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A practical query about HIV symptom??
Hello,
My earlier posts and answers to those did reduce am anxiety and I was back to normal in my social life. As mentioned to me by some experts here yes my exposure is a low risk exposure (unprotected oral and protected vaginal sex). And it has been 6 weeks since the exposure. Somehow, I paved my way out of HIV anxiety.
However, I still say am not very worried but there has been a some change in my body for which am writing again here. Since this morning, I developed a sudden rash on right side of my neck. Its not bumpy, but the area covered is prominent. Its like a patch there, reddish and pinkish in color. In the start of it formation it did itch, thats how i noticed it but now it does not itch. Its not only there, few other reddish and pinkinsh red dots have appeared on my left arm and arm pit area on the left hand side. The are too not bumpy but very prominent dots. Unlike in neck area these are not in a patch. The are discrete dots.
As recommended to me by the expert before, i did see the dermatologist today, and he guessed it might be allergy and prescribed a medical cream to me. However he does not now about my possible exposure.
Finally my questions are:
1. If in case a rash like mine appears does it resemble that of HIV?
2. Normally at what time after exposure the rash appear?
3. Can a rash appear alone as a ARS symptoms or often it complemented by other symptoms like fever, headache?
Am not writing all these out anxiety. I am only posing my question because of the rashes appeared today and its nature?
Please help!!
My earlier posts and answers to those did reduce am anxiety and I was back to normal in my social life. As mentioned to me by some experts here yes my exposure is a low risk exposure (unprotected oral and protected vaginal sex). And it has been 6 weeks since the exposure. Somehow, I paved my way out of HIV anxiety.
However, I still say am not very worried but there has been a some change in my body for which am writing again here. Since this morning, I developed a sudden rash on right side of my neck. Its not bumpy, but the area covered is prominent. Its like a patch there, reddish and pinkish in color. In the start of it formation it did itch, thats how i noticed it but now it does not itch. Its not only there, few other reddish and pinkinsh red dots have appeared on my left arm and arm pit area on the left hand side. The are too not bumpy but very prominent dots. Unlike in neck area these are not in a patch. The are discrete dots.
As recommended to me by the expert before, i did see the dermatologist today, and he guessed it might be allergy and prescribed a medical cream to me. However he does not now about my possible exposure.
Finally my questions are:
1. If in case a rash like mine appears does it resemble that of HIV?
2. Normally at what time after exposure the rash appear?
3. Can a rash appear alone as a ARS symptoms or often it complemented by other symptoms like fever, headache?
Am not writing all these out anxiety. I am only posing my question because of the rashes appeared today and its nature?
Please help!!
Thanks for your response. HIV rashes of mine can be due to weather or allergy as well. Only timing could be coincidence right. However, will continue to see the dermatologist.
I see my friends, they have so many sexual encounters and talk about those with pride. I hardly see anyone of them worried or scared. Where though having no interest at all, in unusual cirmustance I loosed my thinking power and had physical relation with CSW. but unlike my friends am not proud for it rather very guilty.
I used comdoms but. Still am worried at times. I will bee so thankful to that piece of rubber if am safe. May be its the oral sex which injects fear in me. And this rash thing is not helping me.
I see my friends, they have so many sexual encounters and talk about those with pride. I hardly see anyone of them worried or scared. Where though having no interest at all, in unusual cirmustance I loosed my thinking power and had physical relation with CSW. but unlike my friends am not proud for it rather very guilty.
I used comdoms but. Still am worried at times. I will bee so thankful to that piece of rubber if am safe. May be its the oral sex which injects fear in me. And this rash thing is not helping me.
1) it is more generalized
2) I would say is too late and without fever even better
3) see two.
You didn't have a low risk exposure, you had no risk
2) I would say is too late and without fever even better
3) see two.
You didn't have a low risk exposure, you had no risk
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