Unprotected Anal

[Alefou]

Hi Doctor,

I'm writing to you because I'm a little scared about an experience. I dated a guy for 3 months. We are not dating anymore but we wanted to have unprotected anal sex; he was confident with me because he knows that i'm paranoid about AIDS and that I'm always safe. I know that he slept with some guys in the past month but he always told me that he was always safe and he was sure to be negative. To prefer to be sure, we went to a rapid testing then we both tested negative. He was really not scared going there and was sure about the results. Then we had sex the night after. We had sex two times, I was the top the first time (I Ejaculate inside him) and I was the bottom the second time (He ejaculate inside me). I'm know worried that he lied to me or whatever and that he could be in the ARS period and therefore could have contaminated me cause I know he is sexually active. I followed your advises by asking him and he was really straightforward and sure to be safe and negative. What do you think of my chance of aquiring HIV in this situation ? Do you recommand that I test again in 3 month ?

Thank you

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Your risk is very, very low – so low as to be close to zero.  You did the right thing by asking him and the confidence of his answer, as well as his negative test result, should reassure you.  So, your question is, is there a possibility that he might have had a negative antibody test when he was most recently tested because he had had HIV but had not yet seroconverted?  The answer is that it is possible but most unlikely.  He told that his other encounters were protected; why doubt him when he told you the truth about everything else.  There is no reason for you to worry.  You do not have a medical reason to seek HIV testing following this exposure.  EWH

[Edward W Hook, MD]

You have a cold.  Your symptoms don't worry me in the least, given the other information you have provided.  My advice - chicken soup is good for a cold (and you can catch cold in LA in September).  This is not ARS, you do not have HIV. EWH

[Alefou]

Hi Doctor,

I follow up on my incident ... Exactly 3 weeks after this, I feel very sick. It started yesterday with a very bad sore throat which lasted all night long. I had a little temperature during the night (99.8 F and usually it's under 99 when I took it the night). This morning, I have no more pain in the throat but I have muscle pain and runny nose with a mild fever. I'm really scared that it could be ARS. The timing is perfect and I don't understand how I got a cold in Los angeles during September .... Does those symptoms should worry me ?