Thank you. I really appreciate all of your input.
You can't accept that you are not at risk, can you.
Yes, I meant another, concurrent illness.
I''ve already told you I would not worry, that remains my advice. Logically therefore, I see no reason for testing at 3 months.
I will accept that your other, rapidfire, anxiety driven question is really your last one and will make this my final answer. Acute HIV is described as a flu-like illness and can produce the symptoms that you describe above (fever, chills, muscle aches, and more) but as I also told you before, when person with calassical ARS/flu-like illnesses are studied, less than 1% turn out to have HIV. It's flu season!
I am confident that Dr. Handsfield would not quibble with my statement of 4-5 days. It may take longer for ALL symtoms to completely ressolve but the major symptoms are over in 4-5 days.
This will comlete this thread. Again, I note you have ignored what I feel is the most imprtant advice I can give you-address your alcohol problem and stop focusing on thes "waht if" questions. EWH
Also to add to the few question I had above, he also stated that the symptoms would last at least a week, but you said they last less than 4-5 days..
Thanks.
Last question.
I was reading some other comments from different posts and H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. said the following:
And anyway, there is no STD (including herpes) that causes "high fever, chills, coughing, and night sweats" or muscle and back pain. You give almost a textbook story of the symptoms of influenza, which is probably what you had.
Is that true?
Thank you.
Thank you.
When you said "when persons with hiv have night sweats, it is typically because of the presence of another problem" what does that mean, like another illness?
It's just weird that I had these symptoms 5 weeks after the incident. I know I should really relax, but I tend to worry about everything like this.
Would you even suggest testing at 3 months then?
Thank you.
The interent is making a big deal out of something that is not closely linked to HIV. When persons with HIV have night sweats, it is typically becuase of the presence of another problem. As I have already said, night sweats are non-specific.
If you are talking about the symptoms associated with recent HIV, they last less than 4-5 days.
You really need to relax about this. EWH
Thank you.
Just a couple other questions real quick.
I was reading on the internet and it said that people with hiv have night sweats at a much later stage, not in the beginning, is that true?
How long do hiv symptoms last?
And one last thing. I do feel much better today and it seemed like I was under the weather for 2 days but I don't seem to have a fever anymore and my appetite is back also.
Thank you again.
Night sweats are a non-specifc symptom. Most people with night sweats do not have HIV. EWH
Thank you for your feedback.
What about the night sweats though? That's probably the thing I am most worried about. I never get sick and had a yearly check-up a couple months ago and was completely healthy the doctor said.
Welcome to the Forum. Before I comment on your symptoms, let me emphasize that the encounter you describe was very low risk for HIV. here in the U.S. fewer than 1 in 10,000 women have HIV and even in the unlikely situation that your partner did, the risk for getting HIV following a single unprotected encounter with an infected partner is less than 1 infection per 1000 sex acts. Thus statistically your risk for infection is less than 1 in ten million.
As for your symptoms, while a flu-like illness can be a manifestation of early HIV, when people with CLASSICAL flu-like symptoms are studied, fewer than 1% turn out to have HIV, the remainder having the flu or other common, non-STD viral illnesses. While some of your symptoms, like the fever and chills are seen in persons with HIV, pothers, like your cough are not. Thus your symptoms are not particularly worrisome.
If I were you I would not be worried about HIV from this encounter. While off topic, I would worry about your drinking however. If a person regularly drinks to the point of not remembering what happened and blacking out, they, by definition, have a drinking problem for which care is recommended. I would suggest you speak with a health care professional about your drinking and its possible consequences.
I hope my comments are helpful. EWH