HIV :: Oraquick Reliable After A Year Of Exposure?
Aug 10, 2015
I was just wondering could oraquick be used after a year of exposure or what kind of test could be used after a year?
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Aug 10, 2015
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HIV :: Oraquick Test Reliable After Years Of Exposure?
I am struggling with a concern I have been having for about two weeks. I have taken the oraquick at home oral swab 4 times And tested negative 4 times.. I feel as though my first result wasn't completely followed as directed so really only 3 negative results.. It has been 3 years since I would have came in contact with HIV.. So I guess my question is..Can I trust these results?
View 1 RepliesHIV :: Is Oraquick Really Reliable?
Had a possible exposure in January 2015 ...... Took a home test Oraquick on April 29 2015 and test was Negative. I was still feeling paranoid so in November 2015 I decided to go out and buy another test. Took it and it was once again Negative. So that means I tested Negative at 3 months post possible exposure and then again at 10 months post possible exposure.
The reason i'm so nervous is being I recently had an Endoscopy done and was diagnosed with Esophageal Thrush. Just about everywhere I turn to on the internet mentions HIV as a big culprit. However it also says there are other causes like diabetes and asthma medicine. I don't use any of those, but i am a big sufferer of GERD.
I'm wondering how reliable these tests are. Should I seriously quit being so paranoid?
I have not engaged in risky activities since January 2015. I've read that the test is pretty much "dummy proof" and built much like a pregnancy test where as long as you get a line on the Control line then you know it's working right.
HIV :: Oraquick At Home - Reliable?
I took an oraquick in home oral swab test 6 months after unprotected vaginal sex .. I took three of them all negative . Are these test good enough to move on. I did blood test antibody at 11 weeks but I was not sure if that was good enough.
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View 3 RepliesOraquick - Two Negatives In 3 Month Window? Reliable ?
I am a heterosexual female in her mid 20's. In October and December of 2015, I had unprotected sex with a guy I was casually dating (so dumb, I know). He assured me he was "clean" and I didn't think twice about it, until I started dating my current boyfriend in January.
Shortly after we started dating, I got a UTI, took antibiotics, which then gave me the WORST yeast infection of my life. When it didn't go away with the normal remedies by the first week of Feb, I went to the doc for my yearly. I was tested for everything bacterial and she said HIV/Herpes testing wasn't necessary, so I took her word for it. It only came back for yeast.
Fast forward to March and it wasn't gone. After I consulted Dr. Google, it said chronic yeast infections are signs of HIV in women. Naturally, I ran to the nearest CVS for an Oraquick. It was negative, yay. (March 15, 2016)
Ever since, the thought of having HIV has caused me tremendous anxiety. To the point that I tested myself again at the end of May, which was also negative.
So my question is, can I reliably put my worries to bed after my two negative home tests outside of the 3 month window? I followed the intructions to a "T", it's the horror stories about people having negative rapid tests and positive blood tests that cause me concern.
Lastly, my current boyfriend and I have been using protection the entirety of our relationship. In the event that I do have HIV, what is the likelihood that I would have given it to him?
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I had a kind of risky encounter about 7 months ago. I used the oraquick test at 1 month, 3 months (twice) and 6.5 months. All came back negative. Can I rely on these results as being accurate and not a false negative?
View 7 RepliesSyphilis Or HIV Exposure?
I am a 26 usually healthy male. Almost four weeks ago had sex with a 37 year old woman, condom broke unnoticed for we don't know how long. I panicked. 48 hours later was started on pep treatment for possible hiv exposure for 28 days.
10 days later an open sore emerged on the bottom of my penis along with swollen non painful pelvic lymph glands on both sides. Went to an std doctor who said it doesn't look like syphilis but i should get tested in a month. Got tested on 14 day after exposure blood and urine for all std, all negative. Today is 25 days after exposure and i have a few questions :
1. Are 4 weeks after exposure enough for blood and urine tests to show std infections such as syphilis? By the way the sore didn't hurt and was gone after a week.
2. If it is syphilis what are the chances she gave me hiv along with it.? i read a lot and am petrified about this.
3. What are the chances that pep would work if taken 48~50 hours after incident?
STDs :: Precum And Exposure
I received a lap dance in an adult bookstore.
There was no touching (of me) but by me, save rubbing the legs of my jeans or me touching/ untangling some jeweled thingy from her lingerie.
BUT I did masterbate and at one point even rubbed the tip of my penis head which was soaked with precum, with my hand. She had touched herself a few times but never touched me and never anywhere near my penis.
My specific question is this.
Because of the fluid from my penis is there a "way in," for any stds? Or is Precum something that only goes out not back in. Does Me touching my penis especially the Precum make me at risk for any stds?
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I had IPL laser hair removal at a local salon. The technician gave me 5 sessions (each which included a free retouch session meaning a total of 10) with an interval of two weeks. Obviously i hadn't done my research well and it didn't work. I am going to the leading laser hair removal in my country now..my concern is ...is that too much laser exposure to my area and my ovaries? Would this cause infertility or anything of that matter? It's not about the laser itself but to the amount of exposure that i am being exposed to.
