Had symptoms of swollen tonsils, aching and not well for sometime, but HIV 4th generation duo negative, day 17, 31, 60 and 82. HIV + or -?

[Dennis6]

What do you guys think? I’ve had swollen tonsils for some time, headaches, night sweats and just wasn’t feeling well for several weeks. The possible exposure (unprotected sex back to back nights) was from a girl who I got in contact with she tested negative 4th generation at 52 and 80 days post her exposure. She doesn’t want to get further testing and says I’m bothering her at this point. I was diagnosed with chlamydia that she gave me. The girl mentioned that she was also diagnosed with Trichomoniasis, but my Trich result was negative! I still took the antibiotic Flygal. About a week following my possible exposure I had sexual intercourse with a different girl who developed a rash all over her body, she tested negative at 36 days. She believes that her rash came from the azithromycin for chlamydia and after taking Flygal for Trich. What are the chances of my result turning positive at this point??? I am extremely worried and upset. My doctor doesn’t believe Im hiv positive and doesn’t think I need further testing, but I don’t know. What do you guys think??????? How concerned should I be? What are the chances of my results turning positive ? Is it conclusive? I’m extremely depressed. I understand that the symptoms are not in my favor, but the test results, Especially between the 3 of us have been negative so far.

Please help. Any input would be appreciated.

[Sparky39]

Hi Dennis6

Although the unprotected sex is a real world risk, you have tested negative with a 4th generation test at 82 days which will be conclusive.

Just an add on, you are responsible for your own sexual health, playing the blame game helps nobody..... learn from these episodes and practice safer sex.

[Dennis6 in reply to Sparky39]

Thank you for the reply. Do you believe further testing is necessary?

[Griffon]

Hi Denis , HIV tests are accurate and a negative result means you you are not infected . To acquire the disease you need to have unprotected sex with someone who is infected , and as you say the women have assured you they are negative , so it is unlikely you have picked up the infection .

What is far more likely is you have picked up another STI , some of which do produce the same symptoms you have .

[Dennis6 in reply to Griffon]

Thank you Griffin, I appreciate the reply. I’ve also tested for Hep which came back negative. I did test positive also for HSV-1. Can that be a reasoning for these symptoms?

[Dennis6 in reply to Dennis6]

Also - all other STI testing is currently negative. Following treatment of antibiotics of Tich and chlamydia still felt not well. What other STI could it possibly be?

[Dennis6 in reply to Dennis6]

But I’ve had HSV-1 for years. Maybe the HSV-1 was triggered from the chlamydia and Trich which caused an outbreak for my tonsils to swell ?

[Griffon in reply to Dennis6]

I had similar symptoms to you caused by syphilis , but a lot of infections cause these same types of reaction . I'm also HIV positive and Hep B , and I've had gonorrhoea too . As far as I can tell the HIV never caused any symptoms at all . Gonorrhoea has a very obvious pussy discharge , and hep. B over a long period of time caused loss of cognitive function , weight loss and a symptom I have not seen mentioned anywhere , belching .

[Dennis6 in reply to Griffon]

I’ve tested negative for everything else. Do you think I should retest for syphillis ?

[Dennis6 in reply to Dennis6]

I tested for syphilis only 17 days post exposure. Do you think that would be enough time to detect ?

[Griffon in reply to Dennis6]

Sorry , I'm not a medical expert , I can only go by personal experience . From what you have described it is unlikely that you have HIV , and much more likely you have some other illness , which may not be an STI at all .

[Griffon in reply to Dennis6]

A quick google search suggests that re testing for syphilis is a good idea if early results come back negative .

[Dennis6 in reply to Griffon]

Hi Griffon,

I recently took another std panel tests all negative. Also took an RNA viral load negative. It has been 90+ days . Not sure what is going on because I still do not feel well. Do you think I should retest again ?

[Griffon in reply to Dennis6]

Hi Dennis , If all HIV tests for yourself and the people you have had sexual contact with have come back negative then you do not have HIV . Focusing on HIV is possibly preventing you from identifying the true reason you are ill . I'm afraid there is no way anyone on a forum like this can identify what your problem is . All I can suggest is that you may have picked up something like scarlet fever - or any other disease.

[Griffon in reply to Griffon]

Dennis , Have you read Gopal's post on here ? His problem is similar to your own . It might be interesting for you to have a CD4 Tcell count done if your illness continues . Read his thread , it is interesting .

[Dennis6 in reply to Griffon]

Hi Griffon ... will my positive covid test interfere with my hiv testing ?

[Griffon in reply to Dennis6]

No !

[Dennis6 in reply to Griffon]

Thanks Griffon, I went to my doctor and tested for mono, tuberculosis. Restested for chlamydia and trich and did a WBC Blood test. Everything was Normal. I think I need to schedule with infectious disease and have them test me for everything. My primary doctor doesn’t know what to tell me anymore.

[Dennis6 in reply to Dennis6]

Hey griffon, I also want to mention that I received a positive covid antibody test result today. Could that possibly explain everything. I feel somewhat relieved

[Einstein29]

Hi m8 have you tryd a home test yet. Biosure test are reliable. Your test wont change from neg to poz now. Stay safe