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Thanks for your reply.
After this many tests would you detect evrn s trace from my exposure
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To my very best knowledge you either have the virus (HIV positive) or you do not (HIV negative) and there is no in between. When diagnosed one has to immediately start an intensive regime of drugs to prevent, or more accurately 'delay' it's development into full blown AIDS, as there is of course no cure, just a form of 'control' from drugs which will extend the life of the person, hopefully for quite a good length of time. While an instant test after exposure MIGHT fail to detect it's presence, a retest in three months would certainly have detected it, which is why a second test might be advised. Being so serious an issue, huge amounts of research and collection of information has, and is being devoted to HIV. I think I can see your worry. It's 'in you' giving you the symptoms but not developed enough to be detected yet? It might show up in the NEXT test? This is NOT in the nature of the virus. There may be the symptoms you descibe when the virus enters the body and the viral load is high. After about two weeks you have NO SIGNIFCANT SYMPTOMS (which is what makes it so dangerous, nobody, not even yourself knows you have it...UNLESS you are tested). Uncontrolled it develops into full-blown AIDS and you go VERY rapidly downhill, and no drugs can really do a thing for you at this end-stage. But ANY TIME after at most a month, the virus will be detectable by a test. I promise you. You can have it and not know it, or outwardly show it in any way, but the test WILL show it. After six negative tests I think you should accept that you ARE INDEED HIV NEGATIVE. I should try and think of this as a wake-up call, a very fortunate escape and move on wiser. HIV is no respecter of persons or lifestyles, age or sexual orientation. Best wishes mate...I suppose what I'm saying by a long route is that you CANNOT be 'a bit HIV' or be harbouring the virus without it showing in your blood. In the early days a few very unfortunate people were infected via transfusions of blood carrying the virus. the screening/testing procedure quickly sorted it's act out...had to. Now we are superb at detecting it, working hard to limit it's spread, but sadly no nearer curing it.
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