Am I HIV Positive???

[jjjim]

I experienced an unprotected sex 10 days ago. I am not feeling well after 3 to 4 days. I feel feverish but the temp. of body is not higher than 99 degree. I am very anxious and tired. But when i am busy doing something i feel good. I a few small rashes not gathered together. No sore throat, a very little muscle pain. seating when too anxious not at night. i feel good at night. feverish after getting up from sleep. am i hiv positive???

How can I check a swollen gland.
will be grateful if u help
thank u.  

[Edward W Hook, MD]

Welcome to our Forum.  The simple answer to your question is probably not.  You say nothing about the sort of exposure you had or about your partner making it quite difficult for me to judge just how low your risk is but following a single sexual exposure to a partner of unknown HIV status, no matter who the partner or the sex act, the risk if low and typically very, very low.  Your symptoms are in no way suggestive of HIV. They occurred too early to be typical of the ARS and sound like they are more likely to be due to anxiety or, at worse, a summer cold.  No matter what your symptoms however, symptoms remain a terribly unreliable means of evaluating risk for HIV.  The proper way to evaluate risk is with a test.  At present, for early diagnosis we recommend a DUO (this is the combined HIV p24 antigen/HIV antibody) test which will provide definitive results at 4 weeks following exposure.  If you are tested with a test that only tests for antibodies, the result would not be definitive until about 8 weeks after exposure.

I hope these comments are helpful to you.  If you wish to tell more about the circumstances of your exposure I will comment more but there is nothing more to say about sign ors symptoms- they are useless for evaluating the probability of HIV, so please don't waste your time with "could this be?" type questions.  

I hope you find these comments helpful.  EWH

[RobertToms8822]

You have put yourself at risk from having the unprotected sex,  You will need to test for HIV 3 months after your last unprotected exposure for your conclusive results.

SYMPTOMS - Mean nothing in diagnosing HIV, Most of the time symptoms are due to 100's of more common health issues - (i.e. Common Cold)  ARS Symptoms if on has them come on 2-4 weeks after exposure and last 1-2 weeks.

Don't base HIV on your symptoms- Get tested and end your worries

Hope this helps

Best Wishes