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Hi All,

I am an Indian male, 28 years old. I recently had an unprotected vaginal intercourse with my neighbor for about a minute, on 28th Dec. When this happened, I was being treated for Tonsilitis. I used Antibiotics and pain relievers as a part of the treatment.

I am not sure of the health status of my neighbor and as per the looks she is quite active and not a sex worker as far as I know.

I have changed the course of my medicines as my throat was getting worse and really painful. From about 10 days, I got very itchy skin. Especially, on my abdomen and back. I sometimes experienced itching on my hands as well and even now, I have this itching on my face, nose, ears. I can see flakes of skin on my ears, which is a known condition to me because I have dandruff and flaky scalp.

My tonsilitis has subsided fairly. But this itching and minute 2 or 3 boils on my abdomen and back are causing me worry. I feel very itchy after having my bath and my skin feels very dry. The boils are very painful if I ever touch as well. My skin has become hyper sensitive for the past 10 days and If I ever touch any part of my body for a minute, I feel very itchy and painful there.

I have gone for HIV - Elisa test & VDRL today(After 25 days of Encounter). And the results came in as Negative(Non-Reactive) for both. However, I suspect the correctness of the test as I am on medication for my throat infection.

What kind of effect does antibiotic medication have on HIV - Elisa tests? Can I be conclusive about my tests at this period? Please help me. I am really worried. Also, how conclusive is my ELISA test at this point?

Update at 27 days after exposure:

Her - Test Result REF.RANGE

Antibodies to HIV I & II : OD:0.006 Cut Off OD: 0.247
(Microwell Elisa) Non-Reactive <cut off - Non-reactive
>cut off - Reactive

I have a question regarding this test. what does the number (OD:0.006) show here. That there is SOME virus in her blood? or something else. Please let me know if I need to go for further testing.

I still have the symptoms of sore throat, serious itching on abdomen, around my chest(gets worse at night), itching on palms(gets worse at night). Please let me know if these symptoms are for something else entirely. I searched on the net and found these matching with Scabies. Is that what you think too? Please help.


Update at 48 days after Exposure:

I got myself tested yesterday using HIV Elisa Method. The result came Non-Reactive(Negative) with Index Value of 0.002.

Questions:

For my given scenario, at 48 days post exposure, is my HIV Elisa result conclusive? Should I go for any further testing? My tonsilitis has subsided, but I still have itchy skin and feeling a lot dizzy at work. Please suggest. Thanks in anticipation.