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Military87:
funny enough if you do it. you still wont be convinced. Am i right?

I think it's more of psychological now bro.
Even if i test negative up till 1 year, my mind is bleeped up already.

Military87:
why will she test again. i didn't bother them for a test. whats the name of the confirmatory test.

She didn't say. she just gave me the list and i saw the price tag. She said it's her boss that does that one. She only knows how to do the rapid test

Military87:
stop wasting your time asking them that. even one blood bank guy had no idea what i was talking. You know HIV through blood transfusion is more here in west Africa. meaning they don't even know the proper test kit to use.
one was telling me to bring 20k to confirm. told him no wahala. oya whats the name of the test kit he's using. he wouldnt say.

Lol.. the girl in the lab i tested said it's 15k for confirmation. Men i just need closure so as to move on with what's left of my life.
Only if the lady i slept with would agree to test again. She says i'm becoming a nuisance...chaii

Military87:
will just keep on waiting till 6months if its negative. at this point if i turn out positive i wont even cry. i had to visit a lab few hours ago. The lab attendant doesn't even know HIV test kits well she's a student though. i give up already till 6 months. if the sickness like it should progress i can do with the symptoms i am still having

True bro. Same happened few weeks back when i tested. I asked the lab attendant if it was an Elisa or rapid test, she was looking at me like a lost sheep. I had to ask her if it's the strip type of test before she understood what i was saying. At that point, i lost hope on the credibility of the result.

Military87:
they no know. they will tell you its conclucive. OP wasnt far from the truth. i saw a page on med help about 3 persons who were symptomatic and were negative on month 3 and longer. but later positive and most had my symptoms even dehydration. lol. i cant wait to travel back to SA. if those ones talk rubbish there or dont give an accurate explaination i will just give up.

I've given up already.

Forget that symptoms don't mean anything talk. Glands don't just get swollen without an infection. My annoyance is the fact that it's taking too long. If i had tested positive at the 3 months mark, at least i would be getting used to it.

Military87:
no 3months plus. dry mouth is now like an everyday thing self. oral thrush. i cant even open my tongue anymore. Saw the doctor today. he gave me drugs for the ulsers

Na wa o. Only if these doctors can just give us stats on the % of those who tested negative at 3 months and tested positive later, and how common it is.

Military87:
its reliable when newly infected. viral loads drops after some time too.

Shiiiit. So it's till 6 months then.
Has yours been up to 4 months?

Trendy247:
OK, I think you should just go to any hospital that make use of 4th generation test strip n do the test so u can relax ur mind

Okay, I'll do that.

Trendy247:
Mouth ulcer or ordinary whitish tongue?

Actually it's both.

Military87:
so true. the symptoms were so so glaring. i just gave up already. if only theres a test that can completely rule it out.

Heard the PCR or something like that actually looks for the virus and not antibodies. But then, i've read that it's not the ideal test and antibody test beyond 3 months is the standard.

Trendy247:
Are y still having the symptoms?

Still have the nodes swollen and the ulcers in the mouth comes and goes.

Military87:
so true and to stop one from fidgeting they just tell you three months. But some still emphasise on asymptomatic people testing at the 6months.
if only i tested - at 5months i wont be bothered self.

Lol. You'll still be bothered bro even if you test at 5 months. I was a lil happy when i tested at the 13th week only for the anxiety to start all over again. Even if i miraculously test negative 2 weeks from now, I'll still be skeptical about it sef. Men the symptoms no be childs, they were too convincing.

Military87:
OK bro. goodluck on your test and do update us on the result.

Saw your question on medhelp BTW.

Trendy247:
This might be of help

I believe these stats were made based on ugrade in testing methods, which OP said is not rampant in Nigeria because we still use the old testing methods. That is why emphasis is placed on testing at the end of the 6 months mark.
I've been browsing through medhelp and they seem too confident on the 12 weeks test, based on the tests they have there.

What kind of test do we even use here. Almost every lab uses rapid test and nobody even knows the generation of rapid tests these things are.

stinflame:
Don't just run stds test, be specific to the lab guys.. Tell them the onces you suspect.

