Cold or Flu?

Hey it's been 2 weeks after a potential HIV risk and now I am sick. My throat does not hurt I think. It is the place where my nose cavity connects with my mouth. It itches makes me cough and I have to continually drink water cause it feels like my throat (or really the top of my throat is dry). I examined my mouth and there is mucus dripping down that little thing that dangles from my throat. Sorry medical terms are escaping me right now.   Question: Since I have no fever or my throat doesn't hurt I won't conclude that my body is fighting a virus. RATHER it is a cold. So if your body produces mucus can one conclude that this is just a cold. My ears are clogged and the top of my throat is really dry I have to continually drink water! Continually! (2 weeks after possible exposure)

[ExtremeStress]

what was your exposure?

[0007]

Well it was sex with a sex worker she might have used the same condom twice hence the second time would have been inside out. Then 30 min after sex I examined my penis saw a pimple down my shaft and squeezed it a bit to see i it was open during sex it wasn't cause then it popped just then but it was far enough down my shaft to be exposed to vaginal fluids ad I hadn't washed yet.

But my symtoms (symptoms) 2 weeks after don't sound like HIV symptoms right? Mucus and ithy throat (top of throat) = HIV symtoms (symptoms)?

[jgirl4356]

a few years ago, I was convinced I had hiv, so convinced that I seriously gave myself symptoms from worrying (fever, I felt like my lymphnodes were swollen, I was throwing up, I was convinced I had a rash...etc........)I got tested, and it was nothing.  Go get tested for everything (stds, stis, and strep throat and stuff.)  When I had strep I had mucus in my throat, soar throat........