Dear Dr,
I had three encounters with three different women I had just met. The first one was on Aug. 28 09, the second one on Nov. 4 09 and the third one was on Nov. 24 09. On my first encounter I gave the woman unprotected oral sex, received protected oral sex and had vaginal sex with condom. On the other two encounters I only had vaginal sex with condom. On the second one I found some blood on the condom, she was on her last day of her period. The three times I checked the condoms and never found any breakages. Until today I never had any symptoms that I could relate to any anomalies (I only had the flu for a couple of days during Christmas).
I was worried about HIV and also other types of STDs. I took an ELISA H.I.V. I & II test on Feb 22 2010(by this date it had been 91 days since my last encounter on Nov. 24 09, four months since the second one, and six months since the first one). I also took the following check up: complete blood count, urinalysis, VDRL and a fecal culture.
The results of the complete blood count, urinalysis and fecal culture were all approximately NORMAL according to the reference values of the lab. The results of the count of WBCs were: NE 48.3%, 3.0/mm3 ; LY 40.7%, 2.5/mm3 ; MO 8.0%, 0.5/mm3 ; EO 2% 0.1/mm3 ; BA 1% 0.06/mm3. The results of VDRL and HIV were: NEGATIVE.
My questions,
Can I feel sure, with the NEGATIVE that I got from this HIV test, that I don’t have HIV?
Should I get tested for HIV again?
Are the results from my count of WBCs normal for a person that doesn’t have HIV or any other type of STD?
Would you consider the three sexual encounters as “safe” (especially considering the unprotected oral sex and the issue of the blood?
Do my lack of symptoms and the results of my many different tests prove that I didn’t get HIV or any other type of STD? Should I keep worrying about HIV and STDs?
I have been very paranoid about HIV and STDs, and I would sincerely appreciate your advice and help
Thank you