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Hello everyone my name is chris aprox 35 days ago i had an unprotected encounter with a female marine . We had had a good long talk in her apartment which lead to sex for about 15 min . After that she guarantee she was clean and haven't been with anyone else casually only with her ex which they separated months ago she seemed concerned for my status and asked me if i was clean which i guess she gave me a sense of security.
After the encounter she stopped talking to me and never texted or emailed me .
Fast forward 25 days or so i started to develop pain in my hands feet sort of muscle pain it got mild to a severe to the point i took 81mg aspirin and eased the pain completely also developed a small what seemed like red rash right side of my cheek close to my nose somewhat connected to my nose . Anyways after the second day i felt much better i was able to close my hands to a fist without feeling it too swollen . At the 4th day i went to urgent care to get checked the doc immediately thought it was lupus or stress or a hundred other things he ran blood tests 6 tests and urine to see how are things looking .i asked him could it be an std or hiv he said stds no and hiv would come in the test but he don't think that was the case .i waited 20 min or so the. He gave me the results for 3 tests saying my liver kidneys were healthy but he did notice my protein level was a little high which he wanted to do further testing .he said it wasn't a bad thing but could mean my immunity is high and going crazy that could be the reason of my pains .
Now i have a doc appointment on december 2 and i feel anxious and scared could i had gotten hiv ? I have no other symptoms like lymp node fever or lose stool or night sweats nor flu or rashes in any other place of my body no sore thought or anything ,just the joint muscle pain and rash by my nose .i would also like to add that in thanks giving eve dinner once i was done eating my joints on my arm and fingers hurt more which i had to take some Tylenol .
Please help me with this with some advice .thank you all and happy thanks giving :)
After the encounter she stopped talking to me and never texted or emailed me .
Fast forward 25 days or so i started to develop pain in my hands feet sort of muscle pain it got mild to a severe to the point i took 81mg aspirin and eased the pain completely also developed a small what seemed like red rash right side of my cheek close to my nose somewhat connected to my nose . Anyways after the second day i felt much better i was able to close my hands to a fist without feeling it too swollen . At the 4th day i went to urgent care to get checked the doc immediately thought it was lupus or stress or a hundred other things he ran blood tests 6 tests and urine to see how are things looking .i asked him could it be an std or hiv he said stds no and hiv would come in the test but he don't think that was the case .i waited 20 min or so the. He gave me the results for 3 tests saying my liver kidneys were healthy but he did notice my protein level was a little high which he wanted to do further testing .he said it wasn't a bad thing but could mean my immunity is high and going crazy that could be the reason of my pains .
Now i have a doc appointment on december 2 and i feel anxious and scared could i had gotten hiv ? I have no other symptoms like lymp node fever or lose stool or night sweats nor flu or rashes in any other place of my body no sore thought or anything ,just the joint muscle pain and rash by my nose .i would also like to add that in thanks giving eve dinner once i was done eating my joints on my arm and fingers hurt more which i had to take some Tylenol .
Please help me with this with some advice .thank you all and happy thanks giving :)
Symptoms are never used when diagnosing HIV. However, when present, ARS presents in approx 70-80% of individuals and usually consist of an extremely sore throat, a very high temperature, and a non-itchy body rash.
The only way to know for sure is through testing. But, like I said the odds are with you. Request HIV testing when you go to the doc. I have confidence that you did not acquire HIV from the exposure you describe, and the result will help ease your mind.
The only way to know for sure is through testing. But, like I said the odds are with you. Request HIV testing when you go to the doc. I have confidence that you did not acquire HIV from the exposure you describe, and the result will help ease your mind.
Thank you your reply brought a lot of peace .
Question though could muscle joint pain alone be a acute symptom of hiv ?
Ive read a lot regarding symptoms and they claim its a flu like symptom with multiple ones happening at the same time . Whats your take on this ?
Question though could muscle joint pain alone be a acute symptom of hiv ?
Ive read a lot regarding symptoms and they claim its a flu like symptom with multiple ones happening at the same time . Whats your take on this ?
This was actually a fairly low risk event. Even your doctor wasn't even that concerned, it certainly wasn't the first thing on his mind, and for a good reason.
First, HIV is extremely rare in the US. In a population over 310 million people, only 1.1 million are HIV+. This is ONLY .04% of the population. The odds of her being HIV+ is highly unlikely. Couple that with her own concern about your status should tell you she takes her status seriously, another plus in your favor.
Second, despite what you may have heard from all the HIV propagandists, it is extremely rare for a male to acquire HIV from a female. Especially from a one-time encounter.
Third, even in the VERY highly unlikely even that your partner was HIV+. Transmission does not occur with every event. The odds are somewhere in the area of 1 in a 1,000-2,500.
Combined, the odds of a healthy male (no existing STDs) acquiring HIV from a one time unprotected vaginal encounter with a partner of unknown HIV status is 1 in a 1,000,000. You literally have better odds of getting killed in a car accident, or shot to death.
Some HIV professionals do not even recommend testing after such an exposure given the highly unlikely possibility of transmission. If, however, you would get some peace of mind through testing, here are your options.
A 4th Gen DUO test will detect most infections by 14-18 days, and will be conclusive at 28 days post exposure. If the DUO test is not available, you can test at 4 weeks with a blood drawn lab test at 4 weeks for 95% accuracy. You will want to follow this up with an antibody only test (oral or instant) at 12 weeks for conclusive results.
First, HIV is extremely rare in the US. In a population over 310 million people, only 1.1 million are HIV+. This is ONLY .04% of the population. The odds of her being HIV+ is highly unlikely. Couple that with her own concern about your status should tell you she takes her status seriously, another plus in your favor.
Second, despite what you may have heard from all the HIV propagandists, it is extremely rare for a male to acquire HIV from a female. Especially from a one-time encounter.
Third, even in the VERY highly unlikely even that your partner was HIV+. Transmission does not occur with every event. The odds are somewhere in the area of 1 in a 1,000-2,500.
Combined, the odds of a healthy male (no existing STDs) acquiring HIV from a one time unprotected vaginal encounter with a partner of unknown HIV status is 1 in a 1,000,000. You literally have better odds of getting killed in a car accident, or shot to death.
Some HIV professionals do not even recommend testing after such an exposure given the highly unlikely possibility of transmission. If, however, you would get some peace of mind through testing, here are your options.
A 4th Gen DUO test will detect most infections by 14-18 days, and will be conclusive at 28 days post exposure. If the DUO test is not available, you can test at 4 weeks with a blood drawn lab test at 4 weeks for 95% accuracy. You will want to follow this up with an antibody only test (oral or instant) at 12 weeks for conclusive results.
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