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What Are The Chances Of Being Infected By HIV After Unprotected Sex?

Hie Doctor ,8months ago i had unprotected sex with a girl that i dont know of her status, the sex lasted for like 2 miutes i would like to know what are my chances of being infected with hiv? i did have any symptoms until after 4 months of being exposed i have a flu which lasted for about 2 weeks and after the flu my nose where blocked and they have been blocked for 3 months now ,after 5 months of exposure my tounge was bitter this only lasted 3 days and after 8 months i develop rash on my forehead i havent lost weight at all and i havent lost any appetite, im so worried
posted on Thu, 22 May 2014
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Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic

Rather than speculating about your HIV status, first and foremost, you must get yourself tested for HIV, since the sexual contact was 8 months back and therefore you are well past the window period for detection of HIV (3 months). Therefore, testing for HIV antibodies would tell you your exact status.

However, coming back to your query, the risk from insertive unprotected vaginal sex with an HIV positive female is about 0.04%. However, the presence of cuts, abrasions, std's, bleeding etc are biological factors that increase the risk.

It is important to emphasize that a person could become infected from having unprotected sex once or a person could have unprotected sex many times and not become infected, regardless of how low or high the risk per exposure is.

hope this helps

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What Are The Chances Of Being Infected By HIV After Unprotected Sex?

Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic Rather than speculating about your HIV status, first and foremost, you must get yourself tested for HIV, since the sexual contact was 8 months back and therefore you are well past the window period for detection of HIV (3 months). Therefore, testing for HIV antibodies would tell you your exact status. However, coming back to your query, the risk from insertive unprotected vaginal sex with an HIV positive female is about 0.04%. However, the presence of cuts, abrasions, std s, bleeding etc are biological factors that increase the risk. It is important to emphasize that a person could become infected from having unprotected sex once or a person could have unprotected sex many times and not become infected, regardless of how low or high the risk per exposure is. hope this helps regards