{"id":19819,"date":"2022-05-23T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=19819"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:20:01","slug":"can-i-assume-my-symptoms-while-on-pep-are-seroconversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/19819","title":{"rendered":"Can I assume my symptoms while on PEP are seroconversion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, how are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>No. This is not likely seroconversion. These are too few and too general symptoms to be considered seroconversion.<\/p>\n<p>The flu and the sore throat are common. Regardless of being on PEP it does not stop the flu being common. Do you still have these symptoms?<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that this rash is a side effect of Ranega. Have you spoken to a doctor about this? A rash should be seen by a doctor from when you notice it.<\/p>\n<p>Have you been able to speak to your partner about their status? There are a <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/risks-for-transmission\">number of factors<\/a> other than the use of a condom that can alter the risk of a transmission.<\/p>\n<p>You are right that a test is conclusive after 6 weeks after PEP. But you can take a test at 4 weeks to help with stress. This test will be 95% accurate and the test at 6 weeks will be conclusive. This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/hiv-testing-feelings-of-fear-anxiety-and-guilt\">guide about dealing with test anxiety.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please see this link for more info on PEP:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/pep-faq\" rel=\"ugc\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/factsheets\/pep-faq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I&#8217;ve taken PEP due to the fact our condoms broke. I didn&#8217;t know the status of the lady. I took the Ranega (TLD) as PEP, after a week after I finished PEP I had flu and sore throat. Now we are in the 4th week and my body is itching and I can start seeing a rash. <\/p>\n<p>Can I assume this is a seroconversion status? I haven&#8217;t taken any test yet because I&#8217;m waiting for a total of 6 weeks then I can go do a test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,22,23,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-testing","category-hiv-transmission","category-peppepse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23544,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19819\/revisions\/23544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}