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Question: hello doctor. am on immense anxiety fearing of getting hiv.
i had only one time sex with a woman on april 15 2016. she was married. she left her first husband with a child. after that she married second one with another child she left him before 8 years. i come to know that her first husband infected with hiv. but she has no contact with him  after leaving him i know for sure. despite in fear i made her to take hiv rapid test on may 1. which came negative. after that we had had sex for one time on may15. then i got married on XXXXXXX 16. on july 15 after a injury in hospital they took hiv test. which is also negative. on sep 9  we had sex for another time. then my wife become pregnant. so out fear i took hiv rapid test on oct 10. which is negative. but still fearing i made her to take a hiv rapid test on oct 19. it was also negative. but still fear haunted me. adding fuel to my fear i got fully wet in rain on oct 22. after that wet i got fever for one day. the next day i got sore throat but no fever. fearing of hiv  i again took a hiv rapid test on oct 25 on the 45 days from my last exposure. that was also negative. the sore throat went after taking azythromycin. but still i fear of hiv. the woman i had sex also assures that she havent had sex with anybody for the past five months. still i am not satisfied. always googling for symptoms of hiv. and also checking for the symptoms on me like searching lymph nodes and constantly having thermometer in mouth for fever. please advise.
i had only one time sex with a woman on april 15 2016. she was married. she left her first husband with a child. after that she married second one with another child she left him before 8 years. i come to know that her first husband infected with hiv. but she has no contact with him  after leaving him i know for sure. despite in fear i made her to take hiv rapid test on may 1. which came negative. after that we had had sex for one time on may15. then i got married on XXXXXXX 16. on july 15 after a injury in hospital they took hiv test. which is also negative. on sep 9  we had sex for another time. then my wife become pregnant. so out fear i took hiv rapid test on oct 10. which is negative. but still fearing i made her to take a hiv rapid test on oct 19. it was also negative. but still fear haunted me. adding fuel to my fear i got fully wet in rain on oct 22. after that wet i got fever for one day. the next day i got sore throat but no fever. fearing of hiv  i again took a hiv rapid test on oct 25 on the 45 days from my last exposure. that was also negative. the sore throat went after taking azythromycin. but still i fear of hiv. the woman i had sex also assures that she havent had sex with anybody for the past five months. still i am not satisfied. always googling for symptoms of hiv. and also checking for the symptoms on me like searching lymph nodes and constantly having thermometer in mouth for fever. please advise.
Brief Answer:
Not related to HIV.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,
Welcome to HCM.
You had protected sex with women other than your wife but HIV rapid test after 45days of last episode is negative then you need not to worry at all as you are absolutely safe and risk free from the infection.
Throat pain and fever might be due to some other infection not related to HIV. Consult your physician to isolate the cause, follow the treatment regime & you will be fine soon so don't get feared or tensed.
As your friend I will also advice you to stay away of multiple partners to prevent the future risk of HIV as well as other STDs. For any further query write to me any time and I am here to help you always.
Thank You
Not related to HIV.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,
Welcome to HCM.
You had protected sex with women other than your wife but HIV rapid test after 45days of last episode is negative then you need not to worry at all as you are absolutely safe and risk free from the infection.
Throat pain and fever might be due to some other infection not related to HIV. Consult your physician to isolate the cause, follow the treatment regime & you will be fine soon so don't get feared or tensed.
As your friend I will also advice you to stay away of multiple partners to prevent the future risk of HIV as well as other STDs. For any further query write to me any time and I am here to help you always.
Thank You
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Yogesh D
i had unprotected sex doctor. after seven weeks from the last episode i was negative in hiv rapid test. she too negative after six weeks from out last sex. we had sex only for one minute only one time. is that enough. please sort out my fear.
Brief Answer:
No risk of HIV in your case.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,
Welcome back and thanks for follow-up.
HIV is not transmitted through single short exposure of unprotected sex and rapid HIV test result is also negative so be relaxed, forget the past and move on in life.
Thank You
No risk of HIV in your case.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,
Welcome back and thanks for follow-up.
HIV is not transmitted through single short exposure of unprotected sex and rapid HIV test result is also negative so be relaxed, forget the past and move on in life.
Thank You
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee
thank u doctor. the test i mentioned was tridot test. in google it says we have to wait for 3 months. for the past 20 days out of fear i havent even had sex with my wife. am in full of anxiety. even small pain under my armpit or my groin i fear of swollen lymph node. please advise doctor. thank u once again for ur previous answer...
Brief Answer:
Don't get worried or anxious.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,
Welcome back once again.
You are absolutely right that to get 100%conclusive result one have to wait for 3 months as the window period for HIV varies from 15 days to 3 months but tridot test after 6 weeks is more than 95% accurate and reliable and the exposure was only for 1minute then allay the fear or anxiety because you are safe.
The symptoms that you have might be due to other causes also so don't correlate them with HIV. Calm down, forget about the episode and move ahead in life. For your mental satisfaction get tested after 3 months and the result will surely come in your way. If still any query left feel free to ask me any time.
Thank You
Don't get worried or anxious.
Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXX,
Welcome back once again.
You are absolutely right that to get 100%conclusive result one have to wait for 3 months as the window period for HIV varies from 15 days to 3 months but tridot test after 6 weeks is more than 95% accurate and reliable and the exposure was only for 1minute then allay the fear or anxiety because you are safe.
The symptoms that you have might be due to other causes also so don't correlate them with HIV. Calm down, forget about the episode and move ahead in life. For your mental satisfaction get tested after 3 months and the result will surely come in your way. If still any query left feel free to ask me any time.
Thank You
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Veerisetty Shyamkumar
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