My possible exposure was performing oral sex on a guy and he did ejaculate in my mouth. I was tested 6 months after this incident at my doctor's office and my result was negative. My doctor said he wanted to test me again at the 9 month and 1 year mark.This has worried me. Any HIV specialist or doctor will tell you that a test after 6 months is not needed. I've read messages on here where people's doctors will test them at 3 months and that is it. Should I be worried? Has this happened with anyone else?

My possible exposure was performing oral sex on a guy and he did ejaculate in my mouth. I was tested 6 months after this incident at my doctor's office and my result was negative. My doctor said he wanted to test me again at the 9 month and 1 year mark.This has worried me. Any HIV specialist or doctor will tell you that a test after 6 months is not needed. I've read messages on here where people's doctors will test them at 3 months and that is it. Should I be worried? Has this happened with anyone else?




95-99% of people seroconvert at 3 months. It's very rare for it to take 6 and bordering impossible for it to take longer. tests today are more accurate in detecting antibodies in the blood than they were years ago. To say your doctor is overly cautious would be an understatement.



If you have HIV, that means you not only got it from an unlikely situation, but you were one of the VERY rare people to take longer than 3 months to seroconvert. So basically, it would take a miracle and god would definitely have to have it in for you.

I agree with Stress. It seems like your doc, as well as tons of MDs out there (mine was included) have some serious catching up to do in terms of knowledge for HIV. Your test at 6 months is accurate, even above standards for your specific risk of exposure. You should rest assured, UNLESS you have have recently incurred in unsafe practices. If you are a sexually active person, and have more than one partner, or do not know the status of your current long term partner, you are advised to do and HIV and STD checkup at least once a year.

i read that oral poses a very low risk of HIV... and that most will seroconvert after 6 weeks... 3 months ELISA is conclussive... best of luck

i read that oral poses a very low risk of HIV... and that most will seroconvert after 6 weeks... 3 months ELISA is conclussive... best of luck






She doesn't need luck.

Many general doctors don't know much about hiv. (especially if you live in an area where they don't get many cases.) Two years ago my doctor's nurse said a person should be tested at 6 months and then a year. Like it's really going to take a year to test positive! I talked to the CDC and they said that a 3 month test being negative means you are probably not infected, but if you want to test at 6 months for peace of mind it is always an option.

You poor thing, I know exactly what your going though. Here are some places you can go to further inform yourself. You should read my story "oralsex, std results, and no answers". And also the comments I wrote on Marc1974 "condom broke 3 months ago..." There is this study from the University of San Francisco that may ease your mind, and also keep you aware of why your doctor is concerned. He sounds like a great doctor. VISIT the site.... http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?doc=2098.3ccb (this is a study of 50 health care workers, all of whom were hit with a needle stick with HIV infected blood...all the people in the study except 2 got a postive ELISA after a 6 month time period, but 2 did not and took longer than 1 year.) I agree with the others in that it is so rare to take longer than 6 months. Since your activity itself was low risk, your only reason to get tested again is for peace of mind for you. Remember also that in this study it is such a small sample and these people were hit with infected hiv blood injected directly into the blood system. Yours was a sexual incounter where you had 3 things protect you from the HIV virus. The saliva in your mouth, the tough barrier of your mouth and gums, and that you could wash your mouth out too. I am assuming you did clean up after the sexual episode. Anyways, your doctor is just being as overly causious as he possilbly can be which I think is a good thing. Statistically speaking, from what I have heard from is that if you test negative at 3 months its like 1 in 1 million chance for you to test postive after 3 months. Even in this study of 50 health care workers, 48 showed antibodies after 6 months, and on average most showed antibodies in 46 days or 4 to 6 weeks. Meaning that 50 percent were less than 46 days and 50 percent were more that 46 days. So, as you read this study, you will realize that many people in the medical community say 3 months because it just becomes more and more rare for antibodies to show up later and later. Most doctors do not want to create any kind of anxiety for their patients too. My advice is to assume you are negative since you did pass the 6 month test, i mean come on...48/50 health care workers at that point..48/50 *100 is ....96% of the people. You should be that sure that you are clean, and if you want to get tested again, do so for your own peace of mind, and try to use minty condoms next time until you get to know someone long term, and you 2 can go get tested together after 6 months of dating or something. Let me also remind you that there are tons of other STDs too you can get from oral sex, like herpes, mono, t-lymphoma virus, chlamydia, gono, warts, syphillis, strep throat, hepatitis, colds, flus, and so on....

GO TO www.stdtest.org and click STD BASICS then STD CHART. YOU CAN SEE YOUR RISKS THERE.... Use condoms....MEN CAN NOT BE TRUSTED DAMIT!

AND SMILE YOUR *** OFF CAUSE YOUR NEGATIVE WITH A 96% accuracy now go christmas shopping and get yourself a vibrator, and stop worrying your pretty little head off.

ALSO:Antibodies are the protein cells that the body makes in an attempt to fight off the virus. They are part of the weaponry the body makes to try to rid itself of the viral invader. Antibodies take time to develop in response to infection, and that is why it is recommended that people wait 3 months after the time of last possible exposure to get tested.

With the new generation of antibody tests that came out a few years ago, it seems that about 65% of infections can be picked up within about 6 weeks after infection, and over 95% can be picked up at 12 weeks. Almost all infections can be found at 6 months post-exposure. Thus, depending on the time of the last possible exposure, it could mean a person would need to be retested, or wait to be tested initially, until at least 6 weeks post-exposure. <--------this is what an immunologist told me!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.allexperts.com/previousqv.asp?QuestionID=2911948 (another link for ya, this from an an asktheexpert actual doctor...who gets paid to answer questions off the internet) GIRL BE HAPPY WILL YA!


SO IN OTHERWORDS GIRLY NEW TESTS THAT HAVE COME OUT A FEW YEARS AGO NOW TEST NEARLY 95 percent of cases after 12 scary anxious weeks. THIS IF FROM MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE NOT JUST a SMALL CASE STUDY OF 50 exposed to the virus on all levels medically, sexually, and so on. YOU ARE WAY PAST 12 weeks hun. SO GO DOWN AND GET THAT VIBRATOR AND LISTEN TO SOME WONDERFUL MUSIC. YOU WILL NOT DIE, AND YOU FROM NOW ON, CAN PROTECT YOURSELF FROM HIV AND OTHER STDS THE BEST YOU CAN FROM NOW AND THIS DAY FORWARD. PLEASE REALIZE YOU ARE SAFE AND SOUND FOR SURE. BEST WISHES ALWAYS. HUGS!

Jimmydeantoo

Thanks all for the responses, they have helped me calm down a bit.

JimmyDean- Thanks for the information and for taking the time to type that long response. I really really appreciated you taking the time to do that to make me, and hopefully others who read my post, feel better. Thanks again and best wishes to you.