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Acute Hiv Symptoms or something else?
Hello all, i'm a little scared right now cause I have a cough that refuses to go away with treatment and chronic headaches the persists almost every day. Please help me.
-April 22, I had protected vaginal sex with a new sexual partner. However I performed oral without a condom. I felt as though the condom did not break. It didn't look broken when he pulled out...
- April 26 (4 days later) - At work, my throat starts to itch and by April 27th, I had a sore throat and fever
-April 28 - my health isn't there anymore. I'm super tired, fever, I feel dizzy, sore throat, however I still went to work. My thing is, i'm not one to just "get sick" and this was VERY sudden....
April 29- scared that I might actually have something ( i thought i had gonorrhea), I had std work done. Results came back negative. Dr. said it could just be allergies.
-May 1- sore throat is almost completely gone. However chronic coughing is starting with an itchy throat.
May 9 (about 2 1/2 weeks after exposure)- I take a rapid HIV test that stated I was negative. However around this time, I started getting migraines everyday (i repeat everyday: lasting from 15min to 4 hours, even with aleve or advil).
June 2- I'm still coughing, but not as bad as when it first started. I feel something itching the inside of my chest at times. I don't cough up mucus. Sometimes its a dry cough, sometimes something moves (but nothing comes up). My headaches at this point has been going on for almost a month, constantly.
From what I have read, Acute HIV symptoms, if they occur happens all at once and usually last between 1-3 weeks? Is this correct? The fact that i'm still coughing scares me.... I feel as though something is weakening my immune system....
Advice please.
-April 22, I had protected vaginal sex with a new sexual partner. However I performed oral without a condom. I felt as though the condom did not break. It didn't look broken when he pulled out...
- April 26 (4 days later) - At work, my throat starts to itch and by April 27th, I had a sore throat and fever
-April 28 - my health isn't there anymore. I'm super tired, fever, I feel dizzy, sore throat, however I still went to work. My thing is, i'm not one to just "get sick" and this was VERY sudden....
April 29- scared that I might actually have something ( i thought i had gonorrhea), I had std work done. Results came back negative. Dr. said it could just be allergies.
-May 1- sore throat is almost completely gone. However chronic coughing is starting with an itchy throat.
May 9 (about 2 1/2 weeks after exposure)- I take a rapid HIV test that stated I was negative. However around this time, I started getting migraines everyday (i repeat everyday: lasting from 15min to 4 hours, even with aleve or advil).
June 2- I'm still coughing, but not as bad as when it first started. I feel something itching the inside of my chest at times. I don't cough up mucus. Sometimes its a dry cough, sometimes something moves (but nothing comes up). My headaches at this point has been going on for almost a month, constantly.
From what I have read, Acute HIV symptoms, if they occur happens all at once and usually last between 1-3 weeks? Is this correct? The fact that i'm still coughing scares me.... I feel as though something is weakening my immune system....
Advice please.
well thank you. I really do appreciate your quick responses and willingness to help me.
hi Teak,
Thanks for the quick response.
Can I ask what do you think is causing my cough that refuses to go away. This has never happened to me before. Ususaly my body fights off a cold in 3 days. As far my chronic headaches, I've had them in the past, just not recently... This seem all so sudden ;(
Thanks for the quick response.
Can I ask what do you think is causing my cough that refuses to go away. This has never happened to me before. Ususaly my body fights off a cold in 3 days. As far my chronic headaches, I've had them in the past, just not recently... This seem all so sudden ;(
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