neuroticcat
27-05-17, 04:16
I had an HIV test done a few years ago. (3 years after the possible exposure).Nobody explained me the result but I assumed it was negative based on what I read online. It was (around) 0,164 but it had no reference values. There were no other numbers on that paper. It was only mentioned the method that they used and "non reactive". I was assured for about 4 years that I don't have HIV until January this year when I think my PMS triggered my anxiety.
It actually started as a fear that a member of my family will get hurt and then changed into health anxiety over chronic hepatitis B(I found out Iater that I am vaccinated). Phisically I was in very good health but after a while started having IBS-D like symptoms which made me Google my symptoms and all hell broke loose as I was reading that not all HIV test have a cutoff value of 1. Even if my test said non reactive I am still scared that my result was actually positive. Now I have a sore throat and a weird flesh colored lump in my throat (not a swollen tonsil,) and I'm going nuts.
I have to mention that this is not the first time I'm having irrational fears. When I was around 19 I was reading that there are some rare cases when women still get a period while being pregnant. I did around 10 pregnancy tests and a ultrasound and I was only reassured for the moment, after a few days my fear would be just as bad as before the test. I guess it stopped when I didn't give birth:D
Please help me. I don't know if I should do another HIV test or not.
It actually started as a fear that a member of my family will get hurt and then changed into health anxiety over chronic hepatitis B(I found out Iater that I am vaccinated). Phisically I was in very good health but after a while started having IBS-D like symptoms which made me Google my symptoms and all hell broke loose as I was reading that not all HIV test have a cutoff value of 1. Even if my test said non reactive I am still scared that my result was actually positive. Now I have a sore throat and a weird flesh colored lump in my throat (not a swollen tonsil,) and I'm going nuts.
I have to mention that this is not the first time I'm having irrational fears. When I was around 19 I was reading that there are some rare cases when women still get a period while being pregnant. I did around 10 pregnancy tests and a ultrasound and I was only reassured for the moment, after a few days my fear would be just as bad as before the test. I guess it stopped when I didn't give birth:D
Please help me. I don't know if I should do another HIV test or not.