How many times did you have an AIDS test?
99027
I've had a couple, but not becasue anyone I slept with had aids just because I wanted to be safe!
173439
Sequential blood samples were evaluated from 3 subjects with AHIV (negative HIV EIA, positive HIV RNA), identified 2-3 days before peak viremia (pre-peak). HIV RNA levels and CD4 counts before antiretroviral therapy were used to estimate HIV doubling time (t(d)) and, the basic reproductive number (R(0)). HIV t(d) was calculated from the slope of ln(RNA) vs. time during rising viremia. Maximal estimates of t(d) were 1.6-3.5 days.\nhttp://www.aegis.com/conferences/croi/1998/521.html
299059
Yup at least one time or two.
662245
I think that you should go to some more doctors and get tested but, also tell them of your other problems and complications with your previous test. You should also provide them with you medical records so that they would know how to correctly determine your test. It is highly impossible that you could have HIV if yo have never had any sexual contact or any blood transfusions or have never used any needles. That sounds very odd to me. So don't just go to one or two more doctors, go to as many as you can because it is obvious that there is something interfering with the result of your tests. GOOD LUCK and I will keep you in my prayers.
4204
The following numbers are old, and they're all pretty much guesswork anyway, so take them with a grain of salt.  But I venture to say most people in the field would agree with my conclusions.\n\nAccording to a report by researchers Norman Hearst and Stephen Hulley in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the odds of a heterosexual becoming infected with AIDS after one episode of penile-vaginal intercourse with someone in a non-high-risk group without a condom are one in 5 million. With a condom it's even safer--one in 50 million. Just to put this in perspective, the chances of someone in your family getting injured next year in a bubble bath are 1 in 1.3 million (source: The Odds on Virtually Everything, Heron House, 1980). You're in much greater danger of being struck by lightning (1 in 600,000), having your house bombed (1 in 290,000), or being murdered (1 in 11,000).\n\nThe numbers get a lot worse if you engage in "high-risk behavior"--having sexual intercourse or sharing needles with a member of a high-risk group, e.g., a gay or bisexual male or IV drug user from a major metro area, or a hemophiliac. The chances of getting AIDS from one such encounter range as high as 1 in 10,000 using a condom to 1 in 1,000 unprotected. Even if your partner tests negative for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the chances of infection from a high-risk person are still relatively high--1 in 50,000 without a condom. That's because there's a 45 to 90 day window during which a newly infected person can infect others but test negative. (A few people go as long as 180 days.)\n\nFrom there on out, statistically speaking, things deteriorate pretty fast. If your partner is HIV-positive, your chances of getting AIDS after one night are 1 in 5,000 with a condom, 1 in 500 without. Have sex with an HIV-positive partner 500 times using condoms and your chances escalate to 1 in 11. Skip the gift wrap and they're 2 in 3.\n\nA couple points: These odds apply equally to men and women. Although there's reason to believe male-to-female AIDS transmission happens more often than female-to-male, the amount of difference is unknown. Also, I have to emphasize again, the numbers involve a lot of guesswork. The authors admit they could be off by a factor of ten in either direction. Still, one message comes through loud and clear: by far the best thing you can do to avoid AIDS is to be picky about your partners. Use of condoms reduces your risk by a factor of 10, sleeping only with people who test negative reduces it by a factor of 5 to 50, but avoiding high-risk partners reduces it by a factor of 5,000. (You'd also be well advised to avoid high-risk behavior, such as unprotected receptive anal sex.) Asking for a resume may not be romantic, but it beats Kaposi's sarcoma.
1180614
If you used a condom and it didn't break then the chance you were exposed to HIV is very minimal.  If you didn't use a condom and your partner has  the virus that causes AIDS then chances are that you'll test positive within 6 months or so.  ALWAYS WHERE A CONDOM!  I work in the healthcare field and we have patients that are 13, 14, & 15 years old that have tested positive for HIV and it really bothers me. They may as well sit around somewhere and wait to die :-(  Furthermore being exposed to STDs doesn't have anything to do with whether you have an orgasm or not, it's the simple fact that you had intercourse.
127575
You can take an HIV test anytime. It's safer to go every 6 months or everytime you have unprotected sex with a new partner.
156911
as a person that is HIV+ please listen to this... its not 6 months anymore. The CDC recommends 13 weeks but the ELISA and Western Blot test can detect the virus much sooner. Until you find out your results please make sure that you are protecting not only yourself but the ones whom you engage in relations with. And as far as Post Exposure Prophalaxis is concerned it hasn't been proven to be 100 % effective and generally is done with rape victims only.
488236
if the test came back positive no you do not have to take it again ever. and no you don't have TB that just shows that you have been exposed to it. yes it will come back positive every time. in my case it is negative until i came around someone with it. from that point on the antibodies will be in my system and will always say positive. you should have just told the nurse or whoever the test was required for that you have been exposed and you do not need another. it will be in your records just show it to your employer.
