Hiv testing Bangkok and chiang mai

[TheBiggestIdiot]

Hey i'm new to this site but so far it has been really helpfull. 2 weeks ago i had sex with a thai prostitute(yes it was me and not some friend) but the condom broke and eversince i have been scared shitless...i have looked up the symthoms and i have been experiencing some of them ...

But tomorrow i'm going to Chiang Mai and in was wondering if there is a good hospital where i can get checked for hiv this week.

I know there is a test that works after 3 months of possible infection and is quite cheap but i want to know it now because if the result is positive i will take the first plane back home for treatment... I prefer an anonymous test because i do have a girlfriend she is visiting in 2 months...i know i shouldn't had sex in the first place but i was really drunk and the taxi driver used my drunk ass :S i ended up paying him 2000bath and some thai hooker 7000bath...

If it's better to go to an hospital in Bangkok please do tell

[thepool]

Information here

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/285198-hiv-testing-and-treatment-in-los-doctors-meds-costs/

[Sheryl]

Two weeks post-exposure is too soon for an antibody test but if you are willing to spend the money you can get a more expensive test called a "PCR" that measures for minute amounts of virus in the blood.Takes a few days for the results and cost will be around 5000 baht or more but may be worth it for your peace of mind.

The PCR test can be done at CMU hospital, not sure about the various private hospitals. Suggest you go to Sripat and ask the nurse for a doctor specializing in HIV. (Or if you are shy to say that, just ask for an infectious disease specialist). http://sriphat.med.cmu.ac.th/eng/home

As for your various symptoms...in over 30 years of working in this field and having treated/known literally thousands of HIV+ people, never met a one who had any symptoms in the weeks immediately post exposure, what you read on the internet notwithstanding. However worried people who turned out not to be infected always do -- I think it is "internet induced". Disregard it and just get tested. The odds are very much in your favor - first of all, odds are the woman herself was not HIV+ in which case your chance of getting it is 0; secondly even if she was HIV+ the rate of female to male infection at a single exposure is low.