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What Tests Should Be Performed To Diagnose HIV?

sir/madam
i extremely worrying about my health,actually i am weeping evryday due to my bad thing that i have done first time in my life, that last month 26 jun i had sex with sex worker, now i am repenting myself that i may get hiv infection, first she did unprotected oral sex on me and then vaginal sex with condom, after that again with oral sex.this thing made me very disgusting about myself , sir please give me guidense that when should i check myself,and after how many days the hiv virus can be detected..please help me
                                                                 
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Oral sex is a much less efficient mode of transmission of HIV infection.A number of studies have reported that the incidence of transmission of infection by oral sex among couples discordant for HIV was extremely low ( nearly nil i.e . zero according to one study).
This is because in mouth saliva present and saliva contains endogenous antiviral factors , so kissing or oral exposure can't transmit HIV infection.
During vaginal sex there was condom on your penis , so this route was a safe way.
Antibodies to HIV begin to appear within 2 weeks of initial infection, and the period time between initial infection and the development of detectable antibodies is rarely more than 3 months .
In your case , since you are so stressed , so please get in P 24 nucleic acid amplification ( rapid pcr rna ) test.
You are not having or not developed any symptoms , so this is also an indication that you are HIV free .
If you would have been HIV infected , symptoms may have developed ( acute HIV syndrome i.e Retroviral ).
Hope this will help you.
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What Tests Should Be Performed To Diagnose HIV?

Hello Oral sex is a much less efficient mode of transmission of HIV infection.A number of studies have reported that the incidence of transmission of infection by oral sex among couples discordant for HIV was extremely low ( nearly nil i.e . zero according to one study). This is because in mouth saliva present and saliva contains endogenous antiviral factors , so kissing or oral exposure can t transmit HIV infection. During vaginal sex there was condom on your penis , so this route was a safe way. Antibodies to HIV begin to appear within 2 weeks of initial infection, and the period time between initial infection and the development of detectable antibodies is rarely more than 3 months . In your case , since you are so stressed , so please get in P 24 nucleic acid amplification ( rapid pcr rna ) test. You are not having or not developed any symptoms , so this is also an indication that you are HIV free . If you would have been HIV infected , symptoms may have developed ( acute HIV syndrome i.e Retroviral ). Hope this will help you.