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Welcome back to the forum. I'm sorry to hear of your tentative diagnosis of tuberculosis; I'm sure it's upsetting. However it remains unlikely you have HIV. You are correct that TB can be a sign of an underlying HIV infection. However TB also is common in people without HIV especially in underdeveloped and developing countries like India. You should be tested for HIV; I assume your doctor has recommended you do so and perhaps already sent the test. However based on the risk history you described in your questions on the forum several months ago you can expect a negative result. TB is usually a late complication of HIV i.e. in people with longstanding infection and overt AIDS; it isn't something likely to show up only a few months after catching HIV. I repeat that your HIV test probably will be negative. If it's positive it won't be from the safe sexual practices you described in your questions on the forum a few months ago. You would have to go back to other perhaps unrecognized risks for HIV infection. Please return with a follow-up comment to let me know the result of your HIV test as well as the final result of testing for tuberculosis. In the meantime concentrate on your tuberculosis. TB itself is serious and sometimes life-threatening so the important thing at this point is to confirm the diagnosis and if confirmed to be treated properly.

2015-04-03 02:23:28

David