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Did You Just Test HIV Positive?

Table of Contents Introduction Normal Feelings Get Help and Support It Is Better to Know HIV and Women Make a New Start Useful Info Sheets for Newly Diagnosed Introduction Getting an HIV diagnosis can feel like the worst news in the world. It iscommon to feel anger, fear, confusion, shock, grief, depression, or otherpainful emotions. Even after you have known for some time and think you arecoming to terms with the news, it...

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HSv1 on my lip and oral sex with a female.

Hello, I have seen countless questions regarding oral sex and I do understand that it carries a very low risk of infection. That being said, I'm ready to join the millions and ask mine....10 days ago I performed oral sex on a female of unknown...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiYes oral sex carries the lowest risk of HIV transmission and yes if you have an open wound your chances increase "some". It would depend on her status and if she had HIV what her viral load was but even then the chances of transmission... Read more »

hiv test accuracy

Hi i was tested for hiv a year after i had sex with a certain girl and it came back negative. Does that mean I am clean?...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiAs long as there have been no other risk of transmission you are HIV negative. You are clean if you took a shower recently!!!!Be well and stay safe, Shannon... Read more »

HIV and Hep C

I was splashed with the blood of a person who has HIV andHep C. The blood covered my finger from the tip down to thetop joint on my finger. I checked very carefully and foundno cuts of any kind on that finger or around the finger nail. Is it...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiIt is not possible. It would have to be an obvious open cut or wound and it would have to be fresh, not even a few hours old it would have had to occur about the time the blood splash occurred.You are fine,Be well and stay safe, Shannon... Read more »

Special characteristics of outliers in medical studies

Hello, I'm quite intrigued over wether or not there are special characteristics that describe people who take longer than the usual window period (2 to 3 weeks), to develop HIV antibodies. If there are and have been identified as statistically...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiThe guidelines for HIV testing are to be initially tested at 3 weeks then again at 3 months, if both of these tests are negative then so are you.Be well and stay safe, Shannon... Read more »

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i think i am the worst and the most weird. can ans

Posted by paranoiafreak, 2 Replies

can hiv cause elevated liver enzyme sgpt at 174 in early infection ( 6-9 months post exposure)? ultrasound with normal liver, spleen and gallbladder. sgpt in november was at 39.4.

Had also elevated platelet 4 months 555,000 post exkposure then t... Read more »

Mi pequea explicacin y una media despedida..

Posted by Duende83, 2 Replies

Hola queridsimos amigos!!!! bueno estoy recibiendo algunos mensajes preguntandome el por que no participo en el foro como antes, bueno pues os respondo por aqu para no tener que responder uno a uno y ademas as aprovecho y ya me medio despido....
Esto... Read more »

Too scare to get tested

Posted by Amigohere, 1 Reply

I am now at the point I am too scared to get tested. If I have HIV, do I really want to know?

10 years sounds like the average before I get symptoms. That is a long time.

I am just scared. I don't feel I put myself at great risk, but then, I had... Read more »

Did it. Blood drawn.

Posted by Amigohere, 2 Replies

Well, I don't know if I want the results, but I did the blood draw today. Hopefully they will complete the testing before the weekend is over. I think I will drink a little this weekend, maybe a lot to forget about this whole thing.

I still have... Read more »

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