Reply to Likelihood of Having Contracted HIV?

Forum Index » Health and Medicine

Reply to "Likelihood of Having Contracted HIV?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a blood transfusion in the 80s about six months before they started the routine screening of blood for HIV.  Instead of worrying about it for years, I got tested.  Seems to me that a simple test is more effective than worry. [/quote]
I’m stranded at my parents’ in the middle of nowhere. Will have to wait until I get back to Dc to go buy a kit from CVS and test. Meanwhile the anxiety is literally making me sick.[/quote]

You had 5 years to get tested and you still haven't done it... [/quote]
I didn’t think about it until now[/quote]

For the future, you should get tested yearly for Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and HIV when you go to the gyn.  Otherwise, you have potentially put everyone else you had sex with in the last 5 years at risk too. Part of being a responsible sex partner is getting tested for STIs including HIV regularly unless/until you are in a relationship where both partners are 100 percent monogamous.

But yes, definitely get a home kit when you get close enough to a CVS, Walgreen's, etc. Within 20 minutes you'll know. Until then try not to stress too much.[/quote]
Actually, per ACOG, women 13-64 only need to be tested once in their lifetimes, and that is usually done during pregnancy just to confirm. [/quote]

That's either misunderstanding or misrepresenting what ACOG says. Here is the link to the full recommendations: https://m.acog.org/Clinical-Guidance-and-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Gynecologic-Practice/Routine-Human-Immunodeficiency-Virus-Screening

It is AT LEAST once in a lifetime but more if you have any risk factors, which include having a new sexual partner since the last time you were tested. And that repeat testing should be offered to all women even in the absence of identified risk factors.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics