mrchickenhead
12-01-2004, 01:38 PM
I been doing some reading and think i may have had a possible exposure.
In april with a girl, i was using my fingers on her. I didnt have sex. i noticed afterwards there was a cut on one of the fingers i had been using. Washed it and thought nothing more of it. In june (abt 6 weeks later) i got what was diagnosed as glandular fever. You call it Mono in the U.S. Aching all over all day and night, night sweats, sore throat and headaches. This lasted 2 weeks. I had a blood test done for glandular fever, and this is how the diagnosis was made. I have read somewhere that hiv can cause a false positive for glandular fever, is this true?
Then in oct i gave blood (6mths after poss exposure). I didnt realise i was at risk at the time. Had my donor card with grouping come through, no contact to say there was a problem with any of my tests.
What im really asking is could i be at risks and could both tests (glandular fever and HIV screening) have missed it?
thanks.
In april with a girl, i was using my fingers on her. I didnt have sex. i noticed afterwards there was a cut on one of the fingers i had been using. Washed it and thought nothing more of it. In june (abt 6 weeks later) i got what was diagnosed as glandular fever. You call it Mono in the U.S. Aching all over all day and night, night sweats, sore throat and headaches. This lasted 2 weeks. I had a blood test done for glandular fever, and this is how the diagnosis was made. I have read somewhere that hiv can cause a false positive for glandular fever, is this true?
Then in oct i gave blood (6mths after poss exposure). I didnt realise i was at risk at the time. Had my donor card with grouping come through, no contact to say there was a problem with any of my tests.
What im really asking is could i be at risks and could both tests (glandular fever and HIV screening) have missed it?
thanks.

