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Board: HIV Prevention 05-18-2013, 09:47 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 477
Posted By SOTM
Re: HIV scared

It would have been 100% conclusive at 3 months/13 weeks/90 days.

You do not have HIV.
Board: HIV Prevention 05-18-2013, 09:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 477
Posted By SOTM
Re: HIV scared

Symptoms mean nothing at all...please know that. They can never even be used to suggest HIV infection, let alone diagnose it.
Board: HIV Prevention 04-12-2013, 08:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 259
Posted By SOTM
Re: Am I just being paranoid?

You had no need to test in the first place, oral sex and protected sex are not viable means for HIV transmission. In 3 decades, there has not been one confirmed case of HIV through oral sex. Anemia...
Board: HIV Prevention 03-06-2013, 08:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 676
Posted By SOTM
Re: condom slipped inside after ejeculation

6 week antibody tests are about 99% accurate at detecting HIV. The chances she had HIV at the time of your sex are and have not been picked up are extremely low. Add to that the chance of you...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-16-2013, 06:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 801
Posted By SOTM
Re: Unprotected Vaginal Intercourse with a Neighbor - Test Update

Her 7 week test is along the lines of 99.5%-ish accurate, as is your 7 week test. The chances she actually has HIV that was not detected at 7 weeks, that is was transmitted by a one time vaginal...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-14-2013, 09:26 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,842
Posted By SOTM
Re: Very stressed out about possible HIV

There is such thing as over testing, it can carry a chance- although tiny, of a false positive.

I will preface the following by saying you should test at the 3 month mark for a conclusive result,...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-12-2013, 06:45 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 655
Posted By SOTM
Re: Hiv ?

ZERO risk for HIV here buddy. Protected sex is just that, protected....thumbs up for practicing it. It is impossible to get HIV from a hand job, so the broken condom is irrelevant.

There is not...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-06-2013, 09:25 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,842
Posted By SOTM
Re: Very stressed out about possible HIV

Most people will not lie about their disease status when asked.

Obviously, any unprotected sex is a risk, but your chances of HIV form this are vanishingly small. Most typical women do not have...
Board: HIV Prevention 01-16-2013, 08:19 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 278
Posted By SOTM
Re: Am I infected

You had zero risk for HIV in the first place. Oral sex is only a theoretical risk, and would take some highly whacked out circumstances for it to happen...like a mouthful of blood.

You do not have...
Board: HIV Prevention 12-28-2012, 07:23 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 427
Posted By SOTM
Re: Please someone help?

Yes. Anal sex is a high risk activity in terms of HIV. Sexually, receptive anal sex is the highest risk for acquiring HIV from a positive partner, with insertie anal sex right after it.

Odds can...
Board: HIV Prevention 12-09-2012, 07:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 809
Posted By SOTM
Re: A question?

Well it goes without saying that there was a substantial risk, unprotected anal sex with an HIV+ person is some of the highest risk sex. Insertive is less risky than receptive. The fever 2 days later...
Board: HIV Prevention 11-27-2012, 06:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 490
Posted By SOTM
Re: So Depressed in 5 months waiting.

You were never at risk for HIV, so you never needed any testing in the first place. Your 5 month test is 100% conclusive, any test later than 3 months is 100% conclusive.

Your Doctor is pretty...
Board: HIV Prevention 11-20-2012, 05:58 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 789
Posted By SOTM
Re: hiv fear risk .. test advice

Googling symptoms serves no purpose other than to boost fears and anxiety.

Thumbs up on the protected sex, it means you had zero risk of HIV here. There is no need to even test after this.....but...
Board: HIV Prevention 11-14-2012, 06:43 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 434
Posted By SOTM
Re: High Anxiety

No and no. You had an extremely protected encounter, and the very last thing on your mind should be HIV. You did not catch it from this.
Board: HIV Prevention 11-14-2012, 06:32 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 374
Posted By SOTM
Re: How at risk am I

The chance she actually had HIV (extremely low) and the chance you caught it from 2 encounters with her if she actually was infected ( 1 in 1000-2000 exposures to a known positive person) addd up to...
Board: HIV Prevention 11-12-2012, 06:19 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 896
Posted By SOTM
Re: Help please, haven't slept much.

No worries or risks at all there buddy....thanks to using a condom. Apollo covered it well.

There is not even a need to test after this encounter....so relax and sleep :)
Board: HIV Prevention 10-18-2012, 08:36 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,546
Posted By SOTM
Re: HIV from oral?

