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HIV symptoms?
Hi Doc,
Long story short. About 2 weeks ago I was at a party, got drunk, met a girl, and had unprotected sex with her twice, and also ejaculated in her twice. The next morning i was told by her friend to get myself checked at a clinic because she probably has STDs. I was told she gets around a lot and gives her body to support her coke addiction. It sort of got to me at first but i just brushed it off and thought nothing of it. Until my symptoms started a few days later. I woke up with a large discoloration(yellowish-brown) on my inner right arm right below my armpit and eventually turned into a rash a few days later. A day after the discoloration I woke up with a swollen left lymph node on my neck which i still have. One week after that, all kind of symptoms started to develop. I had fevers on and off this pass week, usually at 99.6. Lost of appetite. White spots all over my arms. Brown liverspot looking spots on my face and all over my body. Old insect bites that had scared and fadded a couple years ago began to reappear and is more visible than ever. Molds that I've had around my body seems to have gotten bigger. Two big spots on my right thigh that looks like bruises but not. Small red dots on and above my upper lip. Some kind of abrasion that puffs out inside my right cheek. I now have a allergic reaction to seafood on my skin and hands that get itchy and sting. i never had an allergic reaction to seafood in my life. I've been tired and weak, and would have to force myself out of bed in the morning, and would be drowsy throughout the day. All of this within 2 weeks of my possible exposure. Are these early signs of HIV infection? If not whatelse kind of stds would be causing these symptoms? majority of them have to do with my skin.
Long story short. About 2 weeks ago I was at a party, got drunk, met a girl, and had unprotected sex with her twice, and also ejaculated in her twice. The next morning i was told by her friend to get myself checked at a clinic because she probably has STDs. I was told she gets around a lot and gives her body to support her coke addiction. It sort of got to me at first but i just brushed it off and thought nothing of it. Until my symptoms started a few days later. I woke up with a large discoloration(yellowish-brown) on my inner right arm right below my armpit and eventually turned into a rash a few days later. A day after the discoloration I woke up with a swollen left lymph node on my neck which i still have. One week after that, all kind of symptoms started to develop. I had fevers on and off this pass week, usually at 99.6. Lost of appetite. White spots all over my arms. Brown liverspot looking spots on my face and all over my body. Old insect bites that had scared and fadded a couple years ago began to reappear and is more visible than ever. Molds that I've had around my body seems to have gotten bigger. Two big spots on my right thigh that looks like bruises but not. Small red dots on and above my upper lip. Some kind of abrasion that puffs out inside my right cheek. I now have a allergic reaction to seafood on my skin and hands that get itchy and sting. i never had an allergic reaction to seafood in my life. I've been tired and weak, and would have to force myself out of bed in the morning, and would be drowsy throughout the day. All of this within 2 weeks of my possible exposure. Are these early signs of HIV infection? If not whatelse kind of stds would be causing these symptoms? majority of them have to do with my skin.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
There simply is no STD that can do this. If it has anything to do with your sexual exposure, it's a non-STD skin infection -- except your description also does not suggest strep, staph, or anything like that. My bet remains that if and when you are examined, these things will have some garden-variety explanation and that at least some of them will not be abnormal. For example, there is no way that old skin lesions could appear more prominent, or that skin folds (molds typo?) could become more obvious as a result of an STD or any other infection. So I still believe you have nothing to worry about.
Let me know what is found after you have been professionally evaluated.
Let me know what is found after you have been professionally evaluated.
All of my skin symptoms I know 100% I never had before. There's spots on parts of my body that I wouldve noticed because I see them while I wash myself on a daily basis. What a coincidence that they occur after my sexual exposure. I really think I have sone kind of STD that gave me sone kind of bacterial or fungus in my skin.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
Heterosexually transmitted HIV is less common in the US (and other industrialized countries) than you might think. The large majority of women like your partner do not have HIV, and the odds are very strong that you weren't exposed at all. Even if you were, the average transmission risk from unprotected vaginal sex, female to male, is around 1 in 2,000 -- and that's only if the woman is infected. Many spouses of HIV infected persons don't catch the infection despite years of unprotected sex. Transmission can occur after a single exposure, but it's very rare.
In addition, your symptoms really don't sound at all like those of a new HIV infection. A temperature of only 99.6 isn't high enough to suggest HIV, which usually causes rather high temperature (101 or higher). The various skin problems don't suggest HIV at all. They also aren't typical for any STD. Some of them sound like the day-to-day minor things that we all experience from time to time, but you're more aware of them than normal because of your worries about you sexual exposure.
Since you are concerned, I suggest you be professionally examined and tested for common STDs, either by your primary care physician or your local health department STD clinic. Afte4 ~6 weeks, you can be tested for HIV. I anticipate all results will be negative. But better safe than sorry.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Heterosexually transmitted HIV is less common in the US (and other industrialized countries) than you might think. The large majority of women like your partner do not have HIV, and the odds are very strong that you weren't exposed at all. Even if you were, the average transmission risk from unprotected vaginal sex, female to male, is around 1 in 2,000 -- and that's only if the woman is infected. Many spouses of HIV infected persons don't catch the infection despite years of unprotected sex. Transmission can occur after a single exposure, but it's very rare.
In addition, your symptoms really don't sound at all like those of a new HIV infection. A temperature of only 99.6 isn't high enough to suggest HIV, which usually causes rather high temperature (101 or higher). The various skin problems don't suggest HIV at all. They also aren't typical for any STD. Some of them sound like the day-to-day minor things that we all experience from time to time, but you're more aware of them than normal because of your worries about you sexual exposure.
Since you are concerned, I suggest you be professionally examined and tested for common STDs, either by your primary care physician or your local health department STD clinic. Afte4 ~6 weeks, you can be tested for HIV. I anticipate all results will be negative. But better safe than sorry.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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