HIV and Mono

[danskillz17]

I am an 18 year-old male from Canada.  In June I had unprotected vaginal intercourse with a girl that i was dating.  She had 4 partners before me.  A few weeks later I got really bad headaches, swollen lymph nodes in my neck, a sore throat with pus in it, a stiff neck, and very bad fatigue.  I went to my doctor and he did a mononucleosis test on me.  It came back positive, and my liver and spleen were also swollen.  I know that my symptoms also could have been HIV related.  I just find this a strange coincidence that i get mono right at the same time as this unprotected encounter.  My doctor did several blood tests, but could he have been mistaken, about my mono diagnosis?

[dell111]

Mono and ARS have nothing in common. If the test came back saying you had mono then you had mono and not ARS. Best to get checked out still though.

[siteheld]

I caught pneumonia at the same time I thought i was exposed. It was really bad. i am still HIV NEGATIVE.
I you are concerned about HIV then make sure you ask your doctor specifically for this test. If you don't they may not becasue of some ethical guidelines.
It has been a year now and you are still worried please go get tested and stop worrying about it.
You did put yourself at risk. next time I would get my partners tested before we take it to the next level.