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If i had hiv symptoms since day 5 after risky sexual exposure and i negative tested on day 24 using hiv rna pcr qualative and day 40 using 4th generation ag/ab. i assume my tests are conclusive as if symptoms were hiv related i would be positive ?

Q: if i had hiv symptoms since day 5 after risky sexual exposure and i negative tested on day 24 using hiv rna pcr qualative and day 40 using 4th generation ag/ab. i assume my tests are conclusive as if symptoms were hiv related i would be positive ?

: Your closing statement is correct: "if symptom were HIV related [you] would be positive". Also, HIV cannot cause symptoms only 5 days after infection. Any symptoms at that time had some other cause.

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Your closing statement is correct: "if symptom were HIV related [you] would be positive". Also, HIV cannot cause symptoms only 5 days after infection. Any symptoms at that time had some other cause.

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Answered 5/7/2023

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A member asked:

If i had hiv symptoms since day 5 after risky sexual exposure and i negative tested on day 24 using hiv rna pcr qualative and day 40 using 4th generation ag/ab. i assume my tests are conclusive as if symptoms were hiv related i would be positive ?

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