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A member asked:
Can you tell me if you get shingles 8 days after potential hiv exposure, does it mean you've contratced hiv?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not necessarily: Eight days is too soon for HIV to have affected the developlment of shingles. If you have not contacted your doctor, please do so to consider post-exposure prophylaxis.
Answered 11/5/2015
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Shingles and Sex: Good question and i appreciate it. The body does not usually know it has gotten HIV infection for at least 14 days after an exposure. This time frame is when the virus begins to spread throughout the body and is known as viremia. It would not in general ever stimulate a shingles outbreak. Shingles eight days after a sexual encounter is most likely not in any way way related to the sex act.
Answered 6/10/2014
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