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Am i hiv negative or should i be worried still because of some symptoms?
I tested hiv negative on march 20th 2013, after exposing myself to hiv last april 27th 2012, i have was being sick, vomiting mucus and having aches pains, high temp for about 1 week if i remembet correctly last late april beginning of may, this was at home, did not go to hospital, sludgy diahorrea and a lot of trapped wind. Since then i have had hiv test in may 2012 , june 2012, august 2012, october 2012, november 2012, jan 2013, and my last one 25th march 2013 athis was using blood from my arm, what tests are the ones ive had and when they were negative, showing no hiv antibodies, are they accurate and am i definately hiv/aids negative? i still have a neck rash little clear bumps and reddy marks. My tongue still has 4 ulcers in the centre at back of.tongue, my dry cough and dry eyes are still with me, the clinic said to me that i should have been assurrd afyer 3 months window, but as you can see ive had 6 tests over 10 month now its coming close to a year, am i hiv negative or should i be worried still because of some symptoms. I had anal and oral sex last year
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I dont think you have HIV. but you definitely have some problem..show a good doctor..may be you are suffering from some other immunodeficiency disease..or any other viral infection
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It's almost impossible that you have HIV.
Obviously, something is wrong, and you should see a doctor about your ongoing symptoms, but you need to stop focusing on HIV as the culprit at this point. That just isn't at all likely to be the case.
After a year and six tests - all coming back negative - you need to accept that as conclusive proof that you are HIV negative. False negatives on modern HIV tests are extremely rare. (In 2005 the CDC put the number of false-negative results at 0.03%). Math is not really my strong suit, but that means that after six negative tests the likelihood that ALL of them were false-negatives is something like 0.0000000243%.
So really, you need to see a doctor about your symptoms. Clearly you are experiencing something - it's just probably not HIV.
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You seem to have had EVERY symptom associated with the virus entering your body here. Usually 1 or 2 are common, possibly so mild they're hardly noticeable. But mate, a blood test is a blood test and when they're checking for one particular result, and you've had six in nearly a year...I think you can safely say you're NEGATIVE! The 3 month retest is of course very valid. But the virus can't 'lay dormant' as it were in you and evade tests after the initial period. A lot of these symptoms are comensurate with extreme stress and anxiety...which it sounds like you've had PLENTY of. Sickness. diahorrea, muscle fatigue. Tick all the boxes! Except high temperature/fever. Maybe you just had flu? You'd be amazed how stress gives so many people that dry (nervous) cough. Mouth ulcers set about you when you're below par and run down. There are 'pyschosomatic' symptoms of course. A scare like a SARS outbreak sees many people actually 'getting' all the symptoms for example. And the tight chest and trouble breathing could of course be the virus, or a good old anxiety/panic attack. Now knowing you were exposed to such a significant virus as HIV must have chilled you to the core, it would anyone. But you've got all the results in black and white. Six messed-up results is stretching credibility way too far. They're pro's you know...and they've got all the kit! Thoughts that you are somehow 'the exception to medical science' are a 'symptom' themselves. A symptom of how the experience has thrown your rationale and reason right 'off balance'. You'll get your thinking back on track. Try to move on, and if you could bag a counsellor for a good old chat it might make things easier. Good luck. And for a bit of stone-cold logic, think about how many millions of pints of blood are used in hospitals in the industrialised western countries. And how devastating 'mistakes' in screening that bllod for HIV would be. They can't afford to make mistakes.
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to reading your story ,am very sad , .but do not worry take medicine time to time .take advise from well doctor.in your hiv test you have no antibodies so why you are worry .you need counciling because you fell depression, to get out this make your mind healthy and think positive .and you speak that you have some symptoms ,is causes depression .i know many person who are hiv positive and living well ,have no problem .you are in depression so go for counciling .
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