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HIV SCARED
Hi DR.
On march 18 i went to Morocco for vocation and i slept with 3 girls Commercial Worker Sex in different days and i had sex with each of them only single episode only one time sex each of them . In 20 , 24. and 26 of March i slept with those girls i have only vaginal sex unprotected and one of them she had her period. when i came back home i was alright didn't think about anything until i told my story to my friend and he told me about the HIV/AIDS and from this day i was looking online after i was looking at the picture and story of HIV i couldn't sleep and didn't go to school for two weeks im in super anxiety and stressed couldn't think of anything , after 4 weeks on 28 April i had Oraquick rapid test and it came back NEGATIVE and before that that on 27 of April i had another test HIV 1 , 2 AB/HIV-1 P24 AG SCRN and FULL STD TEST and all of them came back NEGATIVE too .
On April 30 one of my eyes became little red and i have little tiny pimples inside my mouth they are white and red and On May 1st i had swollen lymph nodes on my right neck . I also I notice a super small red spot in my penis in April 26, I went to a dermatologist she said probably this is infection she gave me cortisone but I didn't use it because I want to see what is going on with me and its getting smaller and smaller and it turn to white, so after I went to the Doctor i told her everything and she saw my inside mouth and she said there is nothing wrong with me and its not HERPES or anything and for the swollen lymph nodes she said if its getting bigger come back to see a a doctor.
I also ejacluted outside them not inside the girls.
My question are:
1)What is my risk of getting HIV ? should I trust my HIV and STD TEST and move on with my life?
2) Should i worry about the symptoms that am having ? I also have little burn on my back is come and go in my middle back.
On march 18 i went to Morocco for vocation and i slept with 3 girls Commercial Worker Sex in different days and i had sex with each of them only single episode only one time sex each of them . In 20 , 24. and 26 of March i slept with those girls i have only vaginal sex unprotected and one of them she had her period. when i came back home i was alright didn't think about anything until i told my story to my friend and he told me about the HIV/AIDS and from this day i was looking online after i was looking at the picture and story of HIV i couldn't sleep and didn't go to school for two weeks im in super anxiety and stressed couldn't think of anything , after 4 weeks on 28 April i had Oraquick rapid test and it came back NEGATIVE and before that that on 27 of April i had another test HIV 1 , 2 AB/HIV-1 P24 AG SCRN and FULL STD TEST and all of them came back NEGATIVE too .
On April 30 one of my eyes became little red and i have little tiny pimples inside my mouth they are white and red and On May 1st i had swollen lymph nodes on my right neck . I also I notice a super small red spot in my penis in April 26, I went to a dermatologist she said probably this is infection she gave me cortisone but I didn't use it because I want to see what is going on with me and its getting smaller and smaller and it turn to white, so after I went to the Doctor i told her everything and she saw my inside mouth and she said there is nothing wrong with me and its not HERPES or anything and for the swollen lymph nodes she said if its getting bigger come back to see a a doctor.
I also ejacluted outside them not inside the girls.
My question are:
1)What is my risk of getting HIV ? should I trust my HIV and STD TEST and move on with my life?
2) Should i worry about the symptoms that am having ? I also have little burn on my back is come and go in my middle back.
A related discussion, Hiv scare at massage parlour was started.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Self-assessment of inflamed/enlarged lymph nodes is notoriously unreliable. See a doctor to see if that explains the symptoms you have noticed. But even if you have lymph node problems your test results have proved HIV isn't the cause either of that or your weight loss. And anyway, HIV never causes localized lymph node inflammation, i.e. in only one part of the body. The test results rule; you don't have HIV. Believe it.
"...what do you advise me to do?" See a doctor for goodness' sake! Don't try to figure it out by online advice, here or anywhere else.
You came here for reassurance. I gave it. You don't have HIV. Try to except it, but this isn't a debate and I'm not going to argue about it. That will end this thread; I won't have any further comments. (And do not be tempted to start a new thread on this topic. It would be deleted without reply, and without refund of your posting fee.)
"...what do you advise me to do?" See a doctor for goodness' sake! Don't try to figure it out by online advice, here or anywhere else.
You came here for reassurance. I gave it. You don't have HIV. Try to except it, but this isn't a debate and I'm not going to argue about it. That will end this thread; I won't have any further comments. (And do not be tempted to start a new thread on this topic. It would be deleted without reply, and without refund of your posting fee.)