1002384
211 times. My last show was Jerry's last one to.
53215
There may have been trace amounts of the antibodies in your system but not enough to determine for sure if you have HIV or not, also, it may have been taken to soon after contracting the virus, you should take another test soon. If you do have the antibodies, that means you have the virus, cuz antibodies are only present in your blood when they are trying to fight off something in your body. \n\nI hope things turn out right for you, GOOD LUCK
1122024
5 times in a row, lasted about 8 hours. it was when my and my husband first got together, he hadn't been with anyone in 2 years and i hadn't been with anyone in 4 months, we cured all of our sexual frustration that first day
296124
I've been one 3 times: \n\nPurple, Navy, and Disco Ball Silver (as I like to refer to it, it was a Vegas wedding)
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On any single encounter with an infected partner, the risk is high, but not 100%. Multiple encounters increase the risk of transmission substantially.\n\nContrary to popular belief, HIV is actually quite difficult to catch. It is about 5000 times more difficult to contract than Hepatitis C for example (another sexually transmitted disease).\n\nYou should always use a condom if you want to avoid risk; you cannot rely on a person knowing their status. You don't know your status right now do you? And it takes several years for AIDs to develop, so often people feel and appear completely healthy while being infectious.\n\nThe chance of transmission varies with the time that the person has been infected. In the early stages they can be very infectious (before there are any signs). They wil become less infectious after a while and if they are on a therapy, they may reduce their viral load so as to be imperceptable. This doesn't mean you cannot catch it from them but the chances are reduced.\n\nThere is nothing you can do at this time except wait, and do not have unprotected sex with anyone else. Get your first test in three months time, and a further test after six months. If both are clear, you should be OK.
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I'm HIV positive - and I'm going to respond to this from personal experience. \n\nI got HIV from having unprotected sex with someone who didn't know they were positive. It's a b*tch, but it happens. \n\n\nI think my favorite sentence in this question is the final line, "This organization is endorsed by many doctors and celebrities." Well - if Britney Spears says it's true - then I BELIEVE IT! Honestly, people - let's be intelligent. \n\n\nThe reason why some people are fine is because some people are different. Everyone's immune system responds differently to EVERYTHING - some do very well in fighting it on their own; others get sick very VERY quickly. The people who aren't on drugs and are doing fine - they should thank God for the blessing of a uniquely equipped immune system. \n\n\nI am like millions of others who are not so fortunate. My virus has it in for me: as in, I was infected and VERY sick almost immediately. I knew I was positive within a month, because for someone who NEVER got sick, I got TAKEN OUT! So,  I went to the doctor, and surprise!! (Lesson: use protection every time, kids)\n\nMy "viral loads" never went down (they were above 750,000 - above 80,000 is BAD), and my CD4 counts never came back up on their own (they were 274, then 208). I was never diagnosed with AIDS (CD4 of under 200), because after two months of seeing the trend, my doctor decided to strategically skip a month's blood test to see my counts before putting me on medication. She didn't want to have to give me that diagnosis. \n\nI went through a variety of tests (Both Genotype and Phenotype analysis of my particular virus) and went on a drug regimen in August of 2005. \n\nWithin a month (A MONTH!!) my viral load was down to 644, and my CD4's were 240. My drugs kicked the virus' butt, and I had ZERO side-effects. \n\nIn the past year I've been taking my drugs twice a day (basically, it ranks a few steps higher than brushing my teeth - but it's just as routine) and I FEEL GREAT!!!\n\nI love my drugs, I love my doctor, and I love the scientists that figured out a way to KEEP ME ALIVE. \n\nThe longer there are groups out there who perpetuate a myth that this, or that, or whatever - created this SYNDROME; and other ways than prescription medication can keep the virus from creating millions of copies of itself and breaking down a person's immune system, PEOPLE WILL DIE. \n\nThe scientists who studied AIDS in the 80's didn't decide that HIV was the virus that caused AIDS - they were convinced by the FACTS of how this virus operated, and the RESULTS of tests in the lab. \n\nI don't know what drugs you're on - but the ones I'm taking are the only reason I'm typing this.
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some doctors like patients to re-test their blood for HIV and other STD's as although the test originally said you were negative, the virus may not have been in your system long enough to be detected.\n\nThe HIV virus can take up to 1 - 2 months to be detected by blood tests. Doctors will initally run a test when you believe you have been infected, and another 6 months later to ensure the original diagnosis was the correct one.\n\nAs with all diagnosis methods, the blood testing HIV procedures are not perfect! For your health and the saftey of those you are sexually active with, the second test is high recommended. Until then, i would high recommend having safe sex!
690204
It depends on where you live, it can be as little as 3 months or as long as 6 months, but no more than that.  I depends on what your state depratment of health determines the "window period" to be.\n\nHIV doe not lie dormant in your system, you should not be tested every six months for an exposure that was over a year ago.  You should be tested 3/6 months after your last exposure.  You will not suddenly test HIV positive for something that happened 10 years ago.