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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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What Are My Chances Of Getting HIV At This Time?

Hey there. I had unprotected sex 2 weeks ago with a sexworker and after i washed myself, but i realised i had a small cut on the tip of my penis. Can youy tell me the risk of hiv ex[posure please? I had a blood test 3 days after, it came back negative, but would that have been too soon to tell? What is the percentage?

Im really really scared, i am a 24 year old male. Thank you for reading this
posted on Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Hello
In your case the risk was double:
Unprotected sex with a sex worker & small cut on the surface of the penis ,these two encounter were most dangerous .
Now read this carefully this one.
As already , I mentioned that you were at risk.
The antibodies to HIV begin to appear within 2 weeks of initial contract and the period of time between initial infection and the development of detectable antibodies is rarely more than 3 months .
As you mentioned that you got test after 3 days , so this test was inconclusive .
In my opinion get in P 24 rapid nucleic acid amplification test ( pcr , rna ) as mentioned above period .
Hope this will help you.
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What Are My Chances Of Getting HIV At This Time?

Hello In your case the risk was double: Unprotected sex with a sex worker & small cut on the surface of the penis ,these two encounter were most dangerous . Now read this carefully this one. As already , I mentioned that you were at risk. The antibodies to HIV begin to appear within 2 weeks of initial contract and the period of time between initial infection and the development of detectable antibodies is rarely more than 3 months . As you mentioned that you got test after 3 days , so this test was inconclusive . In my opinion get in P 24 rapid nucleic acid amplification test ( pcr , rna ) as mentioned above period . Hope this will help you.