HIV :: Oraquick Swab Touched My Finger While Lifting My Gum
Jul 16, 2015
When using the oraquick test I lifted my gum up with my finger to correctly swab, however the pad briefly touched my finger. Does this jeopardize the test?
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Jul 16, 2015
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Oraquick Swab Reliability Questions
I met a woman and after about 4 weeks of dating we had sex. Which was protected sex. The sex did not last very long as one of her kids came home so the sex was less than 15-20 seconds but the oral before that like 5 minutes long and that was also protected by condom actually the same condom. Anyways I got a sore throat and for like 2 weeks maybe a few days longer and had many other things going on and didn't think to much about it and the doctor gave me a antibiotic for it. Anyways like 6 weeks past this incident I travel and had not physically seen here since the day after night we had sex she calls and I can tell something is wrong and she finally stated she just found out she tested positive for HIV and they are doing a confirmation test in like a week, so I panic and go buy a oral test from CVS and it is negative this is at 6 weeks, so anyways i continue to have issue's that all point to HIV that while I am still traveling I buy another test from CVS and its the same oral swabbing test and negative again at 9 weeks. So anyways I have been so consumed by this it is all I think about. She did get confirmation she is indeed positive. so I feel a little better with two test that are negative and then I screw up and get on the internet and I be dang I thought that the oral test was accurate and everything on the internet states not until 90 days. Then I think well I used a condom and I was thinking back as I remember think geez it feels like I don't have any protection on so maybe it broke.....I did take it off but with her kid coming home I didnt really slow down to inspect it before I flushed it away. So here is where I stand with questions and I guess fear.
1. Are the two test I have take the oral swabs home kits accurate enough at 6&9 weeks to give me an idea if I was infected
2. Would I have seen a condom break even with not inspecting it thoroughly and how odd to have remembered that thought of wow it feels like nothing is on?
3. With the briefness of the act being so quick does that eliminate some risk
4. her last sexual encounter would have been about 2.5 months before ours so this would have been a higher risk if exposed correct?
And finally I did tell her I need some time but we text some but I feel bad as my fear has gotten the best of me but I want to possibly continue to have some sort of support for her but i feel I have to get my crap together first. I will be back home in two weeks and want to be supportive of her as she has told no one else.
HIV Prevention :: 64 Day Oraquick Finger Test Negative
My risk was unprotected vaginal sex with a female. We both had a drunken night and made a poor decision on not using protection. The next day I asked her status she said she was negative for hiv. Four days later we decided to do a rapid oraquick finger test at our local clinic. Mine and hers both came negative. We parted ways and I began with the "what if" factor. So I continued to test for hiv frequently 4 week 5,6,8,9 week negative. My question for you is since it is a oraquick finger test 2nd Gen I believe. Is it accurate at my 64 day 9 week test. Will it turn positive at 12 weeks?
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I recently had protected oral and vaginal intercourse with a woman of unknown status. I did not ejaculate during the oral and vaginal intercourse.
After the protected vaginal intercourse, I wanted to remove the condom. While I was removing it, I saw that the outside of the condom (which has been inside of her vagina) touched my penis head. Some seconds later, I went to the bathroom and washed off my penis with water and soap.
Is it likely that if her vaginal fluid was infected and touched my penis head, that I will be infected?
Also, the above counts also in case the fluid found its way to my urethra during the washing of my penis.
Note that there was no cut on my penis or scrotum.
Clicking And Pain In My Left Ring Finger. NOT Trigger Finger?
I am 18 and back in May I guess I "jammed" my finger. I say I guess because I really don't know WHAT exactly happened. My two dogs got into a little fit and when I was separating the two of them I don't know what I did, but I really messed up my finger. After it all happened my hand hurt REALLY REALLY bad. It also started swelling pretty much immediately. I waited a couple days and then went to the ER because I figured maybe I dislocated my finger or something. They did an X-ray and came back and said there was nothing wrong, and probably a sprain so they sent me home with an ace bandage and some ibuprofen. Fast forward to now.
The swelling in my hand has gone away after about two months of not moving it a lot and keeping it wrapped up. But each time I completely straighten (like I am stretching my hand) out, my ring finger makes a clicking noise and kind of pops up. Moving it certain ways, making a fist, putting pressure, pulling, or grasping something wrong hurts extremely bad. I can feel it move down at the base of my finger (like my last knuckle). It has caused a problem for me because it hurts with most normal things that I do. Even typing this is irritating.
So I finally went to an orthopedic and he looked at my hand and X-rays and said he isn't sure what it is and he recommends me to see a hand surgeon.
I did. I drove almost 2 hours each way to see this doctor and here's what happened in a span of 3 different visits.
He suspected trigger finger even though he said certain symptoms were odd. He gave me a cortisone injection into my left ring finger and OMG that was painful. But to be honest that pain from the swelling of the injection was about as bad as my hand felt right after it happened. But sadly that didn't help. So my doctor sent me to get an MRI. With the results of the MRI, he told me that he saw swelling in my finger and that he thinks is in the sheath but said he doesn't know what is causing that. So he told me he was stumped and should see someone who is more of a specialist and gave me a few names. None of them take my insurance.
So I decided to put all of my info out here and see if someone has had something similar happen or knows what might be going on with my finger.
I will also post below the "findings" on my MRI report.
"There is a focus of marrow edema involving the dorsal aspect at the base of proximal phalanx fourth digit and adjacent dorsal aspect head of fourth metacarpal with a focal small cortical invagination of the metacarpal which may be post traumatic in etiology from previous impaction. No discrete fracture or dislocation is appreciated at the fourth digit IP joints pr MCP joint. The flexor and extensor mechanisms and tendons appear intact. No significant sized joint effusions. No significant degenerative or arthritic bony changes are appreciated. Visualized musculature has normal signal. Subcutaneous tissues are intact."
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