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Swollen Lymph Nodes after travelling
Dear DR
I stay in Zimbabwe and have a female South African friend who stays in Durban. I flew there in May and stayed for a week in a hotel. We got involved for just one. During the process, the condom broke and she felt it in less than a minute. I pulled out, went to the bathroom, thoroughly wash, wore another one and continued. We also kissed a lot before the sex. A day before my returning to Zim, i caught a terrible flue, my throat was burning as if i have a sandpaper on my throat and twas very sore to swallow saliva. I bought Benilyn 4 Flu. Thats only the medication i got. The flu lasted for a week but fatigue took me for a month. I never stopped from going to work though.
The lymph nodes at the left of my neck swelled to the size of a peanut and were a bit painful. Sometimes i could feel pain just below my ear but could not feel the lymph node there.
i read that the swollen lymph nodes should go away after about three months but my worry is that even they are not painful anymore, i still can feel the two peas on my left neck. Before this incident, my last sexual encounter was on the 22nd of February and due to my long plays, again the condom broke and discovered it instantly and washed thoroughly again
Could i be HIV positive, am soo afraid of this if it be reality. Im praying for guts but cant find them to go testing
Please help
Grinder
I stay in Zimbabwe and have a female South African friend who stays in Durban. I flew there in May and stayed for a week in a hotel. We got involved for just one. During the process, the condom broke and she felt it in less than a minute. I pulled out, went to the bathroom, thoroughly wash, wore another one and continued. We also kissed a lot before the sex. A day before my returning to Zim, i caught a terrible flue, my throat was burning as if i have a sandpaper on my throat and twas very sore to swallow saliva. I bought Benilyn 4 Flu. Thats only the medication i got. The flu lasted for a week but fatigue took me for a month. I never stopped from going to work though.
The lymph nodes at the left of my neck swelled to the size of a peanut and were a bit painful. Sometimes i could feel pain just below my ear but could not feel the lymph node there.
i read that the swollen lymph nodes should go away after about three months but my worry is that even they are not painful anymore, i still can feel the two peas on my left neck. Before this incident, my last sexual encounter was on the 22nd of February and due to my long plays, again the condom broke and discovered it instantly and washed thoroughly again
Could i be HIV positive, am soo afraid of this if it be reality. Im praying for guts but cant find them to go testing
Please help
Grinder
If you do not test then you are just going to feel worse.
You will be doing the right thing by testing and you will probably feel relieved after you have taken the initial test
Bottom line is - If you have put yourself at risk you need to test.
You will be doing the right thing by testing and you will probably feel relieved after you have taken the initial test
Bottom line is - If you have put yourself at risk you need to test.
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