View 1 RepliesUnprotected Sex :: Fearing The HIV Exposure
I'm a female, had unprotected vaginal and oral sex 4 weeks ago. Two days after that a guy told me he was sick (sore throat and lite fever). A week after that I got sick (sore throat, stuffed nose and cough), which passed in about a week and felt like a usual cold. However, I am fearing the HIV exposure. Had two negative oraquick tests (3 and 4 weeks), had complete blood work at the doctors (including NAT) 5 days ago, but the results are not in yet. I have bouts of panic and anxiety over this. Why does it take such a long time for the results to arrive (I did the whole STD panel, some results are in but they won't tell me which ones)? Does it mean that I tested positive and the lab is confirming the results which takes additional time, or is it normal to take that long? How reliable is the negative oraquick test at 4 weeks? Please help!
P.S. The guy says he's clean, supposedly he's just got off the LTR and his ex has recently tested negative for everything. I know for sure I was clean too, haven't had sex for almost a year prior to that and donate blood regularly.
P.S.2 My only symptoms were sore throat, cough and runny nose. I didn't have rash, swollen lymph nodes, fever and all that... I understand this is consistent with the common cold, but yet don't know how to survive till Monday. How do I stop myself from compulsive oraquick testing?
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one day i was sleeping under the AC wearing very light clothes i woke up with right sided flank pain it felt like someone was taking a knife and pressing it against my back at the kidney area. i went to a urologist and he did tests and everything was normal except i had blood in urine can exposure to cold weather or exposing the kidney area to direct cold cause it to inflame cos we know the kidney is somewhat superficial at the back side and can a spastic bowel cause similar symptoms the pain stayed for approximately a week and a half.
Gonorrhea From Oral Exposure Only? Chlamydia?
Has anyone here ever gotten positive gonorrhea after unprotected oral sex ?
There seems to be conflicting information. For chlamydia and trichomoniasis it is said that these bacteria do not survive in mouth. Gonorrhea affects the back of throat and can be acquired more easily with deep-throat only.
So my question is , has anyone here caught gonorrhea from oral exposure only ?
HIV :: Sore Throat After 4-5 Days Of Possible Exposure
I had a non sexual encounter with a bar girl some days back. During the process she gave me a hand job and we had smooched for a couple of times. After 4-5 days of this incident, I got some sore throat which got aggravated to running nose and some light cold as I was sleeping in air conditioning environment. Since then I have been extremely worried if there is even a slightest possibility that it is due to the transmission of HIV virus. I am not able to correlate the occurrence of sore throat and extremely worried because of that.
View 1 RepliesHIV Risk Assessment :: Oral Sex, Pre-Ejaculate Exposure
I know my question may have been asked a million times before but I want to get a first hand assessment of my potential risk with HIV based from the series of events that acquired during that night. I was firm to believe that oral sex is safe - up until I read some articles on the internet. Some websites say it's low-risk. Some say it is moderate risk. I do not know which claim is more true than the other
So how this is my last sexual encounter went:
- So I met guys
- I did brush my teeth lightly.
- We basically did give and receive oral sex. No anal sex was done .
- One of the two guys did finger me.
- The whole act last around 30 - 40 minutes
- he ejaculated 5-10 minutes after through masturbation. He "unleashed" it in my legs or in my chest.
- About a minute or two, I gargled water
- We had a small talk after the deed. I was kind of hesitant to believe that he was negative although that's what he did told me. Aside from that, he told me that what we did was a low-risk activity.
Now for my questions:
- Let' say he was indeed positive, what are the chances of him passing the virus on this one time incident?
- From what I have read over at the internet, saliva has a capability to deactivate the virus once any fluid comes contact to it. Is this accurate? Does brushing one's teeth lessen this saliva's capability?
- Is pre-ejaculate just as infectious as semen or blood?
- Would brushing my teeth before or after the act really create cuts/bleeds deep enough that some pre-ejaculate may come in contact with my bloodstream?
- What about deep throat oral sex. What are the risks say he had pre-ejaculate if I was doing it to him?
- Let's also assume that he had a soaring viral load, will this affect my chances? Again, some websites argue that the higher the VL, the higher the risk one is exposed to.
- What are your thoughts about fingering. Is this safer than say, oral and anal sex?
- where I live we have Rapid ICT for testing. How conclusive is it on 6, 8, 10, 12 weeks of testing? Should I be tested after 12 weeks for it to be definitely conclusive or 12 weeks is more than enough?
I know that the only way to know my status is to get tested. It was only been six weeks since the act happened and my anxiety has been killing me to death regarding this incident. I do not want to be the first person documented to have contracted the disease through oral sex.
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I have read that the p24 antigen test can detect HIV in its early stages, prior to an assay test. Approximately from about 10 days to 4 weeks after exposure.
However, I have read on countless occasions people saying that it is not to be considered when diagnosing or detecting HIV. I just find it a little confusing. If there's no point relying on it, then why use it?
I recently had one day combined with an assay at 9 days post exposure. I know this is too soon for results however, I guess it will be good for a baseline. I will be retesting at 3 months.
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