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Primary HIV Infection
I am a 31 year old male and on 01-Jun-07 I had a casual sexual encounter where I received unprotected oral sex. 5 days after the encounter I went to a walk-in clinic and was screened for all STD's. All tests came back negative.
Two weeks after the encounter I was experiencing a burning sesation in my penis - but not when I urinated. The doctor treated me for NSU with 7 days of doxycycline. The burning persisted and the doctor treated me with 30 days of cipro. The burning finally stopped 10 days after I finished the cipro.
It's been 3 months since the exposure and I've since gone back to my doctor to get tested for HIV and syphilis. Just prior to being re-tested I started to experience nausea, abdominal pain, headache and ear pain. I've been experiencing these symptoms for two weeks now.
I understand that receiving unprotected oral sex is low risk for HIV transmission, however, I have read that nausea and headache are symptoms of primary HIV infection.
I'm now in the process of waiting 3 weeks for my test results and I am very stressed and anxious.
Can my recent symptoms of nausea, abdominal pain and headache be casued by stress or could they be attributed to primary HIV infection.
Two weeks after the encounter I was experiencing a burning sesation in my penis - but not when I urinated. The doctor treated me for NSU with 7 days of doxycycline. The burning persisted and the doctor treated me with 30 days of cipro. The burning finally stopped 10 days after I finished the cipro.
It's been 3 months since the exposure and I've since gone back to my doctor to get tested for HIV and syphilis. Just prior to being re-tested I started to experience nausea, abdominal pain, headache and ear pain. I've been experiencing these symptoms for two weeks now.
I understand that receiving unprotected oral sex is low risk for HIV transmission, however, I have read that nausea and headache are symptoms of primary HIV infection.
I'm now in the process of waiting 3 weeks for my test results and I am very stressed and anxious.
Can my recent symptoms of nausea, abdominal pain and headache be casued by stress or could they be attributed to primary HIV infection.
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