[Question #12445] Follow up
7 months ago
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Hello back in the form to ask a few more questions. Its been 6 days since my unprotected oral exposure and in that time I’ve had recurring diarrhea, red spots and blotches that look like a potential precursor to a rash, and what appear to be two minor little white bumps on both sides of my tongue. Is this a sign of acute infection? I see there’s an HIV RNA test than can detect infection early, When is that considered conclusive?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
7 months ago
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Welcome back, but I really can't help very much. I see nothing here that wasn't covered in your previous thread, or at least the answers should be obvious from that discussion. There you said you understand HIV "doesn’t transmit through saliva", then asked "does that make kissing and oral sex functionally impossible for transmission? What circumstances would have to occur for it to transmit from oral to penis (or oral to vagina)?" And my answer was "There are no known "circumstances" that would create significant risk for HIV transmission oral to genital." I haven't change my mind since yesterday. Ion addition, new HIV symptoms cannot start before 7-8 days after exposure and usually it's 10-15 days; symptoms before 6 days cannot be due to HIV. And none of your symptoms (diarrhea, "red spots and blotches" and "white bumps" on the tongue fits with a new HIV infection.
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You do not need HIV testing at all. But if you feel you must be tested anyway, the RNA test is conclusive 11 days after exposure.
Please go back and re-read your previous thread for all the other reasons you can remain certain you don't have HIV. But please don't ask anything else whose answers already were given there. Thank you.
HHH, MD
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7 months ago
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So i’ll test HIV RNA and Chlamidiya+Ghonorrea at 11 days (is 12 days better for hiv RNA?) for conclusive results. Given that you thought my risk was low, whats the earliest, but still accurate time I should test for Syphilis, Herpes and HPV?
7 months ago
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I guess my last two questions will be as followed; If you had to guess the odds for acquisition each of the potential STIs from my exposure, what would you say they are? I’m also not sure I can just stop having sex with my partner, I know you said you would continue unprotected with your partner so would protection all but ensure her safety?
Huge thanks for hearing out my somewhat hysterical approach to this, I realize how frustrating it probably is for you and your team. I’m really regretful and scared about this really stupid act of infidelity. I genuinely don’t know what I was thinking.
7 months ago
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would Low lymphocyte and high Neutrophil levels increase my risk of infection?
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
7 months ago
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Your risk for any of these infections was no higher than one chance in 10,000 for gonorrhea; since 90% of urethral gonorrhea causes symptoms within 5 days, absence of drip from your penis by now makes that chance one in 100,000 as a rough guess. Chlamydia even lower. Syphilis also no higher than 1 in 10 thousand. Zero risk for HIV.
Yes, using a condom would provide still further (but unnecessary) protection for your partner.
12 days probably is no better than 11 days for HIV RNA testing. You can't beat 100%.
Syphilis testing is not conclusive until 6 weeks, herpes 12 weeks. I strongly advise against herpes testing: the tests are not very accurate and you're at greater risk for a false result than an accurate one.
That concludes this thread. Please note the forum policy against repeated questions on the same topic. This being your second about this exposure and your inflated STI/HIV worries, it must be your last. Repeated anxiety driven questions are subject to being deleted without reply and without refund of the posting fee. The forum sponsor is not keen on collecting fees for questions with obvious answers; repeated replies often prolong anxiety rather than relieving it (there's so often a "yes but" or "could I be the exception" sort of thinking); and such questions have reduced education value for other users, one of the forum's goals. Thank you for your understanding.
I do hope the discussions have been useful. Happy new year.
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