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Arthrtis (joint pain cause HIV?)
I have been promiscuous within sept - till the end of oct. I got tested aug for all std and came positive for syphillis. I have caught syphillis twice and been treated for it. Last sexual encounter was oral sex without a condom on oct 28. i took a hiv and std test on dec 4 all came out negative except for the syphillis (second time). ever since nov i been getting arthritis like pain in my body. I been to the walk in clinic several times to the point that they are fed up with me ( i went for an hiv test on nov 23 then dec 4 again) ... all I'm thinking is that i have it due to joint pain and fatigue (no night sweats or fever) if anything my anxiety has caused me to eat a lot to a point that i am 193 and i used to be 170 is aug ... i took the hiv test in a chemiluminescence test ... is it accurate ?
You will find pleny of websites that say it's a risk,but the fact is that it isn't.The expert doctors here at medhelp all agree that oral sex is zero risk.
I doubt that he tested positive after a 3 month negative unless he had another exposure during the window period.Oral sex is zero risk even with mouth sores and it's the Hiv experts that say this.
p.s i have herpes symplex 1 so there might have been sores in my mouth while performing oral sex
i just recently got diarrhea all day today (could be to all the eating i been mix matching potato chips/wine/chicken/fruitcakes/chocolate i ate yesterday ?? due cuz of my anxiety ... is oct 28 - till dec 4 a good amount of time. thank you rain all this joint started happening ever since my close friends who i consider a brother told me he was hiv positive and that he was tested for syphilis and was positive and negative from hiv ... but then he tested again within 6 months and was hiv positive ... so thats my anxiety (p.s I just recently went to a therapist)
Your oral sex encounter was zero risk for Hiv infection and the test you had was accurate and reliable.No futher testing is required.You're safe.
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