I did tell them at the lab the symptoms I've been having and they did urinalysis, hiv and hepatitis

stinflame:
Mr you don't have HIV, keep calm and do STD test later. No need mentioning what you have, just do STD test. Most likely all viral infections have same symptoms, and most aren't serious since they are acute in nature.
And with the mad abdominal pain look out for Hep B or C. But good enough u might clear it off in 6 month.

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Hopefully it's not HIV.
This has been the longest 5 months of my life and i wouldn't even wish the anxiety and trauma i've been through on anybody. I did STD tests 8 weeks post exposure and it came back negative. But I'll redo it.

Military87:
OK bro. goodluck on your test and do update us on the result.

Sure, i will do that. Wishing you the same in your successive tests.

Military87:
sure it came out negative. but checking for antigen now is of no use as antigen level drops after sometime(a month plus or so after infection ). so its only going to check for anti bodies.
Did you experience rashes as well, what about the dehydration thing. i might be traveling to SA soon. the doctors there are better.

Had rashes on my forehead for about a week. Just had dry mouth but not really dehydration. Also had mad abdominal pain.

Military87:
if its just the white tongue it wont worry me. but the sores and periodidic dehydration i take 4 sachets of water some nights. if she showed you the strip then you should be relaxed. one of the babe told me she had an infection and couldn't see her period let her do test she refused. the other didnt even pick my call at all. nodes still there. if i finally go through this and by miracle its negative anything sex i am running.

You know it's possible for her to be infected and still show negative, right? So, i'm not really convinced with that. I just don't see any miracle happening for me i swear.
Have you gotten your antigen/antibody test?

Military87:
I slept with two girls on different occasions , na so condom tear. Me no even know, the whole thing happened so fast. I later pulled out after a little thrust. The thing is I fell ill after four weeks. Some of you might think it’s my head playing me but I had crazy night sweats,mad fever, those rashes were on my back. Appeared and disappeared after about a week. Mouth ulsers. I kept on having different ones, chills I will just be sweating and feeling cold too every night for like a week till it stopped .withing a month plus I had all symptoms of HIV. Even nodes. just three of them on my neck just came out from no where. No one should tell me it’s my mind playing me as I am not a kid. Almost 30.
I did series of test within this period, series like 12 or thereabout all came out negative even at the 3rd month mark. I stil have mild symptoms as they come and go. Like the mouth ulsers and my tongue is mad white now, and all that. Doctor is a little convinced it’s HIv even though he doesn’t want to say.
And yeah I had cough for that same month no amount or type of drug cured. I had to go for the antigen/anti body test few days ago. Maybe that’s going to make me rest. And if it turns out negative I will know it’s unseen forces after me. Or what do you guys advise. Is it possible the antigen own will confirm it all. Or I still have to wait for month 6

I also other test relating to other STDS all cane out negative.

I'm in the same situation with you. I've had exactly the same symptoms as you've had. Tested up to 5 months. still negative. 3 weeks from now I'll test again when it's 6 months from exposure. I'm convinced already it's HIV. Mine was also a broken condom incident and i didn't realize too quick.
Asked her if she's clean she said yes(who wouldn't say so?). Had to convince her to test again because she travelled back to school a day after the sex. Sent me a negative strip two days later on WhatsApp that she has tested again(i wouldn't be too sure).
I would have been convinced i was negative if not for the swollen glands on my neck and the mouth sores.

[quote author=Melvin0 post=81779466][/quote]I'm in the same situation with you. I've had exactly the same symptoms as you've had. Tested up to 5 months. still negative. 3 weeks from now I'll test again when it's 6 months from exposure. I'm convinced already it's HIV. Mine was also a broken condom incident and i didn't realize too quick.
Asked her if she's clean she said yes(who wouldn't say so?). Had to convince her to test again because she travelled back to school a day after the sex. Sent me a negative strip two days later on WhatsApp that she has tested again(i wouldn't be too sure).
I would have been convinced i was negative if not for the swollen glands on my neck and the mouth sores.