HIV test reliability after unsafe exposure?
Hello doctor,
After unsafe exposure, I got 49th day of ELISA antibody tests done, 71th day of HIV proviral DNA PCR tests, and 87th day of ELISA antibody tests. All were negative. The antibody test I took is not a fourth-generation test. Is it conclusive or should I take another test? If I repeat the HIV test after six months what is the chance of staying negative? I am facing the problem like small bumps in the tongue, from the last two days a little bit of pain below the ear region and it is a little swollen. Is it due to HIV? I am stressed, scared, and full of tension. These are hampering my life. I do not know what to do. Today I am on the 107th day of exposure.
15 May 2024 - 1 min read
What causes blood in stool, fever, and fatigue for one day?
Hello doctor,
I had blood in my stool. I have not seen in the stools but in the toilet bowl. It is bright red in color, seen only for one day and I had a slight fever and fatigue for one day. Four months before the same symptom happened.
13 May 2024 - 1 min read
Can an HIV-positive father have an HIV-negative baby?
Hello doctor,
We are a serodiscordant couple and we want our child. Please suggest to us what has to be done. I am an HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) positive man and my wife is HIV negative. I take my ART (Antiretroviral Treatment) medicine regularly. We want a healthy child without infecting my wife and my child. Is it possible with natural process otherwise sperm washing process? Please give me information about that if you can help me please respond to me.
Thank you.
10 May 2024 - 1 min read
Can HIV be spread through contaminated wax used in parlors?
Hello doctor,
I went to a parlor for upper lip and chin waxing. I am scared if the wax was contaminated by a person before me and if he or she bled and had an infection like HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The person double dipped, and I do not know that on how many people the wax was used? And what issues they might have had?
09 May 2024 - 1 min read
What causes fatigue and throat pain after unprotected sex?
Hello doctor,
I had unprotected sex with a sex worker three and a half months ago. Two months later, I started having ARS symptoms, fatigue, diarrhea, dizziness, sore throat, and mouth ulcers. Just a day before that I had protected sex with a sex worker but my penis was not fully erect and did not insert deeply. So I think contact with the vagina may have occurred, but I do not remember, not sure. But I got an unprotected blow job or oral sex from her. Two days later, I got a p24 antibody combo test which was negative. A few days later I got a DNA PCR which was negative.
11 weeks after first exposure, I got a western blot which is negative. 12 weeks after first exposure, I got CMIA rapid which is negative. Two days later, I got RNA PCR for HIV 1 and 2 which were negative. This was 30 days after the second exposure. Six weeks later, I got an antibody p24 combo CMIA which was negative. I still have symptoms of fatigue, increased saliva, and throat pain. I am very worried. Please tell me if my tests are conclusive. I read about people seroconverting late and I am worried. Also, one another person whose status I do not know also had daily dizziness, diarrhea, mouth ulcers, and leg pain like me. Please help.
07 May 2024 - 1 min read
