NIGHT SWEATS WITH FEVER

[dave1234]

I am very concerned as I had unprotected receptive anal sex m2m 6 months ago with a guy I met online. I don't know his HIV status. I know it was a stupid mistake. I am very worried because about a week after the encounter, I developed a fever of 100 degrees F and the very same night I started with severe drenching night sweats.  Yes these were the real deal. Soaked bed all the way through. Head to toe sweats soaking pillow, bed sheets right thru to the mattress. Could not sleep in the bed. I was afraid to go to bed at night. This happened every single night after I fell asleep for about 2 weeks complete with fever. Then the fever went away and the sweats started to fade. I am a person that never gets sick. Never had anything like this happen to me in my life. Given the high risk that I know I had, and a fever with severe night sweats, I have a real concern. Now the confusion for me is that I tested with oraquick rapid tests at a clinic at the 3 and 6 month marks after exposure and both tests came up negative. I am happy for the neg results but I am having great diffuculty believing the tests because of how sick I got and the timing of when I got sick and because I know I had a real high risk. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

[jajoliv]

i don't know why your having these sympotms but a six month rapid test is just about 100 percent conclusive from what i ve heard and read. severe anxiety and stress can cause night sweats. maybe u r having fever because your immune system is weakend by your current level of stress and anxiety. hope this helps u.

[dave1234]

Thanks for the reply. I don't have the symptoms anymore but am concerned that the symptoms then were ARS and lasted the couple weeks then went away as ARS would...

[worried826]

Your 2 negative tests well outside the window are solid proff you dont have HIV regardless of whatever symptoms you had. Fever and night sweats can be caused by the flu which is much more common than HIV anyway. You dont have HIV.

[dave1234]

Thanks worried. My exposure was actually the end of Sept 07 before flu season, also I had no signs of a cold such as runny nose, eyes or congestion of any kind that typically comes with flu.

[dave1234]

Should I consider getting a viral load test as well as the antibody for safe measure?

[worried826]

No, quit worrying about HIV, the antibody tests are the standard test and are highy accurate, you dont need a viral load test, quite being a hypochondriac and trying to shop around in an attempt to find out that you indeed are HIV+. You have 2 negative tests, you dont have HIV. Your fever and night sweat have nothing to do with HIV, blood tests trump any symptoms, especially when those symptoms are the same ones from many other virus and ailments.

[lostone08]

unless you had another exposure after the tests your more than conclusive cdc recomends 3 months your double that i wouldnt worry about hiv but i would go see a doctor for your symptoms

[Teak]

You don't need any further HIV testing. You're negative. Just remember sex only lasts a few minutes and HIV is for life. Use condoms..

[dave1234]

Lostone...I don't have the symptoms now...I had them 7 months ago after the exposure. No sense in seeing a doctor now but I did see my doctor back then. I didn't want to tell him that I was worried about hiv... my wife works in his med center. but I knew he was suspecting it the way he kept hinting about it to me saying things like is there anything that you think your symptoms might match? I just said I had no idea. He did a CBC count and a few other tests like lyme etc. which was all neg. That was all. I am just baffled because this happened a week after a very stupid high risk on my part. Seems very coincidental! I've read so many posts from poz people that said they had fever and profuse sweats right after their infection. I just hope to God that those neg tests are right. My fear is that I may be one of those strange cases that for some reason or another have just not developed antibodies to it. There are such cases out there and I have read that some of them were healthy people...not otherwise immunosupressed.

[ECN44120]

Yes and I have read some people saying that they are Jesus, some spiderman, some that believed hitler was a travesti, your test are 100% prove that you dont have hiv, all your symptoms where mostly sure produced by anxiety, stress,and guilt. if you dont believe your results then you have serios OCD-HIVfobia problems, The guilt of being unfaitfull to your wife with another man is your real problem not hiv.

[regularjoey]

I agree with the folks here telling you to move on. Everybody tests positive by 6 months.

[mike12565]

Were here really ever cases of hiv infected people with no antibodies who were healthy people?

[worried826]

No, that doesnt even make sense. Yoiu get HIV and your body fights it with antibodies, without antibodies the body would not last long.

[ECN44120]

If the body doesnt produce antibodies it cant be healthy,

[mike12565]

I meant that the person was healthy before getting infected and didnt produce any antibodies. I understand that some people didnt produce any antibodies if they are tested in the very late stage of HIV infection.

[Teak]

Once you are infected you will always have antibodies.

[ECN44120]

Sorry I dont understand your question