stomach pain and conjuctivitis

[anxiety65]

i posted a question on January 13th and got a response from Dr. Hook.  Today i am still having stomach issues even after an endoscopy, ultrasound and blood work (not std).  i have now over the past 5 days developed conjuctivitis.  

the following is my January 13th post:  conjunctivitis i was told is a possilbe indication of hiv.  my exposure and only exposure was in mid-October.  I have had stomach issues for the last 11 weeks.  I see my gastrointensinal doctor again tomorrow.  is it probable to have these stomach issue and now conjunctivitis 17 weeks after any exposure?

I was masterbated by a sex worker with the same hand as the hand she had masterbated herself. She wiped me off with the tissue she wiped her hand with after i was finished.  later that day i noticed a small sore on my penis.  A day after my exposue i had unprotecet sex with my wife and she developed a rash on her face 5 days later that went away in 3-4 days. a week later she developed a similar small rash on her forehed. 3 weeks later after exposure i am having a headache and some facial flushing. i have had upper stomach pain from 6 - 13 weeks.  no fever, no sore throat or no rash.  i have read that the hand jobs have no risk.  Is the reason for hand jobs not being a risk even though i may have had a sore on my penis because of cdc's report that hiv is not infectous outside its host? a quote from CDC "Additionally, HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory conditions; therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside its host"

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

I have nothing to add to Dr. Hook's opinions and advice.  The sort of exposure you describe has never been reported (or to my knowledge, even suspected) to have transmitted HIV.  All the "what if" details make no difference:  if the risk is so low there are no known cases, then obviously you have nothing to worry about.  Further, you even quote CDC (for the second time) with part of the explanation why there was no risk.

I'm unaware of any data associating conjunctivitis with HIV.  Conjunctivitis is an exceedingly common minor infection (or sometimes an allergic reaction), and the vast majority do not reflect HIV or any other serious underlying health problem.  And your unexplained abdominal pain is also not a condition that suggests HIV.

But what blows my mind here is that you apparently haven't been tested for HIV.  Dr. Hook advised it, not because he believed there was any risk, but because he thought the negative test result would help reassure you.  And of course simple common sense tells you this is the way to sort out your fears about it.

Feel free to return with a follow-up comment when you have had an HIV test and report the result.  Until then I will have no further comments or advice.  There is no other information you could provide that would change my opinion or advice, and I refuse to fuel your speculations when a definitive answer is so readily available.  So please do not post any other follow-up comments other than your test result.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

You're welcome.  I'm glad to have helped.

[anxiety65]

So per your last paragraph, i am returning to tell you that i had an HIV test and it was negative as all of your predicted.

thanks for the help.