Dear M,<\/p>\n
Worrying is something totally natural when it comes to results from HIV test. Unfortunately, I have to say that in your case, the only way to now your status is to go for the test.<\/p>\n
Keep in mind that HIV is a difficult virus to catch and the majority of the results come back negative. You will also have a pre-test counselling, where a specialist will explain to you what are the possible outcomes and you’ll have the chance to discuss your fears. That may help convincing you to get the test done.<\/p>\n
Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
HIV Worries:<\/p>\n
Dear Sir\/Madam,<\/p>\n
I have been worrying for close to 3 and a half years that I have HIV. I am married, and have just discovered that I’m pregnant. Before I met my husband I was in a 3 month relationship. We did use condoms, but on at least 3 occasions they split. I did have an HIV test before that relationship which came back negative. I have become paranoid, my husband thinks I’m nuts. For over three years I have maybe had just one cold, I do take care of myself, eating veg, fruit. I don’t drink or smoke either, but I have convinced myself that I have HIV and I’m petrified. I know I have to have an HIV test for my unborn child’s sake but I have been worrying myself sick, literally.<\/p>\n
Please advise.<\/p>\n
M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24672,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/24672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}