A friend of mine took an antibody test at 50 days and tested negative but he is still paranoid he has symptoms

Question

The Doctor said he has an infection. he has swollen lymph glands in his throat for over 3 weeks, rashes on his elbow, has headaches occassionally, has thrush but he has been on antibiotics for over 3 weeks. and sometimes has fever. took the antibody test at day 50 and it came out negative his urinalysis came out with protein in it but it had no growth due to his antibiotics. They are testing him for syphilis also what do you suggest. He is so scared it might be HIV. could it just be another STD because doctors are telling him not to worry about HIV

There were also white blood cells in is urinalysis. He has headaches and sharp pains all over his body. He is paranoid because the condom broke.

Answer 1

I am glad that your "friend" has seen a doctor and they are working on his problem.
If they are telling him not to worry about HIV, then they know what they are talking about. Tell, him to do what they say to do and not to worry! Also tell your friend to be careful in the future and take precautions.

Answer 2

The thrush could be caused from the antibiotics. Thrush is a yeast infection of the mouth, and some people are more susceptible to it than others.

Thirteen weeks is the general incubation period, and if the tests come back negative after thirteen weeks, your friend is NOT HIV positive.

http://www.aidsmeds.com/

Read this. It will tell you all you need to know about HIV. You can't base a possible HIV infection on symptoms. What your friend has doesn't sound like HIV. It sounds like something else.

Do a little reading on the website I just sent you to, and it will tell you all of the symptoms of seroconversion.

Answer 3

He needs to be well evaluated (if he hasn't been already) by a competent experienced Infectious Diseases specialist. He is obviously doing something that places him at risk for HIV, leading him to be so worried.

A good Infectious Diseases specialist is an internal medicine doctor who has taken additional training in the diagnosis and treatment of Infectious Disease. ALL ID docs have extensive experience in diagnosing and treating HIV/AIDS and the complications of acquired immunodeficiency. Most have wide experience in treating all manner of STD's as well

Hope that helps

Answer 4

the hiv antibody tests are very accurate, so tell him not to worry about that. the symptopms he is having could be side effects from the antibiotics, or could be from the syphillis, if that's what they think it is. good luck!

Answer 5

Not HIV.