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Asked for male, 23 years old from Jaipur
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General Physician•Delhi
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
It is extremely unlikely, and the chance of catching hiv from receiving oral sex even from an hiv-positive partner is almost nil.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a treatment plan for you.
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Asked for male, 21 years old from Saharanpur
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Sexologist•Sri Ganganagar
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you have a 1 in 909 chance of getting hiv from your partner without a condom.
If you are a female, you have slighly lower chance or 1 in 1234 of getting an infection during unprotected vaginal sex with an hiv positive partner.
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Asked for male, 33 years old from Bathinda
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Antibody tests require the longest wait time after infection to get an accurate result. For most people -- around 97% -- this takes anywhere from 2 to 12 weeks. For some, it can take as long as 6 months. Combination or fourth-generation tests, which look for both antibodies and antigens.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Antibody tests require the longest wait time after infection to get an accurate result. For most people -- around 97% -- this takes anywhere from 2 to 12 weeks. For some, it can take as long as 6 months. Combination or fourth-generation tests, which look for both antibodies and antigens.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a treatment plan for you.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Antibody tests require the longest wait time after infection to get an accurate result. For most people -- around 97% -- this takes anywhere from 2 to 12 weeks. For some, it can take as long as 6 months. Combination or fourth-generation tests, which look for both antibodies and antigens.
Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a treatment plan for you.
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Asked for male, 34 years old from Jaipur
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
As per cdc guidelines, the window period of hiv infection is 18-45 days for the test performed on serum/plasma. The window period of hiv tri dot is 30-60 days & the window period of hcv is 8 to 11 weeks. Hiv tri dot & hcv tri dot are 99% accurate within the defined window period.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you.
Bacteria, sweat, and dead skin cells can build up and make the skin covering the head of the penis swell.
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Asked for male, 28 years old from Phagwara
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General Physician•Durg
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Diagnosis of hiv cannot be made on clinical findings unless the disease is progressed to late stage. I would like to know your history of any exposure so that I could prescribe you the test at the right time. You can text consult me and provide details of your problem.
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Asked for male, 49 years old from Mumbai
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If you had protected sex using a condom and your tridot antibody test at 56 days came back negative, it is a good sign. However, the general recommendation for hiv testing is to get tested at 90 days (3 months) after the potential exposure, as this is considered the window period during which the virus can be detected.
The tridot antibody test is sensitive and accurate, but there is still a small chance of a false negative result, especially if you were tested before the window period. Addit...more
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