1) Several weeks ago I went to massage parlor for a massage. No sexual intercourse, handjob or anything else.
2) Several places on this sight, states that fluids (blood, semen or vaginal juices) infected with hiv cannot infect a person by way of a scratch, cut or nick.
3) I had several such nick and sratches on my leg where I was massaged by the attendant. did not check her hands for cuts, she said she had none.
Anyways, I didn't think much about it at the time. But the following week I had the following symptoms.
1) A slight cough, post-nasal drip (a lot of swollowing and a pressurized sensation in my ears."
2) One night about 1.5 to 2 weeks after, I took Theraflu,I went to dinner Chinese food and had alchohol.
Later that evening I cam home I started feeling not so good. I had trouble breathing, and I laid down. My tongue and the sides of my face started feeling numb, (I am not sure if they were swollen lymph nodes). I then started blowing my nose, and my eyes started watering with crusts. I don't think I had a fever? I would have been able tell? Correct? I sensed a slight sore thoat but briefly.
3) After about one hour, my breathing became more normal, and sensation came back to my tongue. My cheeks still felt a little weird, again not really sure if they were swollen.
4) The next day I went to work, my eyes were bloodshot. This went away in a day and sensation or normalcy returned to my face. No other symptoms persisted.
5) Without going on about the massage about two weeks prior, I asked another doctor what he thought of these symptoms in light of taking therflu, food and alcohol. He said that a rhino virus could cause everything but the numb tongue and sensation in the cheeks. He said that an allergy could cause all of the symptoms.
6) I know that it has been repeatedly said that no one has received hiv from massage. But do any of these symtoms sound remotely like ARS
What is the risk?