Hello doctor, I have had a few unprotected high-risk exposure in my life so far. I had a concern and checked my status of HIV through an ELFA test after three months of the last encounter. I did another ELFA test after six months, and both were non-reactive. I did not have any exposure in between the tests. My condom broke after the six months test, so I did fourth generation HIV test, syphilis, chlamydia, HSV-1, and HSV-2 at six weeks post my last exposure, and they were all non-reactive. I also got an ELFA test after three months post my last exposure, which was also non-reactive. I had a qualitative EDTA plasma HIV-1 RNA PCR test four months post my last exposure with a minimum assay range of 35 copies per ml. The reports said viral load not detected. I got an HIV DUO test, 23 weeks post my last exposure. I have fever and cold for almost six months now. I am a known asthmatic for years, and my IgE levels are 900. I get recurrent and persistent rashes like hives on arms, back, and legs since a year. I also have a persistent sore throat since a few months and painless muscle twitching now and then since a month. I am panicked and restless since six months now, and I had a recent episode of anal fissure following a couple of days of constipation, which healed without any medication. I am going crazy, and I had gone to the extent of killing myself of being guilty because I am recently married. Kindly help, if the above tests are sufficient to allay my fears of HIV. Are ELFA and HIV DUO tests conclusive at three and six months post my last exposure, irrespective of previous exposures? Can there be any point where both antibodies and p24 antigen are not detectable in an HIV infected patient? If there is a seroconversion stage now, will there be no antibodies detected till now? I am not on any antiretroviral or immunosuppressive drugs, and I am confused and not able to take this off my mind. Will there be no HIV antibodies detected if I had been exposed five years before? If I had acquired HIV, would my immune system go so weak? Having said all, am I HIV negative? Please help.
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