HIV test and symptoms?

Question

I have had serious symptoms of hiv infection.
At the six week mark I had a rash on my right leg, and a blood blister on my left. I did a dna pcr test at the 6 week mark, came back "not detected" at the 13 week mark I did a home access test, came back neg. Shortly after I developed a blood blister on my back. I then had a rna pcr test done at the 3.5 month mark with a sensitivity of 400 copies per ml. came back < 400 copies. Dr. said it was a neg test. At the 17 week mark (4 months) I did a home access test and it came back negative. Any opinions or advise??

these blood blisters look like kaposi sarcoma, which only effects the hiv population. what the heck??????

Answer 1

Kaposi's Sracoma is common in AIDS patients, not HIV. If you think that you have HIV, all I can tell you is to keep getting tested. Most people don't become HIV positive until the 6 month mark. If you are only at 4 months, then the virus hasn't developed yet, if you indeed have it. Get tested in two months and then you'll know for sure. If it still comes back negative, then you are in the clear. Good luck to you, but right now all you can do it wait. By the way: if you thought that you got infected 4 months ago, then there is little chance that yuo have AIDS and developed Kaposi's, some people walk around being HIV+ for 15+ years and they still don't develop AIDS, but everyone is different. Good luck and try not to get restless.

Answer 2

Your test at 3 weeks is too soon to detect antibodies. You need at least 6-8 weeks as almost all infected people test positive by this time. But even that has to be confirmed by 3 months conclusive test. Symptoms mean nothing. They could be related to other medical conditions or due to anxiety. Most infected people do not even have symptoms. Yes, I have seen people who had all the possible symptoms and ended up testing negative. Your chance of contracting HIV from the single episode that you described is slim. The chance of contracting HIV from unprotected vaginal sex is 1 to 1000 per single episode. This is considering that your partner is infected (and yours is probably not). So odds are on your favour but still you HAVE to get tested. That is the only way you can tell if you were infected or not. Good luck. Always use condoms when you dont know the status of your partner.

Answer 3

Even the thought of HIV is scary. But getting tested was very wise.
It looks like your in the clear this time.

But in the future take precautions not to but your self at risk.

Answer 4

I'd say you dodged a bullet
Practice safe sex not only because it is the sane thing to do but because you worry too much to do anything else