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I some one had a risky sex episode, is possilble to detect if this person got infected the next day that happends?

2006-07-10 16:59:40 · 5 answers · asked by Danny 1 in Health Diseases & Conditions Infectious Diseases

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You would not experience any symptoms that soon, maybe not even from a blood test that soon. But if you are worried, don't take any chances go ASAP to the doctor and explain your fears.

2006-07-10 17:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by celtic-tides04@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0 0

Acute HIV infection is the earliest and shortest stage of HIV infection. Not everyone gets symptoms, but most people come down with a flu-like illness three to six weeks after infection. The symptoms are the same as flu or mononucleosis: fever and fatigue lasting for a week or two. There may or may not be other symptoms:

A blotchy red rash, usually on the upper torso, that does not itch
Headache
Aching muscles
Sore throat
Swollen lymph glands
Diarrhea
Nausea
Vomiting
IMPORTANT: If you have been at risk of getting HIV and then come down with these flu-like symptoms, tell a doctor right away. Sensitive new tests can tell whether you have acute HIV infection. Treatment during the acute stage of HIV infection works much, much better than later treatment. Be sure to tell your doctor about your HIV risk. If you don't, you may not get the right tests. Standard HIV tests -- either home tests or lab tests -- won't detect acute HIV infection.

The body puts up a terrific struggle against HIV. At the end of this struggle, the body reaches a kind of standoff with the virus. This is chronic HIV infection, which begins three to six months after a person gets HIV. There aren't any symptoms. For most people, this stage of HIV infection lasts about 10 years.

Even though there are no symptoms, the immune system slowly runs down. A normal person has a CD4 T-cell count of 450 to 1,200 cells per microliter. When people with HIV have their T-cell counts drop to 200 or lower, they have reached the stage of AIDS.

AIDS itself has no symptoms. Because the immune system is devastated, disease symptoms are specific to the kind of infections a person may have. When a person's T cells get very low, doctors prescribe drugs to prevent infections.

Sometimes people don't seek medical help until they have AIDS. They may have some of the following symptoms:

Being tired all the time
Swollen lymph nodes in the neck or groin
Fever lasting more than 10 days
Night sweats
Unexplained weight loss
Purplish spots on the skin that don't go away
Shortness of breath
Severe, long-lasting diarrhea
Yeast infections in the mouth, throat, or vagina
Easy bruising or unexplained bleeding
Call your doctor if you have any of these symptoms.

2006-07-11 00:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by purple 6 · 0 0

Detecting HIV/AIDS the day after possible exposure is impossible. However, if one believes that one has been exposed, there are medication that can be taken after a possible exposure that will help lessen the chances that you will contract the disease, if exposure did actually occur.

Tell this person to see a doctor, and to have themselves tested regularly over the next two years. As well, have the person talk to the physician about the possibility of being put on the anti-HIV medications.

PLEASE NOTE, this medication is NOT a cure for AIDS, and it does NOT garauntee that the patient will not contract HIV if exposed. It is merely a precautionary effort that can reduce chances somewhat.



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2006-07-11 00:06:00 · answer #3 · answered by tigerstripeddogmd 2 · 0 0

you have to have an HIV test it takes more then one day to find out and the test is painless but get tested as soon as you can and always use a condom aids kills there is no cure for it and the meds they put you on if you are HIV positive make you very sick also there is no single cure for aids once you get it you will never get rid of it so always pratice safe sex

2006-07-11 00:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by countrycollecter 3 · 0 0

the quickest way to diagnose AIDS\HIV is to get a blood test... If you had sex with someone and you think you got it from them, then you should most definately ask them, if they don't give you a straight answer, have them arrested.....

2006-07-11 17:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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