Coincidence or real?

[Contapreocupado]

Hi,

I have been very worried. I recently engaged in very brief unprotected oral and protected vaginal intercourse with a club sex worker.

The vaginal intercourse is not worrying me as it was protected. However, the brief oral sex is taking my peace of mind away. By brief oral sex I mean my penis was sucked for less than 10 seconds and I also kissed her vagina (no tongue) before we engajed in any foreplay, reducing the chances that there was significant vaginal fluid.

I was ok with this event until someone joked about hiv and I realized I have never tested and this started to grow on me.

After a weekend away in a drier city than mine and spending a day in a plantation I developed a rash on my right forearm. The day the rash came along was 6 weeks and 2 days after the event with the sex worker. The rash was a single red patch (2cm long), didnt hurt or itch. When I touched it it sort of opened in a superficial wound and when I rubbed it with a towel post a shower the wound worsened and developed a crust over it until it healed.

As I was already worried about hiv I looked up rashes on the internet. I freaked out big time when I read about the acute hiv symptoms. I had soft stools and night sweats on that same week.

The rash went away on its own in less than a week as the crust fell but on the same spot (and on another part of my forearm) I developed different itchy plaques. My dermatologist gave me cream for it and it went away in 10 days). She said it looked like contact dermatitis or possibly a fungal rash. As the first rash was not there anymore she wasnt able to properly diagnose it and said it resembled an eczema or even an abrasion per my description.

Two weeks after the first rash and 8 weeks after the sex worker event I had an isolated case of diarrea. Had another one pf those after another two weeks later- 10 weeks after the incident. The night sweats only took place in the first week for 2-3 nights. I also had an aphtous ulcer in my mouth 3 weeks after the first rash and 9 weeks after the incident. A mild sore throat for a day as well. I have never had a fever.

I have been very worried about the symptoms as the rashes were very real. I would probably never worry if I had no "symptoms".

So I wanted to know what your thoughts are, especially those with more experience. Do these symptoms resemble those in ARS, especially the rash? And what of the risk of my encounter?

Thank you for your time.

[Contapreocupado]

I wanted to give some feedback that I did test and I am negative. Thank you for your support!

[Vance2335]

No risk is no risk no matter what.

[Contapreocupado]

Teak, one question. Today I am feeling like my urethra is irritated. Can the presence of STDs or infections (uti) change the risk of my encounter?
Thanks

[Contapreocupado]

Ok thank you for your help. The human mind is very powerful and I cant let it do this to me.

[Teak]

What part of you never how an exposure is it you don't comprehend. The only people that get ARS are those that infected and the only way to get infected is by having an exposure in which you have not.

[Contapreocupado]

Thank you Teak.

I appreciate your time and please dont think that I am not taking your comments seriously. What would be really helpful for me to be convinced that these "symptoms" are merely a coincidence is to hear from your experience if the rash resembles ars rash and if the timeframe (onset and duration) are consistent with ars?

Thanks

[Teak]

You never had an exposure, so the symptoms have nothing to do with ARS.

[Contapreocupado]

Thank you Vance. I am however more anxious about the symptoms than about the event in itself. I realize that this is somewhat irrational and I am already undergoing counseling.

I think it would be helpful for me if someone could tell me if the symptoms resemble ARS, especially if the rash resemble the ARS rash and if the timeframe is also suggestive of ars.

Thanks

[Vance2335]

You did not have a risk.