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im scared i may have hiv
okay so here it goes.
i am an 18 year old female. about a year and half ago i had unprotected sex with a guy on my holiday in mexico. and i knew him so i thought i knew he didnt have anything. and i was on the pill so i wasnt worried about anything.i was very drunk and can not remember much of it but i do know we were in the room for about an hour and he was having some difficulties and he got hard but then went limp, he didnt *** and as far as i know he didnt have any pre-*** either but i cant be sure. but we had vaginal,oral and anal sex. and i didnt think anything of it then but now a year and a half later i live in scotland and have a boyfriend that i got pretty much after the holiday and have been with him ever since and we have had unprotected sex many times. and a week ago i got a phone call fromt he guy i was with in mexico and since my spanish is a little bit rusty and i dont know any medical terms in spanish, i couldnt understand what he said he had. but he said he had something and that he may have had it while we were together aswell so he was letting me know. but now i am soooooo worried.....
what are the chances if he is HIV positive and that even though he didnt *** in me could i still have got it? what are the chances his pre-*** gave me HIV? what about in the anal position?would pre-*** have given me HIV while we were doing it in the anal position?
i have some of the symptoms such as a swollen lymph node behind my left ear and fatigue and depression but i got that even before i started having sex.so i dont know. and i used to live in california and never really got sick.but now i live in scotland i seem to get the flu quite a lot..but i think the reason i have the flu a lot more here then in california is because scotland is very cold and im not used to it.please tell me what you think.... PLEASE!
i am getting a HIV test taken soon, but i am so scared because im having serious anxiety about this and i cant stop thinking about it. and im not only worried about myself, but my boyfriend. i dont want to tell him until i have an answer for sure. but im sooo scared. so if someone could please help me out and answer my questions to put my mind at a little bit of ease until i go for my appointment.
i am an 18 year old female. about a year and half ago i had unprotected sex with a guy on my holiday in mexico. and i knew him so i thought i knew he didnt have anything. and i was on the pill so i wasnt worried about anything.i was very drunk and can not remember much of it but i do know we were in the room for about an hour and he was having some difficulties and he got hard but then went limp, he didnt *** and as far as i know he didnt have any pre-*** either but i cant be sure. but we had vaginal,oral and anal sex. and i didnt think anything of it then but now a year and a half later i live in scotland and have a boyfriend that i got pretty much after the holiday and have been with him ever since and we have had unprotected sex many times. and a week ago i got a phone call fromt he guy i was with in mexico and since my spanish is a little bit rusty and i dont know any medical terms in spanish, i couldnt understand what he said he had. but he said he had something and that he may have had it while we were together aswell so he was letting me know. but now i am soooooo worried.....
what are the chances if he is HIV positive and that even though he didnt *** in me could i still have got it? what are the chances his pre-*** gave me HIV? what about in the anal position?would pre-*** have given me HIV while we were doing it in the anal position?
i have some of the symptoms such as a swollen lymph node behind my left ear and fatigue and depression but i got that even before i started having sex.so i dont know. and i used to live in california and never really got sick.but now i live in scotland i seem to get the flu quite a lot..but i think the reason i have the flu a lot more here then in california is because scotland is very cold and im not used to it.please tell me what you think.... PLEASE!
i am getting a HIV test taken soon, but i am so scared because im having serious anxiety about this and i cant stop thinking about it. and im not only worried about myself, but my boyfriend. i dont want to tell him until i have an answer for sure. but im sooo scared. so if someone could please help me out and answer my questions to put my mind at a little bit of ease until i go for my appointment.
Look, you've got to calm down. You can't know if the symptoms are HIV-related, unless you test. There is simply no way to know, period. The only way to know if you have HIV or not is by testing.
As far as specific risks - the risk for anal is estimated at 1%, which is very high, relative to other sexual practices. Guiltnworry is absolutely right about viral load correlating with HIV transmission, so the fact that no ejaculation took place means that you were exposed to less virus, which turns the odds further in your favor. You want exact numbers - they simply do not exist, because such studies can not possibly be done, as I told you. You just have to go with the estimates.
My advice: you will be tortured by anxiety up until the point that you take the test. So don't wait and get it over with. And quit symptom searching, that will do you nothing but harm.
As far as specific risks - the risk for anal is estimated at 1%, which is very high, relative to other sexual practices. Guiltnworry is absolutely right about viral load correlating with HIV transmission, so the fact that no ejaculation took place means that you were exposed to less virus, which turns the odds further in your favor. You want exact numbers - they simply do not exist, because such studies can not possibly be done, as I told you. You just have to go with the estimates.
