Testing Negative After Inverted Condom

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CD4/CD8 INVERTED, VERI ILL, BUT NEGATIVE TEST

Hi, doctor, excuse me i dont have money for pay to you, but, i hope that you give me a orientation.In may 2009 i Had a sexual relation with a sexual worker, a hurt in my mouth had contact with breast milk of her, 6 weeks later I fell very ill, with...

Response from Joseph McGowan, M.D., F.A.C.P.

North Shore University Hospital

I am sorry that you are feeling well. Our advice here is free and I am glad that you have written in.The testing you have done proves that your symptoms are not from HIV infection. No further HIV testing needs to be done.The EBV VCA IgM positive... Read more »

Negative, trush, inverted cd4/cd8

Dear experts,I am a Norwegian male 42 years old. Last September I performed oral sex on a girl who... Read more »

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

Slept with a Hiv+,condom broke and tested Negative 6 months later

My partner is HIV+ and im -!! condom while i was on top of her in March!! But was too scared to... Read more »

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

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Kenyan Program Distributes No-Cost ITNs, Condoms, Water Filters to People Who Receive HIV Tests

A new HIV testing program in Kenya's Lurambi district is providing an insecticide-treated net to prevent malaria, no-cost condoms and a water filter to everyone who receives a test, DPA/ Bangkok Post reports. The campaign -- which aims to... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

California: HIV Tests Negative for Porn Actors Who Performed With "Patient Zero"

HIV tests conducted on the co-workers of an adult-film actor diagnosed with the virus in October have discovered no new infections, the co-founder of Vivid Entertainment told the Los Angeles Times on Friday. "We can confirm that all performers who... Read more »

HIV Results by Phone: Can We Predict Who Will Test HIV-Negative?

To study a requirement that all patients return to the health care setting to learn their HIV test results, the researchers described the number of HIV cases detected at Sydney Sexual Health Center among persons who disclosed no known risk factors... Read more »

Porn Industry Condom Fight Moves to Florida

Two days after it was announced that another adult-film performer had tested HIV-positive, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed complaints asking the Florida Department of Health and the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration to... Read more »

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Chances of 40 day negative test turning positive

Posted by Athlete23, 1 Reply

Hi , I took an HIV test after 40 days of exposure I tested negative which I believe is 3rd generation ELISA from Quest Diagnostics. Now I did have protected sex vaginal and anal but when I was having vaginal sex I became soft and had some precum in... Read more »

Negative test&lesson

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

OK. I just got my test results. I am negative. I want to share with all of you waiting for the results my story and perhaps give some of you peace of mind. All was well up till few weeks ago; because of what i considered as low risk exposure (hetero... Read more »

Keep testing NEGATIVE but

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I have now been living in HELL for almost 3 months. I have had 4 negative HIV 1/2 ELISA's at 5,6,7, 8 months, and one undec. PCR RNA less than 50 at 8 months, still i feel I'm infected. WHY YOU ASK? I have lost almost 15 Ibs, always tired, stuff... Read more »

2nd test negative!

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hi folks!

I'm happy to report that my 2nd HIV test, taken at 13 weeks (3 mos.) after the risky exposure, came back negative! To me this is good enough and I can now put this incident behind me. I've learned a lot this past three months, learning to... Read more »

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