If you had any risk at all, the regulars here- the ones that have already responded- would tell you so. Even if you had every text book symptom for ARS (acute HIV infection) it still would not...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-27-2012, 07:37 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 710
Posted By SOTM
Re: many symptoms.is this hiv?;(

HIV cannot be diagnosed by symptoms. It is such a common fear that there is a sticky at the top of the forum stating that.

Any unprotected sex is a potential risk, but something so brief with...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-18-2012, 07:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,344
Posted By SOTM
Re: HIV risk and accurate testing?

You were NOT at risk for HIV, so how can anyhthing you experience possibly be from it? Symptoms truly mean nothing as far as HIV. The only things that can determine anything are the level of...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-17-2012, 07:54 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 719
Posted By SOTM
Re: hiv antibodies, hiv, testing, rapid

Slower than average immune system? which is why by 4 weeks 90%+ will test positive and by 6 weeks 99%+ will.

The average time to develop enough antibodies for detection with modern tests is about...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-17-2012, 05:12 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,344
Posted By SOTM
Re: HIV risk and accurate testing?

You used a condom, you were never at risk for HIV. There was no need to test because of what you did, but your testing afterwards shows you are negative. A 6+ week test is 99%+ accurate.

Broken...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-15-2012, 08:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 490
Posted By SOTM
Re: rapid hiv blood test

A 4 week test is about 90% accurate, meaning 90% of the people that were actually infected from an exposure would test positive at that time frame. At 6 weeks it is about 99%. 3 months/90 days/ 12...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-10-2012, 04:37 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,873
Posted By SOTM
Re: hiv testing

Why not just go for a standard antibody? It is 4 weeks since you had this unprotected sex and a standard antibody would be about 90% accurate at this point and over 99% in just a 2 more weeks....
Board: HIV Prevention 09-09-2012, 06:37 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,466
Posted By SOTM
Re: Absolute paranoia oral sex HIV hysterical

They won't come back positive. What more can be said? You're going to needlessly lead up to tomorrow all freaked out, sweating to death while the rapid results happen....then feel silly when they...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-07-2012, 08:35 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,466
Posted By SOTM
Re: Absolute paranoia oral sex HIV hysterical

You cannot say this:



Then say this:



You are NOT getting what we are saying here, that there is ZERO rsik from oral sex. That means that any symptom on the planet could not possibly be...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-06-2012, 06:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 981
Posted By SOTM
Re: One-time Heterosexual Encounter risk?

The chance that a heterosexual male from a rural area having HIV is extremely low. Even if he had it, the chance of contracting it from a few exposures is also quite low. Statistics are just numbers,...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-06-2012, 06:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 931
Posted By SOTM
Re: Help! HIV test - possible exposure to HIV

The chances she actually had HIV are very low, and the chance you would have contracted it -if she did have it- from such a brief exposure are also very low. But the risk is still there. HIV has no...
Board: HIV Prevention 09-01-2012, 06:26 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,232
Posted By SOTM
Re: 8 weeks would be conclusive result?

The accuracy would be more in the 99% area, so it would be an extremely good indicator of status.

Get a 3 month for 100% conclusive results.
Board: HIV Prevention 08-29-2012, 09:34 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 729
Posted By SOTM
Re: Shall I move on from worrying?

You are in the clear now :)
Board: HIV Prevention 08-26-2012, 06:51 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,722
Posted By SOTM
Re: Hiv oral transmission

It is a very common and true theme here that symptoms mean nothing at all. You're right, there have been countless people coming here with the same scenario as you, convinced they have HIV because of...
Board: HIV Prevention 07-04-2012, 07:10 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 774
Posted By SOTM
Re: Help Worried Sick

Yes, it can very easily be just a coincidence. I have been posting here a year and a half. I have seen dozens come through with many symptoms fearing from HIV. They have ALL turned out negative. Its...
Board: HIV Prevention 07-01-2012, 07:07 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 884
Posted By SOTM
Re: the odds.. how do they know?

The CDC pegs it at 1 in 2000 for female to male vaginal transmission. Where they get it from? From many long term studies involving serodicordent couples.

As Kev said, they are just statistics,...
Board: HIV Prevention 06-30-2012, 08:39 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 774
Posted By SOTM
Re: Help Worried Sick

We can stop right here.....zero risk for HIV since you had protected sex. There would be no need to test after such an encounter. As for all the symptoms you list after, they can not possibly be from...
Board: HIV Prevention 06-29-2012, 06:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 468
Posted By SOTM
Re: 24/7 thinking I might be infected. Please, Help!

