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Feeling Hopless

Good day Dr I understand my risk was very low but my symptoms are very telling and I do believe I somehow contracted HIV. 5 days after my exposure had severe chills body temperature felt hot headache discomfort in the throat and dry cough. i also had nausea and didn't eat for a day and a half. No fever or rashes or lymph nodes that I could see. The chills felt like something was invading my complete body from head to toe. These symptoms lasted about 2 days. Had a severe case of diahrrea which only was one morning. I had an HIV antibody test done at 50 days post exposure on April 3rd as well as STD's. All came back negative. I initially was overjoyed at this news and believed that my symptoms would go away but they haven't. my symptoms have been now - digestive issues. Severe cramps or abdominal pains especially after a meal which is usually followed by body chills or hot head or hot flashes. - Frequent need to urinate like every 2 hours. - White lines around tongue edges - Dry dry mouth - On/off headaches - Feeling tired. I have also had 2 bouts of res dots on penis head appear. Doesn't hurt when peeing but penis head felt slightly hot. They went away after a few days on it's own. Also had 2 bouts of herpes appear on mouth. I've also lost 25 pounds in 2 1/2 months from 260 to 235 now. I just don't see anything else based on the time frame of the exposure and symptoms. I have always had low platelets count for some reason barely over 150. Also suffer from chronic asthma and all kinds of allergies that weakens my immune system. These symptoms have been going on for over 11 weeks now and my slow or weak immune system is most likely the reason that I tested negative at 7 weeks since I was still in seroconversion process and hadn't developed enough antibodies to be detected yet. I would much appreciate your input on my situation Dr. and comment on my concerns. Rapid test on May 8th (12 weeks)

2015-04-08 11:42:50

Amy

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Welcome to the forum. You had accurate replies on the community forum. First you had an exposure that carried no risk for HIV which is not transmitted by oral sex (as described on the community forum) or rarely enough to be ignored. Second "5 days after exposure" is much too soon for HIV/ARS which never causes symptoms earlier than 8-9 days and usually not until 10-20 days. Most important your negative HIV antibody test at 50 days: is conclusive proof you don't have HIV. The HIV tests always overrule both exposure history and symptoms. Even if your exposure had been high risk or if your symptoms were typical neither of which is the case the test result rules: you were not infected. So my advice is to see a doctor if you haven't done so for comprehensive evaluation to determine the cause of your symptoms. Whatever you have it isn't HIV or any other STD or other infection from the oral sex event in February

2015-04-08 11:43:25

Sun