I am co-infected with HIV and HBV. Please advise me as to where I can get the proper treatment and the latest medicine. How much will it cost?

Dear all.  First of all thanks to all of you for the great work you are doing.  My english is not good.  I am 34 yrs married male.  After 8 years of my routine married life I decided to do something different & I dated one gay male who I met on the net.  He performed oral sex on me for less than one minute; in fact I was really very tense and felt guilty as I was cheating on my wife & I was also worried about HIV infection.  I had pain in my penis and was not fully erect. My male partner was trying to give me a hardon by handjob & suddenly he took my penis in his mouth & started to give me oral.  I immediately asked him to stop, released my semen out of his mouth, urinated & then washed my penis.  This whole exposure lasted less than one minute.  I checked there was no blood on my penis but i am not sure about his oral health.  He said later on that there was no blood in his mouth, no mouth ulcers, and no bleeding gums.  There were no cuts on my penis either.  After this I asked him about his HIV status & he said he is negative and although he is having multiple relationships, he always practices safe sex.  I am doubtful about this as he is always online on gay dating sites.  This is the only one homosexual experience in my life.  80 days after this incident, I tested negative for HIV1 & HIV 2, but my questions are: 1) has anyone ever been infected by insertive oral sex? 2) I got tested by using the Tridot method; how reliable is the Tridot method to detect antibodies after 80 days (I have seen on many sites that the Tridot method is out dated) or should I use some more standard tests? 3) in India everywhere, even in goverment hospitals they use tridot only & Western Blot for Confirmation? 4) do I need to test again after the three month mark? and  5) Have you seen anyone who tested negative became positive after 80 days?  Awaiting your reply.   Please help.

Hi.  I want friends.  I am feeling very lonely due to my HIV infection.

Dear Doc:

I had protected sex with sex worker.  At the end, the condom broke.   After this potential exposure, I have had the following early HIV detection tests:   1) after 4 weeks -- P24 antigen and antibody test --negative result, and 2) after 9 weeks -- PCR DNA test -- negative result.   What is your opinion and advise:   Is the risk over with this OR should I have an ELISA test after 12 weeks ( 3months)?   To date I have stopped direct sex (used a condom) with my partner, telling different false reasons.   Now it is becoming difficult for me to carry on the same with my life partner.   No reason to say anything further to her.   Can I start direct sex (meaning without a condom) with my life partner?

Regards.

I was diagnosed hiv+ recently. i am also HBV+. My anti HBC (total) is positive.  HBeAg-, DNA-. 
Is there any treatment for my desease?

How much does HIV treatment cost?

Hi Dr.  I want to know where I can get myself tested for HIV in Pune??....I mean which is the safest place to do that?  Kindly tell me how to go about it?  Where is the hospital that I have to go to to get myself tested?

Hi,

I recently had sex with a prostitute. At first I used the condom, but then at some later stage I realized that the condom was not there, and I had unprotected sex for a couple of minutes (probably 2-4mins or so, not sure).  I am now totally scared that I may have contracted an STD. What are the chances of this?  And when and where can I go for testing?  What are the symptoms of HIV, and when do these start occurring?  Please help & advice, I am really scared.

Anonymous

 

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