Chances of getting infected

[rcurious]

I happed to have viginal sex with a Thai sex worker.For my bad luck and shock i recognised that the condum has reptured. I realised about this only when i pulled out of her.So not very sure how long i got exposed inside the vigina. This is first and the only time i am having sex with anyone else other than my wife.
3 days after this inscident i started feeling itchy behind my ears, neck sometimes on chest etc. If i itch a mosquito bite like lump appears which will dissappear if i do'nt touch it for long time. I also feel itchy at different parts of the body but if do'nt touch anywhere then no rash appear. Today is the 11th day and i still get this itchy feeling . This is not continiouis but appears often. Ofcourse i am anxsioius and too courious about the ARS symptoms.
I know i have to wait for the testing to really conclude on any openion.
But please give me some inputs on what is the chances that you can get infected on a similar situation like me imagining the sex worker was HIV infected? Does the only one contact will 100 % transfer the infection?. Had it not been tranferred then why this itching feeling and rashes after 3 days from that inscident?. So does it mean that I am already infected ?. Till now i do'nt have fever or any other symptoms. But is this rash alone a positive sigh of infection?
I am normally very healthy and hygenic person. I never had this kind of irritation on skin before. So will this be for sure an ARS . Is there any other chances that I can get similar rashes due to some other infection than HIV?
And the last quetions. Is there any possiblity that you get some STD but not HIV so that you can get treated and cured to get a normal life back?
Please advice .

[Teak]

No it does not sound like ARS. It came on to quick. Yes you can contract an STD and not HIV and you can contract HIV and no STDs or you can contract both at the same time. The only way to know is by testing. Contact your local STD clinic for further advise on testing.

[rcurious]

Is those rash ARS  kind of rash? Is the only reason  that you feel that this is not a symptom because it came fast ? What is the minimum time it would take for showing up such a symptom. Even though i saw some information like within 2 weeks.. what is could be the earlist time in days.

You also did'nt comment on the chances..Is it 100% sure that you get infected if you get sexully exposed to an infected person like my case?

Thanks a lot for the efforts to answer my questions

[Teak]

ARS rash does not itch.  2-4 weeks if one would have symptoms at all. No it is not 100% sure that you would be infected even if the person was HIV positive.

[rcurious]

I started with an allergy medicine and one for skin irritation medicine yesterday. It is a bit better today. Will ARS kind of rash also get cured by normal allergy medicines?
Sorry to bother you too much with qestion. But I know you very well know the mental state of people like us

[Teak]

An ARS rash will not go away with normal allergy medicines. It will go away when all the other symptoms leave and that is 1-2 weeks. ARS rash is not caused by allergies.

[rcurious]

Does the ARS rash looks like mosquito bite? And will it just vanish automaticall if you do'nt itch or touch it for some time.
Thanks for you time.

[rcurious]

I also notices very small 3 red spots on the right arm 1 on the left . Not itching and no bump. Today i noticed one on the left side of chest too. Does the ARS rash looks like this small red pin spots.

[rcurious]

As mentioned earlier i also have noticed 3 small red sports on my right arm.The are blood read more like tiny blood spot just under the skin.This spots were observed the 3/4 days after the exposure. There was on visible on the left hand after 6 days. And today after 11 days on one visible on the chest. This is a little bigger than the other though small. Is the ARS rash similar to this red spots.
See normally i do'nt have all this. And this all are seen after the exposure and that is why the consern. I could not find any other reason for this marks other than the ARS.
Please comment on this.

[OrionQuest]

It's very difficult to judge your spots because a) we can't see them and b) they have to be seen by a professional.  Red pin spots sound like what doctors call petechiae or little itty bitty bleeding spots. Now I don't know what can cause that (except for dengue fever) so better ask a doctor in your area.

I've read that ARS rashes are supposed to be maculopapular rash.  Now that means slightly raised and not very small but not humongous either.

[rcurious]

THanks for that information.
I am quite normal . I do'nt have any feaver also. This red spots are more or less flat. It looks like some bleeding spot only. But it is not itchy atall. Are ARS spot also like bleeding spots? The ones i started having from the 3rd day are still there. It did'nt vanish yet. I altogether have 6 spots including the one i had today.

[Teak]

They look more like hives without the itch. But as you have been told you can not diagnose HIV by symptoms.

[rcurious]

Yes, i do agree. But you know a normal person who normally does not have anything like that after an exposure to HIV would be checking if there is something unusual happening. And this kind of skin marks are not there before. I know anyway i need to wait for the time period till i get tested . And it is very releaving and informative when you get answers for you questions.
One more question. Will this ARS rashes big in size or will be like small black mole size? When you say it maculopapular. Will the bumpiness is very small that it just rises above the skin if the rish is very much like a small dot of the size of a small black mole? Or the bumpiness will be something like a pimple?

Thanks for all the information you are providing. I know i need to wait till i get tested. But you need to get through this period right..

One more question i started seeing 4 marks on my hands from 3 to 4 days after exposure. Yesterday i found one new on the that is the 11tn day on my chest. All this are small ones very red like blood spots.

[Teak]

No one can diagnose you over the internet. If you have a concern see your doctor.

[mike_no]

Doesn't matter, you know you're negative, no lookin' back

[Jaguar83]

sounds eerily similar to something I had.

[mike_no]

And now conclusively negative.

[Jaguar83]

aye aye.

[Jaguar83]

true. 12 weeks was difficult though.

[rcurious]

Thanks a lot. This is very consoling..

[rcurious]

I regret a lot on my deeds. I have got 3 kids and my wife. I forget all of them for a moment. They are all very loving. Never in my life i will make such a mistake. But feel very guilty.

[rcurious]

Did you also had the similar symptoms as i had?. Many sites i read that the ARS starts only with a feaver and after 2 weeks. But some places i have see people mentioned that they had body itch and saw red spots just after 4 days of exposure.
As i am normally very healthy and does'nt have any skin related issues (even itching) the present things were giving me lots of concern. I could not related the present skin issues to anything else other than ARS. If anyone cacn comment on this i really appreciate this.

[Teak]

I have no doubt that you feel guilty and you should. It's history now and life goes on. If you are unwilling to forgive yourself then how do you expect anyone else to forgive you.

[Jaguar83]

Yep, well, if it makes you feel any better, I've had the tiny red petechiae like dots (not a huge number of them, something like what you're describing though) and some other odd conditions (these can't be called HIV symptoms anymore, I take it) including some itching around, but everyone says my 12 week negative trumps all that. I also think this stuff, not remotely resembling 'classic' ARS symptoms, would have to be coming on much later in infection to be related. Dr. Bob on thebody.com told me my conditions weren't worrisome for ARS or HIV. Anyways, good luck man. You'll be fine.

[OrionQuest]

as long as she has a 12 week neg too!