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My VDRL and HIV tests are negative after 42 days. Do I have HIV?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 33 years old male and had sexual intercourse around 40 days back with a sex worker (protected and orally). Around 30 days back, I started experiencing various symptoms like itching throughout the body, enlarged nodules, joint pain, mouth ulcers, red spots on the penis, etc. In add... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It will depend on your immune status. Generally, syphilis takes to nine to 90 days to show the symptoms after contact. But in your case, you do not seem to be infected. But HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has a variable time period which may take years for symptoms to... Read Full »