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anxiety about HIV symptoms
I had sex with a female sex worker with a condom. Thing is, the condom slipped off a bit (I don't think completely) after a while. This was back in early June. Had two tests, both negative, at 9 days and at three months.
But I'm really anxious because I am began to experience some symptoms, most noticeably at around 12 weeks after my encounter. I have what I think is thrush and two small red bumps just above my groin on my abdomen. I had angular chelitis which cleared up two weeks after it first broke out (with the thrush). To my knowledge I never had a fever or swollen lymph nodes, though I wasn't even thinking about HIV until this thrush thing came up, so I might have missed it. I did have a bit of a sore throat, which I attributed to smoking a lot of cigarettes. Finally, when I first noticed the thrush, I was mortally afraid for a few days. I slept little and had night sweats.
After reading the comments on this forum, I feel like maybe fear and anxiety are getting the better of me. But I don't want to underplay these oddly coincidental symptoms. Thrush?! I've never had that before, and now 3 months after this one time event it comes up? What are the odds?
I can rationalize the thrush though which is the only thing keeping me sane: only about a week or so before noticing it, I had had a dentist appointment. He told me I grind my teeth. He also did some dental work that affected my bite. I was drinking and smoking heavily and not sleeping much. I've read that thrush and angular chelitis are associated w/ smoking, teeth grinding, and TMJ (lock jaw).
Still, I'm so afraid.
But I'm really anxious because I am began to experience some symptoms, most noticeably at around 12 weeks after my encounter. I have what I think is thrush and two small red bumps just above my groin on my abdomen. I had angular chelitis which cleared up two weeks after it first broke out (with the thrush). To my knowledge I never had a fever or swollen lymph nodes, though I wasn't even thinking about HIV until this thrush thing came up, so I might have missed it. I did have a bit of a sore throat, which I attributed to smoking a lot of cigarettes. Finally, when I first noticed the thrush, I was mortally afraid for a few days. I slept little and had night sweats.
After reading the comments on this forum, I feel like maybe fear and anxiety are getting the better of me. But I don't want to underplay these oddly coincidental symptoms. Thrush?! I've never had that before, and now 3 months after this one time event it comes up? What are the odds?
I can rationalize the thrush though which is the only thing keeping me sane: only about a week or so before noticing it, I had had a dentist appointment. He told me I grind my teeth. He also did some dental work that affected my bite. I was drinking and smoking heavily and not sleeping much. I've read that thrush and angular chelitis are associated w/ smoking, teeth grinding, and TMJ (lock jaw).
Still, I'm so afraid.
Give it a break already. How many times do we have to report you and you come back with a different name, spouting your nonsense?
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