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Question: hi,
I have unprotected vaginal and oral sex with a unknown lady on 7th nov,2016.After 2 weeks developed pain behind my ear just as swollen and disappear in a day and again appears after 3 or 4 days.it is still continuning.on 19 th day I did HIV card test it was negative on 23rd I did elisa test it was negative and on 28th day I did p24 antigen it was also non reactive.Iam worried about the pain that is behind my ear also another thing I forget to tell is my thighs and hands became thin (fat reduced)but weight is not lose .iam worried on this facts.Please guide me on what are the tests that I have to do now it is almost 32 days after that incident.Please help
I have unprotected vaginal and oral sex with a unknown lady on 7th nov,2016.After 2 weeks developed pain behind my ear just as swollen and disappear in a day and again appears after 3 or 4 days.it is still continuning.on 19 th day I did HIV card test it was negative on 23rd I did elisa test it was negative and on 28th day I did p24 antigen it was also non reactive.Iam worried about the pain that is behind my ear also another thing I forget to tell is my thighs and hands became thin (fat reduced)but weight is not lose .iam worried on this facts.Please guide me on what are the tests that I have to do now it is almost 32 days after that incident.Please help
Brief Answer:
Dont be worried as your HIV test result are non reactive
Detailed Answer:
dear sir
thanks for posting your query to HCM .
dont be worried as your HIV test result found to be negative .
I wanted to know that how did you come to know about your thighs become thin as you didnt loose any weight ?
if you are sure about it you need to consult a medicine physician for undergoing complete examination and investigation .
other feature could be because of any viral or bacterial infection that can be easily treated .
presently I suggest you to just go for complete blood count examination to find out any infection in blood, after that we will plan for further managment .
feel free if any query .
Dont be worried as your HIV test result are non reactive
Detailed Answer:
dear sir
thanks for posting your query to HCM .
dont be worried as your HIV test result found to be negative .
I wanted to know that how did you come to know about your thighs become thin as you didnt loose any weight ?
if you are sure about it you need to consult a medicine physician for undergoing complete examination and investigation .
other feature could be because of any viral or bacterial infection that can be easily treated .
presently I suggest you to just go for complete blood count examination to find out any infection in blood, after that we will plan for further managment .
feel free if any query .
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
Hi Doctor,
Today is 33rd after that incident.I have did CBC and ELISA (HIV).Attaching the results
It is showing HIV-sample absorbance --0.05 cutoff value--0.295.Please inform what it means?
haemoglobin--14.2
total wbc--6200/cumm
neutrophil-50
lymphocytes --44
eosinophil--02
monocytes--04
platelet count--1.8lakh
pcv--44.1
rbc count 4.9 million
mcv 89fl
mch 28.9 pg
mchc 32.3
esr 10mm/hr
hbasg negative
hcv negative
Today is 33rd after that incident.I have did CBC and ELISA (HIV).Attaching the results
It is showing HIV-sample absorbance --0.05 cutoff value--0.295.Please inform what it means?
haemoglobin--14.2
total wbc--6200/cumm
neutrophil-50
lymphocytes --44
eosinophil--02
monocytes--04
platelet count--1.8lakh
pcv--44.1
rbc count 4.9 million
mcv 89fl
mch 28.9 pg
mchc 32.3
esr 10mm/hr
hbasg negative
hcv negative
Brief Answer:
No need to be worried as HIV is non reactive .
Detailed Answer:
dear sir
this time again ELISA indicate Non reactive HIV as absorbance value is below the cut off.
but test for hiv antibody detection should be repeted at 3, 6 and 12 month period .
however your CBC value suggesting that there may be some chronic infection present becuase lymphocyte count is near to upper cut off value .
it could be because of any bacterial or viral infection .
I suggest you to consult a physician for complete body examination so that he can find the apropriate test to detect the infection .
hope it is enough to solve your query .
No need to be worried as HIV is non reactive .
Detailed Answer:
dear sir
this time again ELISA indicate Non reactive HIV as absorbance value is below the cut off.
but test for hiv antibody detection should be repeted at 3, 6 and 12 month period .
however your CBC value suggesting that there may be some chronic infection present becuase lymphocyte count is near to upper cut off value .
it could be because of any bacterial or viral infection .
I suggest you to consult a physician for complete body examination so that he can find the apropriate test to detect the infection .
hope it is enough to solve your query .
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
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