Protected oral & vaginal sex with Hong Kong prostitute 23 days ago. Maybe have ARS.

[jjss888]

Hi everyone,

I am a 24 year old guy who went to Hong Kong to get a visa.  My friend took me to a sex sauna and I had sex with a Chinese prostitute.  She gave me oral sex and I gave her vaginal sex.  We used the same condom for both acts.  The condom didn't break and things went normally.  

Then, later that night, I went to a girl bar with Thai girls.  I was fingering one girl, but we didn't have any kind of sex.  However, I'm worried that my finger may have been cut (I'm not sure) and that a couple minutes later I may have touched my face, which had one actively-healing pimple.  I'm hoping HIV dies once it touches air, so I don't need to worry about being infected through my pimple.

Then, around two weeks later on March 30th or 31st, I started getting a minor headache on the left side of my head, and eventually I started experiencing fatigue and lethargy consistently for about the last 8-9 days and have not been able to concentrate on anything.  I also had some muscle soreness in my right leg and arms, but I had no idea why.  I also had these two minor rashes on my abdomen area that disappeared within one day, but the muslce soreness and rashes may be related to the fact that I went to the beach and swam in the ocean relatively roughly.  

I'm worried that I'm experiencing the symptoms of ARS.  Should I be worried?  I don't want to get tested for HIV yet because it has barely been one month since I had sexual intercourse, and moreoever I live in Taiwan where the country deports foreigners who test positive for HIV.  I really regret doing anything sexual with prostitutes and bar girls.  I really do.  Dammit, I wish I could go back and avoid all of this anxiety.  I have A LOT of anxiety right now.  Moreover, it's rare that I get sick.  I did catch the flu around the same time last year and felt similar symptoms, but I still rarely get sick.  I've been rather strong immunity-wise most of my life.

So should I be worried and prepare for the worst?  Did I contract HIV?  What do I do?  Should I get tested and risk deportation??  

I don't think I could live with HIV.  I'd probably either commit suicide or try any potential cures out there.

Please HELP!  THANK YOU!

[Teak]

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[jjss888]

Thanks OrionB,

However, the reason I am worried about HIV is because I started getting ARS-like symptoms that are unexplainable.  In fact, I feel lethargic and fatigue right now.  

Should I be worried?  What should I do?  

Thanks!

[OrionB]

HIV is not transmitted by fingering. You are not at risk of HIV through fingering. Please, no if or buts or what if's - you are just not going get it that way. You cannot contract HIV by the scenario you describe regardless of any symptoms.

[jjss888]

Thanks for your fast response.  So you don't think I had an exposure?  Does condom use virtually guarantee no transmission?  While it's nearly impossible to transmit through cuts?  

I'm paranoid because I almost never get the kind of ARS-like symptoms that I am experiencing, and I am just worried it's HIV.  I'm usually very healthy and strong.

Thanks, Teak.

[Teak]

You aren't having ARS, only positive people have ARS and you didn't have an exposure.

[jjss888]

How do you know?

Why do I feel such unusual flu-like symptoms that seem related to ARS?  

[Teak]

You never had an exposure.