause of cervical cancer. Most infections resolve by the host immune response, and it is thought that host or external cofactors are required for progression to cancer. The... Read more »

United Kingdom: A Tale of Three Cities: Persisting High HIV Prevalence, Risk Behavior and Undiagnosed Infection in Community Samples of Men Who Have Sex With Men

The authors set out to study geographical variations in diagnosed and undiagnosed HIV prevalence, use of sexual health services, STDs, and sexual behavior in a community sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the English cities of Brighton,... 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 »

Awareness of Post-Exposure HIV Prophylaxis in High-Risk Men Who Have Sex With Men in New York City

The team designed the current study to assess factors associated with knowledge of non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV. The study's subjects were 554 MSM clients of two New York City (NYC)... Read more »

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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 »

Recent High-Risk Activity and possible symptoms of ARS

Posted by paranoid88, 3 Replies

Hi all,

I am a gay male and I was recently spending a month in Spain and I decided to be a little promiscuous and do some anonymous cruising. On July 6th, I had an encounter with one guy and he was rubbing up against my anus. He then tried to insert... Read more »

Persistent Symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello. I have posted before and would like to ask again about symptoms. I have had for over 1 month now swollen glands on and off, fever daily, headache daily, fatigue, on going sinus infection. I have been to the doctors and have gone through the... 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 »

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