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I tested after 10 months of exposure, could i be hiv positive
I only tested for hiv 10 months after possible exposure. My results came back negative, but i have been having this headache for about a month now & i appeared to have a flaky skin, pain aroud the umbilical & ichy rash on the neck cord 6 weeks back that lasted for 4 weeks. I once had a headache 3 months after possible exposure, where the doctor diagonised it as sinus. Then i read somewhere that sinuses is an early symptom of hiv, hence the reason of being afraid to test at the time. Could i be hiv positive?
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You will never know for sure until you have been tested. It is possible you are seeing elephants where only ants exist but this is understandable given your reason.
The general rule is that after 6 months a negative test is giving you a correct reading. Most labs will run the test several time to make sure they are not getting a false reading. To put your mind at ease go ahead and get another test.
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At 10 months, the test should have been accurate. 6 months is generally the very longest it takes to develop the antibodies the test checks for.
If you are concerned there is no harm in having another test done. HIV tests almost never give false negatives after a six month window, so go ahead and double-check it.
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