Just making sure

[dropin]

Things you read on the net can make you crazy, this is a great site and i feel i would be stupid not to donate 15 dollars even if it was just for a little reassurance.

Okay here it goes, Ive lurked the other posts and have seen similiar cases to what im goin to say but not exact so please dont delete this as i have been on this site since 3am looking its now 4pm.

Ok i had unprotected sex with a women (im a straight male)about 5 weeks ago it was a one night stand.

2 days ago i started feeling sick and it is as followed

Day 1: Body aches (you know your getting sick feeling)
Day 2: High Fever, vomiting, sore throat, chills and sweats
Day 3(today) Mild fever, slight headace but bearable, tonsils swollen severly , discoloration on my inner cheeks and the roof of my mouth, very slight diharea, and a white substance on the very back of my tongue where my tonsils are. (thinking it might be from not brushing my teeth all but twice while being sick.

Also have a canker sore on the inside of my lip where i tend to have a biting habit (just seems to coincedental)

I also work about 50 hours a week and am constantly around random people everyday and have bad sleeping habits

Now i have read that acute HIV can have symtoms just like the flu heres where i think im ok
1. no swollen glands anywhere (not on neck or groin) just my tonsils
2. No rash anywhere
3. No loss of appetite just cant eat because of my throat i am hungry tho
4. Have lost a couple lbs (due to vomiting maybe)nothing to noticable

all in all i believe i would test negative maybe just need to hear it from you to as what it may be.

i read that its a 1-2000 chance to transmit through vaginal penetration...but someones has to be that 1 right?

Thanks for taking the time to read this i hope you know i sincerely appreciate this

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Running this forum has been an education, for me, in human behavior and health psychology.  What I have learned is that for some reason, personal reassurance is important to people even when the answer is obvious.  ("Yes, all the other nearly identical situations really do apply to you as well.")

And they do.  In your careful reading of the forum, you have seen that 1) any single episode of unprotected vaginal sex is low risk for HIV, unless there is specific evidence the partner was infected; 2) symptoms almost never are a reliable indicator of acute HIV infection, especially in low-risk situations; and you can predict that I will say you don't need HIV testing based on the exposure you describe.

The risk of unprotected vaginal sex indeed averages around 1 in 1000-2000, if one partner is infected. Your symptoms do not particularly suggest HIV.  But if you remain nervous, or if you have had other potential risks (sex with other people) and haven't been tested in the past year, this would be a fine time to do it, if only for reassurance.  You can count on a negative result.

Good luck--  HHH, MD

[skerdstraght68]

Symptoms mean nothing.  If you read through this site or any other forum every poster has symptoms.  You could probably get a test now and get a good idea but the doc will tell you the odds are low you have anything.