Hello DR,
Thank you for your reply and advise. Yes I did all the STDs test include (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis) and all is Negative also I did a fully check up for my blood test and liver and kidney. Here is the my test:
HIV-1,2 AB/HIV-1 P24 AG SCRN, SERUM
UA DIPSTICK ONLY W/O MICRO, POC
HEPATITIS C AB, SERUM
HEPATITIS B SURFACE AG, SERUM
RPR SRM QUAL
GC/CHLAMYDIA AMP.DET,UR
CBC
and ALL is a good result, but im still worried about the swollen lymph nodes on my right side of my neck, also I noticed my lymph nodes are shaking time to time in my area body. I was checking online about the HIV symptoms there are couples of sign and the Swollen lymph nodes one of the sign for hiv symptoms, I worreid beacuse I don't feel sick like I don't have a fever o sore throat or anything to have a swollen lymoh nodes in my neck. I want to include that I lost 11 pounds of my wieght in last two weeks because I was not eating well of the anxiety and stressed just one meal during the day. Im dying DR of anxiety for the Swollen lymph nodes in my neck and its paining me if press on it. Please DR what do you advise me to do ? Is that right that HIV symptoms Swollen lymph nodes ? What should I do ? im dying DR ;(
Thank you for your reply and advise. Yes I did all the STDs test include (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis) and all is Negative also I did a fully check up for my blood test and liver and kidney. Here is the my test:
HIV-1,2 AB/HIV-1 P24 AG SCRN, SERUM
UA DIPSTICK ONLY W/O MICRO, POC
HEPATITIS C AB, SERUM
HEPATITIS B SURFACE AG, SERUM
RPR SRM QUAL
GC/CHLAMYDIA AMP.DET,UR
CBC
and ALL is a good result, but im still worried about the swollen lymph nodes on my right side of my neck, also I noticed my lymph nodes are shaking time to time in my area body. I was checking online about the HIV symptoms there are couples of sign and the Swollen lymph nodes one of the sign for hiv symptoms, I worreid beacuse I don't feel sick like I don't have a fever o sore throat or anything to have a swollen lymoh nodes in my neck. I want to include that I lost 11 pounds of my wieght in last two weeks because I was not eating well of the anxiety and stressed just one meal during the day. Im dying DR of anxiety for the Swollen lymph nodes in my neck and its paining me if press on it. Please DR what do you advise me to do ? Is that right that HIV symptoms Swollen lymph nodes ? What should I do ? im dying DR ;(
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
And by the way -- I should have mentioned it above -- please get into the condom habit for future sex, unless and until you are in a committed, mutually monogamous relationship. Although the risks aren't high for any particular exposure, why take any risk? It is especially inappropriate to ever have sex with commercial partners without using condoms for vaginal intercourse.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. Thank you for your question.
That you were not previously aware of HIV/AIDS, until your friend told you about it, is a little surprising; and your questions indicate you indeed have a poor understanding about it. There are several reasons you should not be at all concerned.
Most important, your test results prove you didn't catch HIV. Specifically, the duo test for both HIV antibody and p24 antigen (that's the same as HIV 1, 2 AB/HIV-1 P24 AG SCRN) is 100% proof when done at 4 weeks or more after exposure.
In addition, you actually had pretty low risk exposures; HIV is rare in Morocco and other North African countries; and even if one of your partners was infected, the chance you would have caught it from such a small number of exposures is very, very low. When a woman has HIV, her male partner's risk for each episode of unprotected sex is somewhere around 1 in 2,000. Whether or not you ejaculated in the vagina makes no known difference, and neither does having sex with a woman during her menstrual period.
So the answers to your specific questions are:
1) You definitely did not catch HIV and need not worry further about it. However, having had unprotected vaginal sex with three partners, it would be reasonable to be tested for other common STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis), if those have not yet been done. I would expect the results to be negative, but better safe than sorry.
2) Your symptoms are not suggestive of HIV, herpes, or any other STD.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
That you were not previously aware of HIV/AIDS, until your friend told you about it, is a little surprising; and your questions indicate you indeed have a poor understanding about it. There are several reasons you should not be at all concerned.
Most important, your test results prove you didn't catch HIV. Specifically, the duo test for both HIV antibody and p24 antigen (that's the same as HIV 1, 2 AB/HIV-1 P24 AG SCRN) is 100% proof when done at 4 weeks or more after exposure.
In addition, you actually had pretty low risk exposures; HIV is rare in Morocco and other North African countries; and even if one of your partners was infected, the chance you would have caught it from such a small number of exposures is very, very low. When a woman has HIV, her male partner's risk for each episode of unprotected sex is somewhere around 1 in 2,000. Whether or not you ejaculated in the vagina makes no known difference, and neither does having sex with a woman during her menstrual period.
So the answers to your specific questions are:
1) You definitely did not catch HIV and need not worry further about it. However, having had unprotected vaginal sex with three partners, it would be reasonable to be tested for other common STDs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis), if those have not yet been done. I would expect the results to be negative, but better safe than sorry.
2) Your symptoms are not suggestive of HIV, herpes, or any other STD.
I hope this helps. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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