Important note: Information in this Q&A was accurate in 2008. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.Hello Doctors,
I have been glued to this website for almost 4 months now, every since I performed oral on an anonymous male 15.5 weeks ago (I am a male as well). There was no ejaculate, but I have been concerned about possibly becoming infected by pre-c*m. I won't bore you with the symptoms I experienced, they could or could not have been ARS, and as you state so frequently, symptoms are never reliable. Onto my question:
25 days post-exposure: Negative Oraquick Advance Oral Swab
84 days post-exposure: Negative Oraquick Advance Oral Swab
108 dys post exposure: Negative Oraquick Advance Oral Swab
Are these reliable results? Should I continue to test at 6, 9, 12 months?
Mark H. Katz, M.D.
Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Chief, Hospitalist Division; Kaiser Permanente of West Los Angeles
Your results show you do not have HIV. Most people would recommend you could stop testing now. Also, your risk from the type of activity you describe was very, very low.
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