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Condom break
Hello,
I was in Lagos. Nigeria, West Africa, and I was having sex with a sex worker I met at a night club when the condom broke out. I pulled out right away. That was at around 12.30 in the night. I went to a hospital the first thing next morning and got started on PEP, consisting of Combivir, by around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, due to delays in the hopsital. I noticed what appears to be a mild sore throat 2 weeks later. Should I be scared?
I was in Lagos. Nigeria, West Africa, and I was having sex with a sex worker I met at a night club when the condom broke out. I pulled out right away. That was at around 12.30 in the night. I went to a hospital the first thing next morning and got started on PEP, consisting of Combivir, by around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, due to delays in the hopsital. I noticed what appears to be a mild sore throat 2 weeks later. Should I be scared?
Thank you for your reply. Well, the doctors don't know her status and I have been trying to talk her into going for a test because we've known each other for a while. She was a sex worker however, and that must have prompted the doctor to administer nPEP.
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