You could convince yourself of having any disease i the world if you read online enough :). I tld my Rheumatologist that I had been searching online for whatever...her response was " Why are you...
Board: HIV Prevention 06-18-2012, 07:24 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 965
Posted By SOTM
Re: Scared I might have HIV....Need some a advice!

Around the middle of July would be a 6 week test, that would give you a very good idea of your final 12 week/3 month conclusive test. Please try and ignore symptoms, they really mean nothing. Many,...
Board: HIV Prevention 06-14-2012, 06:53 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,356
Posted By SOTM
Re: Puking non stop because of possible exposure

STOP looking for symptoms, or every little thing you feel is going to freak you out. Do you have any idea how many people have come through this forum with every single "textbook HIV symptom", 100%...
Board: HIV Prevention 06-04-2012, 10:24 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,278
Posted By SOTM
Re: New to this

No.
Board: HIV Prevention 05-24-2012, 07:15 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 7,208
Posted By SOTM
Re: High risk exposure, all symptons, Hiv +?

No doubt symptoms can be scary as hell after an exposure or risk. But you really must try and look past them. It's easy to say for me not experiencing them, but the reality is that symptoms truly...
Board: HIV Prevention 04-11-2012, 06:24 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 7,703
Posted By SOTM
Re: High risk hiv exposure

You're still not getting that symptoms have zero effect on determining if you have HIV. Do you know how many people have come through these boards with every symptom possible, absolutely convinved...
Board: HIV Prevention 03-29-2012, 06:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,198
Posted By SOTM
Re: Is the 12-week conclusive mark applied to all?

Then get tested at 6 months, or even a year. I can 100% guarantee you will be HIV negative assuming no risks since, since your last test was 100% conclusive.

Move on from it, life is far too short...
Board: HIV Prevention 03-28-2012, 06:40 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,295
Posted By SOTM
Re: HIV symptoms.

Well it was obviously a risk. Please ignore all symptoms no matter what they are, as they have zero meaning in HIV diagnosis. Only a blood test can determine it. I would test at 5-6 weeks, and that...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-27-2012, 07:38 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,270
Posted By SOTM
Re: hiv risk

No risk at all, my friend. Oral sex is a non risk, there has been not one documented case of it, pretty significant considering the umpteen millions of incidents. It is usually listed as "low" risk...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-25-2012, 05:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,645
Posted By SOTM
Re: oral sex and hiv scare

Yes, the mouth and salve is not very friendly to be virus.
Board: HIV Prevention 02-24-2012, 07:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,595
Posted By SOTM
Re: PEP and symptoms

OK, it was defintely a risk. But, you also do not know if your partner even had HIV, it is very likely he did not. Even were he HIV+, contracting HIV from a single exposure is not a given. It can...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-23-2012, 01:46 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,395
Posted By SOTM
Re: NEARLY EVERY ARS SYMPTOM IN THE BOOK! A love letter to all the worried wells...

Oral sex is ZERO risk, so it is impossible for anything to be from HIV. Do you have any idea how many hundreds upon hundreds of people that have come to this forum saying "what about these symptoms X...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-23-2012, 06:36 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,503
Posted By SOTM
Re: Syphilis & it's influence on hiv window

Left curious? You know with absolute fact that whatever you are experiencing is not HIV. Be happy and move on to figure what is going on.




Stop there. I've seen plenty enough people do this...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-20-2012, 05:59 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,503
Posted By SOTM
Re: Syphilis & it's influence on hiv window

It could be the lab exploded and is no longer there as well :D....all speculation, and she is wrong for even saying that being that she has zero idea what is happening.

You'll get them tomorrow....
Board: HIV Prevention 02-20-2012, 04:42 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,503
Posted By SOTM
Re: Syphilis & it's influence on hiv window

It varies from doctor to doctor. Sometimes they call the doctor, sometimes you can the results rigth from the lab. Alot of the time the doctor will not give the result- neg or pos- over the phone, it...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-20-2012, 04:25 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,503
Posted By SOTM
Re: Syphilis & it's influence on hiv window

....or maybe they just have not had the chance to test your blood yet. Im not overly familiar with labs, but I really doubt they go systematically through tests for each person, they most likely do...
Board: HIV Prevention 02-15-2012, 12:57 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,898
Posted By SOTM
Re: Scared to Death

Hi

Symptoms mean nothing as far as HIV, you can only diagnose with a blood test.

If the blood tests were 90 days/3 months/12 weeks after the unprotected sex, they were 100% conclusive. Even...
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