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very high risk, i still don't know what to do
okay i already posted a bulletin, but i'm still really afraid that i have contraced HIV. my risk is very high, 5 minutes unprotected sex with a male who has had numerous sex partners. and my symtoms have been so close to those of ARS i can't even explain. 3 1/2 weeks after the exposure i woke up sweaty with a sore throat and a mild fever. the next day my throat still hurt. then the next day i got diarrhea, made a doctors appt. and the doctor said my lymph nodes in my neck were swollen and i had white pus on my tonsils. The sore throat lasted another 2 days or so, but the diarrhea persisted for another week and i had night sweats for about 3 nights. I thought the diarrhea was gone but sometimes my stools are just very loose and sometimes theyre not. It's been 2 weeks since all this started and i started feeling better after about 6-7 days after, but i've just been so stressed i don't know what to do with myself. I had a panic attack 2 nights ago and it was a feeling i've never felt before. My neck got all tight, i stated shivering, my heart starting beating uncontrollably, i felt like i was detached from my whole body. I'm so scared and my symptoms are unlike any other i've ever had. I only had a mild fever for one day, and i didn't have a headache or any sort of rash. do my symptoms sound very much like those of ARS? i know they do, i just need reassurance because i'm so scared. i'm only 18 and this guy is only 17. we lived in a good community and this person has never had any homosexual contact or has used injection drugs. but jesus christ, why is this happening to me? i just moved to college a month ago, i just pray to god that my sickness is due to all the virusus hiding in the dorms and on campus. does diarrhea persist even after the other symptoms are gone? because i heard they all come and go generally on the same day. and my night sweats and sore throat only lasted about 4-5 days and the diarrhea came on the 3rd day and lasted until now. i've been stressed ever since i got the sore throat so maybe stress has an underlying cause? someone help me i'm so scared
You can not go by someones age and say they most likely don't have it.
http://www.thewellproject.org/en_US/Womens_Center/HIV_Risk_and_Teens.jsp;jsessionid=GShCyc4Qvkpkhdj1GnWkBt36BRQfrqTtL4W698Gp0Jnyzn9FDLr8!1124613077
http://www.thewellproject.org/en_US/Womens_Center/HIV_Risk_and_Teens.jsp;jsessionid=GShCyc4Qvkpkhdj1GnWkBt36BRQfrqTtL4W698Gp0Jnyzn9FDLr8!1124613077
but i feel like most people on here are freaking out over oral or some other no risk situation. these symptoms are so strange and on the dot, thats why i'm freaking out. diarrhea and sore throats and night sweats and fatigue do not come altogether in any other sickness. unless the fatigue and night sweats and diarrhea are due to my high levels of stress. ahhhhhhhh!! im in between a rock and a hard place and i just want control of my life and to live withour anxiety. but if i get tested and come up positive i wouldn't know how to handle that situation with my family and friends and i would never be able to finish college and do well with that on my mind.
Unprotected sex is not a good idea, but the chances are still overwhelming that he does not have it.
If you are freaked out, test at the appropriate time. Read any post on here and you'll see tons of people with symptoms who DO NOT have HIV or ARS.
If you are freaked out, test at the appropriate time. Read any post on here and you'll see tons of people with symptoms who DO NOT have HIV or ARS.
but this guy has had sex with probably 8 girls unprotected. and these girls were not virgins rest assured. so thats why i feel like my risk is so high. but, i had sex with him multiple times in the past and was fine. and his friend assured me that he doesn't have hiv, but of course he doesn't know that for sure. what's the coincidence that i get all these symptoms that i've never had before simultaneously in the appropriate time span for ARS
I hate viruses. Viruses of any kind. Seriously. Except for Cyrus the Virus...he was a bada$s.
the exposure was about 5-6 weeks ago but the symptoms came after 3 1/2 weeks. i did not get tested for mono but my strep came out negative.
Lets clear one thing up--"very high risk" is unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a definately HIV+ person. You did not have a very high risk experience.
It is recommended for all sexually active people who are not in a mutually exclusive relationship to have an HIV test about once a year. Since you are obviously panic stricken about this, now would be a good time to have one, so you can relax when you find out its negative.
Have your test anywhere from 6-12 weeks after your last contact with the boy. 6 week results are highly unlikely to change, but if you are going to remain freaked out, have the test at 12 weeks. That will be 100% conclusive, by anyones standard.
And just for your info, this 17 year old boy is unlikely to be HIV +. And symptoms mean nothing--there are very many miscellaneous viruses that cause those symptoms.
It is recommended for all sexually active people who are not in a mutually exclusive relationship to have an HIV test about once a year. Since you are obviously panic stricken about this, now would be a good time to have one, so you can relax when you find out its negative.
Have your test anywhere from 6-12 weeks after your last contact with the boy. 6 week results are highly unlikely to change, but if you are going to remain freaked out, have the test at 12 weeks. That will be 100% conclusive, by anyones standard.
And just for your info, this 17 year old boy is unlikely to be HIV +. And symptoms mean nothing--there are very many miscellaneous viruses that cause those symptoms.
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