hiv exposured

[anotherfool]

Hi doctor
I'm wondering if you can tell me how bad my exposures is.  Back in December of 2010 I started
To have oral sex with a female coworker but it was only one way, she never let me do it to her it was always her doing it to me, So this went on for a few months maybe 7 times she gave me oral. One day we were both naked so after her giving me oral for like 30 mins I decited to get on top of her and while we were kissing I somehow managed to get inside her but as soon as I felt it I quickly pulled out.  Then she began to give me oral again until I finished. The next day I noticed she had cut me with her teeth so I really got worried that she cut me before i was inside her and got hiv. 19 days later I got sick with flu like symptoms but it went away in a week but Its been 8 months now and I have been sick like 7 times with sore throat, swollen glands and very stuffed nose this has been going on and off for 8 months and I'm afraid I contracted the hiv virus.  Please doctor answer my question

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Glad we could help. Stay safe. EWH

[anotherfool]

Ok I got my results late yesterday and it was negative.
I want to let you all know that I woke up this morning feeling like a new person.  The mind is a very powerful thing.  When I was sure I had hiv I felt very sick and had a lot of symptoms but as soon as I got the news that my test was negative it was like a whole new me. I don't feel sick anymore and I am full of energy.
I want to share with you because I think a lot of us make ourselfs sick by worring too much.

Thank you Dr for the support I got from you.

[anotherfool]

I'm at the clinic as I write this and I am very scared.  I will keep you posted..pls pray for me :)

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Wonderful.  Glad we could help.  EWH

[anotherfool]

Thank you...I just called my doctor and made an appointment for this afternoon to get tested. I will post my results when I get them.

[Edward W Hook, MD]

No, while we never say never, it would be virtually unheard of for symptoms of early  HIV to come and go.  EWH

[anotherfool]

Thank you doctor but one more question.
Can symptoms of hiv come and go for 8 months after possible infection. I think I was sick once a month for the first 3 months after the episode then it went away for a month or so but it has come back like 5 times in the past 5 months

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to our Forum. I agree with the advice you have already received on the HIV Prevention Community site.  You have little to worry about.

First, your partner is unlikely to have HIV.  Few heterosexual (less than 1 in 10,000) heterosexual women are infected.  

Second, HIV is not transmitted by giving or receiving oral sex, even if you have a sore or cut on your penis an even if your partner has blood in her mouth, gum disease, mouth sores etc.  There are no convincing reports of HIV being transmitted through oral sex.  Please do not worry.  

As far as your brief, POSSIBLE penetration, this too is low risk.  At most HIV is transmitted from infected to uninfected persons only once in every 1000 exposures, on average and your exposure was lower risk than most because of its brevity.  

My guess is that your recent upper respiratory tract infections are coincidence and nothing more.  If you are truly worried, get tested- I am confident your tests would be negative and, in my opinion, you really do not need testing related to the exposures you mention.   EWH