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Guys...here's my situation. I had unprotected sex with a woman (I am a man). I did not ejaculate inside her.
9 weeks later, I got a bad "flu-like" illness. High fever, chills, sweats...the whole thing. If I hand't had a flu shot I would think it was the flu. On my second visit to the doc, he gave me an antibiotic for possible pneumonia called Factive. I took the full 7 days and I'm feeling fine now.
However, last night, a week after the fever stopped I noticed a rash forming. Trying to remain calm I dismissed it...until it was worse this morning. Little red dots on my torso, neck, a litle on my face, hands, etc. Ran to the dermo...he THINKS it could be a reaction to the antibiotic and will go away.
My major questions are....
1. Isn't 9 weeks a bit too late for ARS to start?
2. If this sickness and the rash were ARS related, wouldn't they happen at the same time? The rash started a week after the fever subsided.
Can anyone help with helpful information??
9 weeks later, I got a bad "flu-like" illness. High fever, chills, sweats...the whole thing. If I hand't had a flu shot I would think it was the flu. On my second visit to the doc, he gave me an antibiotic for possible pneumonia called Factive. I took the full 7 days and I'm feeling fine now.
However, last night, a week after the fever stopped I noticed a rash forming. Trying to remain calm I dismissed it...until it was worse this morning. Little red dots on my torso, neck, a litle on my face, hands, etc. Ran to the dermo...he THINKS it could be a reaction to the antibiotic and will go away.
My major questions are....
1. Isn't 9 weeks a bit too late for ARS to start?
2. If this sickness and the rash were ARS related, wouldn't they happen at the same time? The rash started a week after the fever subsided.
Can anyone help with helpful information??
I've just read your post reporting Doctor's advice.
Where can i find that advice?
I really would like to read this one,laso because,even if very trusted Doctor in this forum says something like that, there are so many different opinions on it.
I really think that numbers from experienced doctors are reliable and other advices are here to use more prudency.
but who knows?
Where can i find that advice?
I really would like to read this one,laso because,even if very trusted Doctor in this forum says something like that, there are so many different opinions on it.
I really think that numbers from experienced doctors are reliable and other advices are here to use more prudency.
but who knows?
Forget about the symptoms. You had unprotected sex and the only way to know your status is by testing which you say you are planning on doing.
Hi there,
Thought I'd drop you a line as I'm going through a period of extreme worry! Exactly 8 weeks ago today I had a very high risk exposure with a sex worker in Thailand, unfortunately I was drunk enough and stupid enough not to use a condom.
I developed mild diarrhea 2 days later which I put down to the water in Asia, however, on exactly day number 10 after exposure, I developed severe abdominal cramps that lasted 24 hours but the then full diarrhea persisted for about 3 days. I then developed a bout of ulcerative colitis (diagnosed over 10 years ago), which the above symtoms are normal, which has been mildly present since, with the usual symptoms of bloody mucus continuing through this period. During this time there has been no fever or swollen lymph nodes and no flu like symptoms. Still this has caused a great deal of worry and to add even further anxiety to my current predicament, today (8 weeks later) I've developed a mild rash on my upper left torso which consists of small red dots. I can't remember the last time I had a rash - I do not have fever but my anxiety levels are through the roof!!
I plan to get tested anyway on week 12 (heaven help me!) but my two questions are:
What are the chances of HIV transmission and are these symtoms consistent with Seroconversion.
Many thanks
Thought I'd drop you a line as I'm going through a period of extreme worry! Exactly 8 weeks ago today I had a very high risk exposure with a sex worker in Thailand, unfortunately I was drunk enough and stupid enough not to use a condom.
I developed mild diarrhea 2 days later which I put down to the water in Asia, however, on exactly day number 10 after exposure, I developed severe abdominal cramps that lasted 24 hours but the then full diarrhea persisted for about 3 days. I then developed a bout of ulcerative colitis (diagnosed over 10 years ago), which the above symtoms are normal, which has been mildly present since, with the usual symptoms of bloody mucus continuing through this period. During this time there has been no fever or swollen lymph nodes and no flu like symptoms. Still this has caused a great deal of worry and to add even further anxiety to my current predicament, today (8 weeks later) I've developed a mild rash on my upper left torso which consists of small red dots. I can't remember the last time I had a rash - I do not have fever but my anxiety levels are through the roof!!
I plan to get tested anyway on week 12 (heaven help me!) but my two questions are:
What are the chances of HIV transmission and are these symtoms consistent with Seroconversion.
Many thanks
Ok, I know you probably think a lot of this is a joke. But the people that you are responding to are real people. They post messages here because they need answers. They are afraid, and alone. And then, they get your messages that say they might have HIV.
I don't know, you are either bored and are just doing it as a goof, or you are someone who posted here before, became angry from something, and decided to come back to teach everyone a lesson. In either case, think about what you're doing. Many of the people who come here are skittish enough without you scaring them. Think about what you're doing, because I don't think anyone is cruel enough to want to do what you are doing on purpose. What you're doing sucks, and I feel bad for the people who might read it and freak out.
The numbers that WorriedT gave you is very good and accurate information. I will just add this little tidbit to make you feel even better:
Dr. Handsfield over on the Doctor-Patient forum is one of the foremost experts in the country on sexually transmitted diseases, and he says that in over 20 years of seeing patients at his hospital in which thousands of patients per year are seen, not once has he ever had an individual test HIV-positive after only one episode of unprotected sex. According to him, the vast majority of men who acquire HIV from women are the regular sex partners of an HIV-infected woman and have had many, many unprotected sexual episodes with her. The likelihood is that each year literally no one, or at most a small handful of people, contracts HIV after only one encounter of unprotected sex.
Dr. Handsfield over on the Doctor-Patient forum is one of the foremost experts in the country on sexually transmitted diseases, and he says that in over 20 years of seeing patients at his hospital in which thousands of patients per year are seen, not once has he ever had an individual test HIV-positive after only one episode of unprotected sex. According to him, the vast majority of men who acquire HIV from women are the regular sex partners of an HIV-infected woman and have had many, many unprotected sexual episodes with her. The likelihood is that each year literally no one, or at most a small handful of people, contracts HIV after only one encounter of unprotected sex.
Anyone else wanna weigh in on this one? Everyone in agreement? The more people who end up telling me the same thing the better I feel (I bet some of you out there can identify with that!!)
1. Yes. 2. Yes.
Don't try and predict HIV infection through symptoms - there are none specific to HIV and all can be caused my much commoner infections. The chance of HIV transmission through a single episode of unprotected vaginal sex is very low (in the region of 1 in 2000). If you live in a developed country, the likelihood your partner was HIV+ is low (~0.1%). Combine the chances and the likelihood of you having caught HIV is 1 in 2 million. If you're still worried, get tested - it's very likely to be negative... :)
Don't try and predict HIV infection through symptoms - there are none specific to HIV and all can be caused my much commoner infections. The chance of HIV transmission through a single episode of unprotected vaginal sex is very low (in the region of 1 in 2000). If you live in a developed country, the likelihood your partner was HIV+ is low (~0.1%). Combine the chances and the likelihood of you having caught HIV is 1 in 2 million. If you're still worried, get tested - it's very likely to be negative... :)
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