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Possible HIV rash!!

Hi Guys,

i have been having a rash across my chest for about 1 and a half months now, and it is itching and looks like small red bumps which are characteristics of an HIV rash. I am really freaking out about it, i have not had any high fevers after exposure though i have had hot flashes and chills, and now a sore throat after 2 months. I only received unprotected oral sex which is supposedly risk-free but do you think these rashes are ars rashes? please help
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1155154 tn?1262649307
Hello I have this red rash on my thighs that over time turned patchy rough spots. The rash is also on my hands. I wanted to know if this could be an hiv rash although I took two hiv test in the past two weeks and both were negative. I also went to the er and was treat for sphillis.  But I still have concerns about the hiv rash. Please help!
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yes i know you cant but im very scared because i feel like the following rashes were just do to different viruses causing me to get canker sores and on a website i read that hiv symptoms in the beggining can be due to the different viruses, bacterias, and fungi that infect your body. it says the symptoms include skin rashes and canker sores which had scared me.
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186166 tn?1385259382
see your doctor if you are having health concerns...we cannot diagnose your rash.
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my first rash was a macular rash so thats what made me think it was hiv related. the following ones were small, red ones that resemble viral rashes but why would i get so many viral rashes? do u have any suggestions of what else could cause rashes to keep recurring?
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186166 tn?1385259382
your rash is not indicative of hiv.
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hey guyss i had a possible exposure four months ago and a month later developed a small rash on my chest that went away a day later with no other symptoms. ever since then i have had on and off rashes on my upper arms and thighs. they usually come in the morning and are gone by night, the only other symptom i have with them are canker sores and that only occurs sometimes. help please!!!!!!!!
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186166 tn?1385259382
move on
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Okay thanks a lot Teak!!!!
SO these symptoms are just because of anxiety, but i have read anxiety rashes and they are not like the ones i described, the ones i describe is more like ars rash isn't it??
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NO and you were told why...
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i know what you said teak, and i really appriciate your knowledge on this disease, but i just want to know something are these rashes typical characteristics of an ars rash, because i just can't get these symptoms out of my mind, plus i also have rashes on my upper back and face, which are greatly the spots for hiv rash......
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Go back and reread the replies that you have already been given.
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