High hiv risk, multiple negative tests, low cd4
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Hi,
I had a high HIV risk years ago. I was raped.
Did not test for HIV right away since I just wanted to forget what happened.
Later when I got neurological pain, I got tested with 3rd generation test and hiv pcr 1 as well as hiv 2 dna. All negative.
However, now years later my neuropathy only gets worse, I have skin infections and also had pneumonia. I have paid for my cd4 cell count and over the years the cd4 count has dropped. Also my kids have constantly too low lymphocytes.
I am worried to death that the guy who raped me infected me with some rare strain or several hiv strains and the tests are not detecting it. The guy had brown spots on his skin. Probably kaposi sarkoma.
Can anyone help. The doctors think I am crazy but I can assure this is not in my head. Please, anyone. What can this be if not HIV?
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luis59210 nalle41976
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no you are all good,
stop overthinking
nalle41976 luis59210
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Thanks a lot. Just worried what causes my neuropathy. I was diagnosed with lyme years ago but got antibiotics.
MStudent nalle41976
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cd4, lymphocytes fluctuate day to day. They are also modulated by stress levels and yours are clearly high. If you tested negative at 3 months and 6 months youre in the clear.
nalle41976 MStudent
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Thank you so much. I am relieved. I am just so worried since the doctors cannot find any cause for my neuropathy. A Dr. told me that since I can feel everything, my symptoms are not typical to neuropathy. I'm, however, in constant pain - pins and needles.
B vitamin levels are normal as well as sugar levels. The only thing that has been changing, is the antibodies against lyme but only the ones of an old infection and sometimes the other confirmatory test is intermediate. Some years ago I got antibiotics for a longer time and these helped. Now, however I constantly have pins and needles in my feet.
MStudent nalle41976
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forget about the past you need to focus on staying safe in the future. Avoid the risky behaviors that got you in trouble in the first place.