Anxious again, oral thrush/white tongue. Teak??

[worried826]

I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex 5 weeks ago and was HIV tested about 3 weeks ago by the military (annual) which is negative. I was also tested in Febuary of 2007 and was well out of the window and was negative. So if I did get infected it was been within the last year.

Anyway one week after my possible exposure I developed white tongue/thrush/candiasis or whatver you want to call it. My tongue is generally whitish and more so toward the back of the tongue. I always hear that this doesnt happen in the beginning of HIV infection but then lately I was reading on other sites where people are claiming that these problems can happen during seroconversion. Is there really any truth in that? I didnt belive it was possible really until i read it on a few other places. I really havent had any other symptoms, no fever, swollen glands or any of that. The only thing ive been is tired, likely from the stress and anxiety.

I dont understand why some places are saying that oral problems dont come on until late stages of HIV but then others are saying it can happeen early on. Which is correct?

I guess my question really is that can this problem pop up so soon after possible exposure? If I was infected it had to have happned in the last year, would oral problems like this be able to happen that soon?

Once again my anxiety is raging again and I need some reassurance before I go back for testing again.

[worried826]

So having some white on my tongue is completely normal then even if it does look kind of thicker on the very back when I stick my tongue way out? It does change color if I eat someting with color too.

[worried826]

Yeah the test i did take at 2 weeks was an annual mandatory test, I know it doesnt mean much. I dont have any other symptoms either. Ill probably go get tested at 6 weeks, which is next weekend.

[nonbeliever]

first off your tongue does not have thrush on it, go look at pictures of thrush. tongue is perfectly normal. second a 2 week test is not going to tell you anything but that you were neg 3 month before that test. thrush is rare to show up in seroconversion and if it did you would have some other symptoms. get a grip and stop looking at the tongue. if you had unprotected sex get a test at 3 months, always use condoms

[worried826]

haha, ive never messed with a sex worker in my life actually. Im just in the reserves right now anyway, I got through with the active side a while ago.

[vols_29]

Your name says it all! being in the armed forces will give you many times to have sex with sex workers becareful make sure you use a condom and dont give a sex worker oral sex. Your looks healthier than most peoples tongues and your tongue looks very normal stop being a worried wart you dont have HIV.

[worried826]

Thanks, I guess maybe I never really took notice of it until recently. I guess the tongue is supposed to have a thicker white coating on the back too, I never noticed that either until I started sticking my tongue all the way out looking in the mirror. I just thought most peoples tongues are very pink and mine should be too.