Is HIV Transmission Possible Despite Protected Sex?
Posted on Wed, 23 Apr 2014
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Question: Hello doctor, on 24th of January I had protected sex with an escort and after that I am deeply worried about hiv. The guilt has grasped me a lot. Well I have taken blood test on 2nd week which was negative and also after 5th week and 3 days I took a rapid blood test ... Which was negative. Today it's past 8 weeks ... I am having sore throat since yesterday evening ... It may be as I had raw olive oil on salad ... Few days back I was having mouth ulcers.. please help. I don't want to infected.
Brief Answer:
I think you are over reacting
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
thanks for posting on HCM,
Since you had protected sex with the escort, the changes of you getting HIV infection boils down to 0. HIV is never spread through kissing and even if you exchanged mouths with the escort, you are still free from acquiring the virus. There is no need doing repeat tests now. Doing it the first time is sufficient and that result will only show infection that you acquired a long time ago and not from the escort. If you wish to be sure that you are void of HIV infection, you will need to wait for 90 days from the date of first test in order to redo another test.
I am quite positive that you have not been infected by the escort and you need to just keep your mind off it. Your mouth ulcers and sore throat might be due to other problems. Early symptoms of HIV could be body rashes and lymph nodes swellings. Being worried alone could be disastrous to your psychological health hence leading to other problems.
Just stay calm and do some meditation with exercises to ease your mind and stress.
Hope this helps and wish you the best.
Dr. Nsah
Thanks for your reply. But my throat pain has gone the next day but giving me flowing nose and usual inflammation in throat. I am worried like anything it's 9th week today.
Brief Answer:
A couple of days it might clear off
Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
Sorry for the late reply.
It is most likely that you have a bacterial infection and may require further antibiotics in order to get rid of the new symptoms.
I think you will need a doctor to examine you and maybe provide you with some prescription drugs to get rid of the symptoms.
Hope this helps further
Dr. Nsah
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Is HIV Transmission Possible Despite Protected Sex?
Brief Answer:
I think you are over reacting
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
thanks for posting on HCM,
Since you had protected sex with the escort, the changes of you getting HIV infection boils down to 0. HIV is never spread through kissing and even if you exchanged mouths with the escort, you are still free from acquiring the virus. There is no need doing repeat tests now. Doing it the first time is sufficient and that result will only show infection that you acquired a long time ago and not from the escort. If you wish to be sure that you are void of HIV infection, you will need to wait for 90 days from the date of first test in order to redo another test.
I am quite positive that you have not been infected by the escort and you need to just keep your mind off it. Your mouth ulcers and sore throat might be due to other problems. Early symptoms of HIV could be body rashes and lymph nodes swellings. Being worried alone could be disastrous to your psychological health hence leading to other problems.
Just stay calm and do some meditation with exercises to ease your mind and stress.
Hope this helps and wish you the best.
Dr. Nsah