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Need some perspective.
Dr. HHH
I have read numerous threads and feel that my situation is not uncommon then many I have read. I wanted to post so I could contribute my $15 and hope to get some online perspective.
I am a 33 year old white male who had unprotected vaginal sexual intercourse with a white female professional on October 5th. About a week later I started having a burning sensation while urinating and went to se my PCP. I never had any real discharge other then urine. He prescribed me Cipro 5 days and (1 dose) Zithromax and sent me for testing just for confirmation for urethritis which he thought was either gonorrhea or chlamydia. The testing came back negative and the symptoms seemed to continue though even after I finished those medicines. I went back two weeks after that and he gave me a prescription of doxycycline 7 days and gave me a injection of I believe ceftriaxone 125 mg intramuscularly. After I finished the doxycycline I still had symptoms but they were much less noticeable.
Move onto a few weeks later or around 7 weeks after the sex. I started to get a sore throat and a small rash on my hand with about five red marks almost like pimples and also had some on my buttocks area and was feeling tired all the time and my eyes were becoming extremely bloodshot all the time. I never remember having a fever at all but did have chills and what I thought to be swollen glands and nodes. Then I started going onto the internet and found wrongdiagnois.com and that was the worst thing I think I could do. I put in my symptoms and everything pointed to HIV. I started there and went everywhere else from there and everything pointed to HIV from there on. I finally found this site around week 9 and went out and took a Home Access test which was exactly 67 days after the sexual intercourse and it was negative. I felt better mentally but as many other posters have stated had lingering symptoms. I wanted to be through so I waited until 84 days and took another Home Access test which was also negative. My only concern is I am still tired (but sleeping has not been great) I also have night sweats occasionally and have a small painful lump near my left elbow which I believe is my cubital node and a slight pain which also seems like a node in my low abdomen right above the top base of my penis also on my left side both of which have only been swollen for about two weeks. I am also just getting over a head cold which started last Thursday.
Minus these symptoms listed above which you say are never an exact indicator anyway, should the 2-Home Access tests I took at 67 days and 84 days give me confidence that I do not have HIV? I would also assume that if the answer to the above question is yes that no more further testing will be needed.
This is an excellent post and has been very beneficial as an up to date real time educational thread with many knowledgeable perspectives from all over the world. I would appreciate your candid answers! Have a great 2007!
I have read numerous threads and feel that my situation is not uncommon then many I have read. I wanted to post so I could contribute my $15 and hope to get some online perspective.
I am a 33 year old white male who had unprotected vaginal sexual intercourse with a white female professional on October 5th. About a week later I started having a burning sensation while urinating and went to se my PCP. I never had any real discharge other then urine. He prescribed me Cipro 5 days and (1 dose) Zithromax and sent me for testing just for confirmation for urethritis which he thought was either gonorrhea or chlamydia. The testing came back negative and the symptoms seemed to continue though even after I finished those medicines. I went back two weeks after that and he gave me a prescription of doxycycline 7 days and gave me a injection of I believe ceftriaxone 125 mg intramuscularly. After I finished the doxycycline I still had symptoms but they were much less noticeable.
Move onto a few weeks later or around 7 weeks after the sex. I started to get a sore throat and a small rash on my hand with about five red marks almost like pimples and also had some on my buttocks area and was feeling tired all the time and my eyes were becoming extremely bloodshot all the time. I never remember having a fever at all but did have chills and what I thought to be swollen glands and nodes. Then I started going onto the internet and found wrongdiagnois.com and that was the worst thing I think I could do. I put in my symptoms and everything pointed to HIV. I started there and went everywhere else from there and everything pointed to HIV from there on. I finally found this site around week 9 and went out and took a Home Access test which was exactly 67 days after the sexual intercourse and it was negative. I felt better mentally but as many other posters have stated had lingering symptoms. I wanted to be through so I waited until 84 days and took another Home Access test which was also negative. My only concern is I am still tired (but sleeping has not been great) I also have night sweats occasionally and have a small painful lump near my left elbow which I believe is my cubital node and a slight pain which also seems like a node in my low abdomen right above the top base of my penis also on my left side both of which have only been swollen for about two weeks. I am also just getting over a head cold which started last Thursday.
Minus these symptoms listed above which you say are never an exact indicator anyway, should the 2-Home Access tests I took at 67 days and 84 days give me confidence that I do not have HIV? I would also assume that if the answer to the above question is yes that no more further testing will be needed.
This is an excellent post and has been very beneficial as an up to date real time educational thread with many knowledgeable perspectives from all over the world. I would appreciate your candid answers! Have a great 2007!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Since you have been reading the forum, you can predict my response. I have said innumerable times that test results ALWAYS are more reliable than symptoms as an indication of HIV. Your test results prove you didn't acquire HIV from your October exposure. You have a cold. You do not need further HIV testing.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Good luck-- HHH, MD
You are hiv negative, Happy New Year! You know in your heart you don't need any further testing, now make your mind know it!
Thank you very much for the fast response. I will venture on with a clear mind and hopefully a much smarter decision making sense for 07 and beyond.
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