Does my Friend Have AIDS????

Question

Okay, my friend had unprotected sex with a guy two years ago...a much older guy that has been known to shoot up. Anyways, she was married a few months afterwards (to a different man) and has never been checked. Her husband donates blood regularly and definately does not have it. Is there any possible way she does? She won't listen to me and get checked!

I'm printing this page for her so please give good answers with references if possible.

Answer 1

It's definitely possible.

Answer 2

The only way to answer this question is to get an HIV test. Yes, it is possible that she is HIV+, if she had unprotected sex or shared needles.

HIV testing is completely anonymous. If she is still worried, offer to take her to a clinic in another city.

Won't both of you breathe a big sigh of relief if you get the test and it comes back negative? Or if positive, isn't it important for her to start talking to her doctor about her options?
Either of these is a good enough reason to encourage your friend to get tested RIGHT NOW.

Good luck!

Answer 3

hello. I just wanted to let you know to try to encourage your friend to be checked anyway. It actually is not unlikely. I am studying to be a medical lab tech right now and from what i have learned..the HIV virus can take up to 8 years to show up in a persons blood..meaning it is possibel to test negative even if you are positive. it is always better to be checked rather than ignore the posibility. i know this dont have anythign to do with your friend but also a person can actually be a carrier of HIV and never actually get sick from it. HIV lies dormant in the blood stream for some time..this in english this means that it hides. i would have her get checked just to be sure..i hope i could help.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

It turns out that yes, it is possible that she has HIV and has not passed it on to her husband.

It is unlikely, but it is certainly possible.

The niaid gov fact sheet says:

"In this country, studies have shown that during unprotected heterosexual intercourse with an HIV-infected partner, women have a greater risk of becoming infected than uninfected men who have heterosexual intercourse with an HIV-infected woman. In other parts of the world, however, this is not necessarily true. In Uganda, for example, one study demonstrated that the risk of HIV transmission from woman to man was the same as from man to woman. This difference may be due to the lack of circumcision in Ugandan men."

However, after 18-22 months, one would sort of expect that they have had sex several times and on a statistical basis feel that she is likely to have passed it on to him by now if she had it.

Still it is possible that she is HIV positive and has not passed it on to her partner.

There is also the question of how many times they have had unprotected intercourse! (Maybe they haven't)

My feeling is that her husband doesn't know his risk and she doesn't want to tell him. It might clear the air for her if she gets a test and finds that she is negative.

I wonder if she is aware of her legal obligations.

Answer 6

Yes,of course there is any possible way she can have it. Maybe she won't go because she is scared of the answer she may receive. Anyone who ever has sex or uses the same needle (like a dumbas-) needs to get checked every so often.

Answer 7

There's a possibility that she could have caught HIV from the unprotected sex, but if she did she would have given it to her husband by this time. I'd advise both of them get tested, and if she won't it's her problem.

Answer 8

she should get checked but if its been two years and her husband hasnt been rejected she most likley doesnt because it takes 6 months to a year to show up in most cases and it would have propbably shown on her hubby by now but i still say its safer to be tested if caught in time there is a cocktail the md can give to stop the spread through the bloodstream i have a great friend who has aids right now no symptoms but has carried it for 3yrs please get tested

Answer 9

If its been a few year and her husband hasn't then no i doubt it she would have passed it to him to by now but i agree she was foolish to have never got tested in the first place i would suggest she still get tested tho i think (maybe wrong) HIV can lie dormant for 10 year

Answer 10

Always remeber, that hiv antibodies can take months if not up to years to be detected with a test. She should really consider getting checked every so often..she can help herself and not infect others as well. Good Luck!

Answer 11

It's really not very likely that she wouldn't have any symptoms after two years if she was infected. It's also unlikely that she wouldn't have passed it to her husband by now if she wasn't infected.

However, the only way to know is to have a test.