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anxiety over HIV infection.
I am not able to came down. I have Sex twice. 26th Jan and 24th March. Both were prostitutes. 26th from a club and 24th a massage center in Malaysia. I got my HIV 1 & 2 Elisa Test on 3th April as Negative. In both cases I had used a Condom and to my very best of knowledge they were intact and not broken.
1. I have a small red color pimple / node like thing right in center of my Back. I had mild fever on 31st March. My ears, my neck and legs are all burning like a sun burn. I had past trouble of kidney stone but two days back my penis was internally burning. I am full of anxiety. I have couple of bad stools since then. A lot and lot of study done on internet.
2. Some more facts. I only have protected vaginal sex. The 24th March incidence … the girl took my unprotected penis in her mouth for a while. I did some fingering. But I have this bad habit of biting nails and skin around it which some times bleed or are open and red in color.
3. What can go wrong with the Condon? I didn’t know the brand or manufacturing date of the condom.
There was no slippage of condom at all and no breakage was noticed by me.
How should I take all of these circumstances? I know all the facts. On one hand I have symptoms and all of them at this point and on the other had all the logics of protected Sex and probabilities.
1. I have a small red color pimple / node like thing right in center of my Back. I had mild fever on 31st March. My ears, my neck and legs are all burning like a sun burn. I had past trouble of kidney stone but two days back my penis was internally burning. I am full of anxiety. I have couple of bad stools since then. A lot and lot of study done on internet.
2. Some more facts. I only have protected vaginal sex. The 24th March incidence … the girl took my unprotected penis in her mouth for a while. I did some fingering. But I have this bad habit of biting nails and skin around it which some times bleed or are open and red in color.
3. What can go wrong with the Condon? I didn’t know the brand or manufacturing date of the condom.
There was no slippage of condom at all and no breakage was noticed by me.
How should I take all of these circumstances? I know all the facts. On one hand I have symptoms and all of them at this point and on the other had all the logics of protected Sex and probabilities.
hi, you gave me a very positive reply. thanks. but m still stuck. every sec is different. sometimes i feel positive. its becoming a circle. i my stools are getting bad. my throat is getting bad. when i think something happens in my stomach n i get a bad stool. for bad stool there can b two reasons. sympton of hiv or anxicity. same with throat. m smoking too much. on other hand i think bout my wife n i feel guilt. m not able to deal at all...
thanks mate....
Sam fear is a monster. I too am feeling fear and took many text today for stds and hiv was one of them. I will say a prayer for you.
HIV anxiety is very common, one, because sadly too many people still have very overinflated views about what constitutes a REAL risk for HIV, and also lack of education, and the biggie...guilt over sexual encounters. Put all that together, and you have a recipe for an anxiety nightmare.
I can assure you that you NEVER had a risk for HIV. If a condom remains intact during penetrative sex, and the head of your penis remained covered, then you were 100% protected. Also, you wouldn't miss a condom failure, they are very obvious. No other sexual activity, minus unprotected vaginal or anal sex, will pose a rick for HIV. NOTHING. The only other way an adult can get infected is by sharing IV drugs and IV drug works. So, from a risk standpoint, you're in the clear.
Now, what to do about the anxiety? Sometimes people are reassured enough after obtaining a negative HIV test result, others are not, and they continue to worry, despite unmitigated proof that they don't have HIV. If you want to get tested for reassurance, then limit yourself to ONE antibody test at 3 months post exposure. Over testing only leads to more anxiety amd an increased risk to get a false +, which, as you can imagine is NOT so good for anxiety.
When you get your negative result, believe it, and put this behind you. If you continue to worry, or find yourself "what if" thinking, then seek professional help for the anxiety. Do NOT search the internet, you will fuel your anxiety something terrible doing that.
Again, you never had an HIV risk. If you continue to struggle with anxiety, please feel free to post again, but being that this is an anxiety forum, we won't get into a lot of back and forth about HIV. We have an HIV Prevention Forum, where you can receive a risk assessment, and an HIV Anxiety group, which is great for people struggling with HIV Anxiety. This forum should be reserved for discussions about the anxiety aspect of your situation.
Good luck!
I can assure you that you NEVER had a risk for HIV. If a condom remains intact during penetrative sex, and the head of your penis remained covered, then you were 100% protected. Also, you wouldn't miss a condom failure, they are very obvious. No other sexual activity, minus unprotected vaginal or anal sex, will pose a rick for HIV. NOTHING. The only other way an adult can get infected is by sharing IV drugs and IV drug works. So, from a risk standpoint, you're in the clear.
Now, what to do about the anxiety? Sometimes people are reassured enough after obtaining a negative HIV test result, others are not, and they continue to worry, despite unmitigated proof that they don't have HIV. If you want to get tested for reassurance, then limit yourself to ONE antibody test at 3 months post exposure. Over testing only leads to more anxiety amd an increased risk to get a false +, which, as you can imagine is NOT so good for anxiety.
When you get your negative result, believe it, and put this behind you. If you continue to worry, or find yourself "what if" thinking, then seek professional help for the anxiety. Do NOT search the internet, you will fuel your anxiety something terrible doing that.
Again, you never had an HIV risk. If you continue to struggle with anxiety, please feel free to post again, but being that this is an anxiety forum, we won't get into a lot of back and forth about HIV. We have an HIV Prevention Forum, where you can receive a risk assessment, and an HIV Anxiety group, which is great for people struggling with HIV Anxiety. This forum should be reserved for discussions about the anxiety aspect of your situation.
Good luck!
Hi and since this a sexual disease question, you might want to post this on the STD forum for expert answeres. Vance and Grace are very knowledgeable
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