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kaposi's sarcoma

is it possible to get kaposi's sarcoma with in the first year of getting infected with hiv??? im soo scared i might be experiencing early signs of kaposi's sarcoma. i had small brown spots under my armpit after the 2nd month of thinking i had hiv, it has been 6 months now. now i have it near my belly button and my my left pectorial. im starting to truely get worried. i also just started to red pimples on my shoulders, im not sure if they are lesions. im am shaking in fear right now because i feel like i have real symptoms of hiv now. please help me
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NO.
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teak i looked up some pics and info about ks, its kinda scarey like it says it can start off as small brown, red, or blue spots and painless. I feel that i have that. scares me.
so you cannot get this early in the infection? i actually just finished reading a medical sight that said it can occur at anytime of the infection... i dont know if thats true...
do u mind explaining it to me in a little more detail? pls.
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You've never had a risk of contracting HIV. End of discussion.
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there was this one girl i did have unprotected sex with in april 09. her friends told me that i shouldn't worry about it. i dont remember if i had a discharge right after her, but i did get a discharge a couple of months after. My first discharge was in 07 after a csw gave me oral without a condom. i dont know, ive only had sex with 4 women in my life. the first was a csw who gave me unprotect oral but protected sex, second a csw protected sex, a friend unprotected, and a csw protected.
does hiv cause a discharge?
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No HIV does not cause a discharge.
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okay thanks. im sorry to be a pest bro, its just that for some reason i just thought about it and it made sense to me that i probably had ks and lesions this was 3 in the morning here when i posted. i had a big anxiety attack so i came here looking for answers again.
im sorry if i am being rude, i dont mean to be. i did take a blood and urine test a week and a half ago and ill be picking up the results on wednesday. ill update here on the result. in the mean time, im trying to get my mind off of it, but i just end up thinking about it. a part of me feels im going to test pos, but im trying to have a positive attitude about it.
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hai, ks occours at late stage of hiv its a co infection when immunity is breaking down, it fades away after taking arvs, its impossible for u to have ks, even for an infected person if at all it occours it happens after sever years after the immunity has weakened terribly ,just as tb is a co infection with hiv, hope it explains, bye
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KS is an OI and is very rare today with anyone with AIDS under treatment.
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thanks guys, the information on the web really scared me. everytime i see good comments from you guys it really helps relieve me. i was having anxiety attacks all day long. i talked to my manager about it, i showed her the spots and she thinks its just age spotting. I wonder if the mind is truely capable of doing these things. well, thanks again to the both of you. ill keep you guys updated if anything comes up,  teak thanks for all ways commenting on my stuff, its nice to know that someone if there listening, specially one with good knowledge.
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so wat do you guys think the bronw spots are from
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If you are concerned see a dermatologist.

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