Picking Your Nose Negative At 16 Weeks

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Oooooo pick me pick me!!! 4th time post

Hello doc, I really need your expert advice. I thank you for All you do at this website you are great and are an example of the loving side of humanity..This is my fourth time posting and hopefully with a response from you it will be the last... I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,1.Yes.2.I can't diagnose the cause of your symptoms over the Internet. However, I can tell you that HIV is not the cause!3.I don't know, can you? There's certainly no doubt you should and also no doubt that you are HIV negative.... Read more »

ooooo pick me pick me!!! 4th time post

Doc BOB,Thank you so much for your reply. I felt like i was carrying a huge boulder for the last... Read more »

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Picked my nose after touching semen

I recently came into contact with semen of unknown HIV status at a sauna - the semen was on a seat... Read more »

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ARS symptoms and 6 weeks test negative.

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Earlier in July I had several events of unprotected intercourse with a female whose sexual history is unknown to me. Later in the month, I had a heavy nasal congestion and then I had a sore throat for about 2-3 days. Everything cleared, but 1 week... Read more »

Not 100% confident on 13 and 17 week negatives

Posted by Impossible, 2 Replies

http://www.thebody.com/cgi-bin/bbs/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=infected&Number=193856&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

Read the second post in this thread assuming this guy isn't lying he was negative on ELISA (or EIA)... Read more »

negative at 6 weeks, positive at 13 weeks?

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I've got another week to go until my 13 week test. My 6 week came back negative. What are the chances that the 13 week could be positive if the 6 was negative? Did any of you test negative at 6 weeks and then positive at 13 weeks?
Scared Shitless
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to jackie re false negatives

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

jackie

Did you have false negatives prior to the 8 week positive. Are there a lot of false negatives during ARS? How about false negatives 2 or 3 weeks after "symptoms" suggesting ARS? Is this common? Do the current test pick up the antibodies... Read more »

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