My advice: you will be tortured by anxiety up until the point that you take the test. So don't wait and get it over with. And quit symptom searching, that will do you nothing but harm.
or could it not be HIV/STD and instead maybe be ....... something like cancer...
im soooo worried........
really not for me
but for my boyfriend .....
he will think i cheated on him! and then never forgive me because if i have it i most likely infected him aswell!!!!
im soooo worried........
really not for me
but for my boyfriend .....
he will think i cheated on him! and then never forgive me because if i have it i most likely infected him aswell!!!!
p.s.
has anyone hear actually dealt with someone who got HIV/AIDS from pre-*** doing anal?
does anyone have any experience in that area?
please give me a ballpark number as to what the chances are of contracting the infection through pre-*** in vaginal sex causing HIV, and one in pre-*** in anal sex causing HIV.
could it not be HIV... a perhaps be a STD?
what other STD's have similar symptoms?
or is there a possibility its all in my head and i am fine, but suffeing from OCD?
dont worry i will still be getting tested.... i cant live like this....
has anyone hear actually dealt with someone who got HIV/AIDS from pre-*** doing anal?
does anyone have any experience in that area?
please give me a ballpark number as to what the chances are of contracting the infection through pre-*** in vaginal sex causing HIV, and one in pre-*** in anal sex causing HIV.
could it not be HIV... a perhaps be a STD?
what other STD's have similar symptoms?
or is there a possibility its all in my head and i am fine, but suffeing from OCD?
dont worry i will still be getting tested.... i cant live like this....
okay... here is what i experience quite a lot. but a lot of this i have gotten since i was little before i started having sex.
vaginal discharge but i was told that was from ovulating [and when i used to worry about this i asked my friends they said it could be from wearing thongs] but how can can i tell if its normal discharge or STD/HIV related?or a yeast infection?
swollen lymph node or gland behind my left ear[had it as a child, also told its probably because of my allergys and antibotics]
fatigue.
i also suffer from depression that i had as a child.
i just recently had what a doctor called a viral infection[which worries me because i read that HIV symptoms are often confused for a viral infection] and had a very upset stomach a fever and diarrhea that lasted for a couple of days.
i get the flu or seem to have the flu quite a lot aswell[but i think that may be because i moved from a hot place like california to a much colder one,scotland.
and a few months after i got back from mexico i got sick with what was called a viral infection aswell, it really upset my asthma with a violent cough and was sick for quite a few days ..
what do you think?????
could some of these be symptoms overlooked because i had them since i was a child?
if you do have symptoms, do you usually get them all at once? or do you just get one or the other?
does anyone know what the percentage of people in ensalda, mexico having HIV?
im stressing myself out with anxiety, my test isnt for another week, and im sooo scared.
PLEASE READ MY STORY AND THE QUESTIONS I HAVE JUST ASKED AND ENLIGHTEN ME PLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEASE.
vaginal discharge but i was told that was from ovulating [and when i used to worry about this i asked my friends they said it could be from wearing thongs] but how can can i tell if its normal discharge or STD/HIV related?or a yeast infection?
swollen lymph node or gland behind my left ear[had it as a child, also told its probably because of my allergys and antibotics]
fatigue.
i also suffer from depression that i had as a child.
i just recently had what a doctor called a viral infection[which worries me because i read that HIV symptoms are often confused for a viral infection] and had a very upset stomach a fever and diarrhea that lasted for a couple of days.
i get the flu or seem to have the flu quite a lot aswell[but i think that may be because i moved from a hot place like california to a much colder one,scotland.
and a few months after i got back from mexico i got sick with what was called a viral infection aswell, it really upset my asthma with a violent cough and was sick for quite a few days ..
what do you think?????
could some of these be symptoms overlooked because i had them since i was a child?
if you do have symptoms, do you usually get them all at once? or do you just get one or the other?
does anyone know what the percentage of people in ensalda, mexico having HIV?
im stressing myself out with anxiety, my test isnt for another week, and im sooo scared.
PLEASE READ MY STORY AND THE QUESTIONS I HAVE JUST ASKED AND ENLIGHTEN ME PLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEASE.
Not quite sure what you mean with your question, but HIV is not killed by antibiotics. Wouldn't that be great if it were, the problem would be solved. No, HIV is not killed by any antibiotic taken for bacterial infections. My point about the antibiotics was that by taking antibiotics to kill off bacteria, you also kill off the bacteria which normally keep standard body yeast in check, so they can rapidly multiply. That's why a side effect of antibiotic treatment is yeast infection. If you are asking if normal treatments will treat yeast infections caused by an HIV dampened immune system, then the answer is in some cases yes, the yeast will clear up with normal meds. However, some oppurtunistic infections secondary to HIV are extremely resistant to treatment and often take specialized medical regimens with combination antibiotics and antifungals.
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