instruction: hello doctor how conclusive are three months negative hiv fourth generation duo test I did an unprotected vaginal and oral sex with a prostitute and have feet and leg burning pain prickling tingling in feet and hand fingers is there any test that tells I am 100 hiv free my doctor told me it can take up to five years to detect hiv but on the internet it says three months please clear my doubt when can I do the final test and what I do for my symptoms is there any other test for that is this neuropathy of hiv
output: hello generally the hiv infection takes few days to years to produce the symptoms it is called as incubation period the incubation period is not fixed in hiv infection it is the time taken for the organism to establish itself within the human body as all of us know that hiv establishes when one immunity comes down so if someone is immunity is good enough he may not develop any symptoms even after hiv infection if the immunity had come down then the hiv infections will be expressed thus the clinical symptoms appear based on patients immunity similarly the few tests show positive only after the immunity has come down but there are some confirmation tests that tell about hiv even in the early stages the fourth generation hiv test is one among such tests thus we can come to the conclusion that you are hiv negative the peripheral neuropathy may be due to other causes definitely it is not due to hiv the first symptoms of hiv infections are continuous fever body weight loss and chronic diarrhea in advanced cases there will be white coating in tongue continuous sputum expulsion by cough and peripheral neuropathy I feel you no need to repeat the hiv test again if you still want do it after one year be prepare your mind that hiv is negative for you it is the confirmation test