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About 5 weeks ago I made a terrible drunken mistake- I had about 15 to 20 second unprotected vaginal intercourse with someone- then I realized what i was doing then stopped! A few days later I had some urinay issues going on and talked to a doctor friend who gave me levaquin (it worked a little) then symptoms were still ther (clear fluid after urinating, frequent urination, back pain, something inside the penis) so I went to a local helath department and got checked for clam. and gonn- they treated me but the results were negative- about two weeks after this I was working out and noticed a burning senation on my penis- saw it being red and a bump- made appointment with urologist- thought it was herpes- took the urine test at urologist everything clean (I had a prostate infection)- and he said in no way is it herpes- went and saw him again said the same thing told him about my exposure- said nothing to worry about! Well a week ago I had some night sweats for about 3 days and they are gone- started thinking HIV- My throat is red and Little irriatated but nothing alarming- little white bumps in the back but I am having a post nasal drip- no swollen lymph nodes- feeling fatigued- no diarrehea- and just dont feel good- a tightnmess in my neck- and cold hands- no strange rashes (except when the weather is cold I am prone to have exczema)- I still feel hungry but when I eat sometimes I kinda feel sick!! So I contacted the person who I slept with and of course she said no and kinda blew me off- but I did very respectful- Am I just panicking and making things worse or am I at risk- I feel I am about to have a nervous breakdown! Very scared and thanks for your time!
Take my advise don't Google your symptoms it's a bad move HIV symptoms differ from person to person and mirrors thousands of other everyday viruses out there , trust your doctor's diagnosis.
This is the mistake that many people make, they try to see if they have symptoms. You can never diagnosis anything based on symptoms. I could find 10 different symptoms of myself that would lead me down 10 different roads. And checking your body and searching the internet will drive you crazy.
I encourage you to move on with life, test at the right time frame and update us with your results.
I encourage you to move on with life, test at the right time frame and update us with your results.
An idea of what?
You had a possible exposure due to unprotected sex. No one here can tell you the womans status or anything like that.
You had a possible exposure due to unprotected sex. No one here can tell you the womans status or anything like that.
Can anyone else give me an idea of what they might think- I am about to break down!
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