Tested negative after but still have symptoms. Will it change in 12 weeks?

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I had sex with a SW, used a condom but it broke and was exposed for like 30 sec, i put on another but didn't finish coz i just wasn't myself after that. I asked the girl about her status, said she had tested negative 2 weeks before but didn't trust her. Started getting body aches after 4-5 days and i was just like omg, i have hiv now. Went and got tested after 8 days(too soon i know) obviously negative, doc told me it's probably stress. Went on to Google and read about the window period of 3-12 weeks and i was stressed again as the body aches didn't go away too. Had a finger prick after 18 days negative, lab test 31 days negative but still have body aches, no fever, flu, white tounge or rash. Will my results change?

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    yes when i went to get tested i was having symptoms and came back negative and then got a rash got it swabbed and the rash tested positive but i was told to wait a month for body to build antibodies and then it should show i am in fact positive. so yes your results could change.

    • Posted

      How long did you test after exposure, for you to test positive?

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      i cant give u a time frame. i didnt even know i was exposed to it. i had flu like symptoms and i had unprotected sex various times that month and even months before w my bf so i went to get tested and test results came back negative a week or less after that result i got a rash so went to get that swabbed and came back positive. i told my gyno that i had tested negative for all STD panel and she told me since it was first outbreak i had to go back in 4-8 weeks and i should have antibodies by then so blood work should be positive too.

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      So now you're hiv positive right? Did you experience any body aches whatsoever? I'm guessing since you had symptoms and the rash maybe it was 2-4 weeks after exposure because that's what the cdc says about it,maybe you had tested too many early as you didn't know when you were exposed.

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      yes i am hiv positve and yes i had body aches. you should just go get tested and be sure yourself.

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