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Hello to everyone and thanks for any serious insight. Exactly 8 weeks ago I visite a highly promiscuous sexual worker. While I was there (only a few minutes) we deep kissed softly 3 times (about 2 to 3 seconds each time). There was no mutual oral exploration with our tongues: just tongues touching each other, without moving. I am certain I had no sores, cuts or any other lesion in my mouth. I cannot vouch for the other person's oral health. I must mention she accidentally sneezed right on my face. After those kisses I stopped, feeling guilty and left. Although my guilt level was (and still is) high, I wasn't concerned for any STD risk.
Four and a half days later I started having yellowish/greenish mucus drainage (both down my nose and my throat as phlegm). This was accompanied by regular sneezing so I thought: "well, I caught a cold from this person". After 2 days (a week after the episode) a fever developed (rising to 101.5 in 2/3 hours). First day of fever, it peaked at 101.6, second day at 101, third and fourth days it hovered around 99.3 all day, peaking at 99.8 towards the evening. The next day, the fever was gone. All throughout there was an immense amount of mucus drainage down my nose (had to blow it constantly) and throat making me cough up green phlegm that fell into my voice box and trachea. There was a lot of sneezing too (in short, a very strong cold with a fever). There was no rash, no lymphadenopathy, no headaches, no muscle or joint pains, no other symptom. I went to see a GP when the fever started and she prescribed antibiotics due to the conjoined symptoms of green/yellow discharge plus a fever. She performed auscultation and said the lungs were fine (just an upper respiratory infection). Almost 3 weeks later I repeated the same symptoms, only this time there was no fever (except for a day and half when sympoms were at their worse and my temperature hovered between 98.8 and 99.5. As of the first fever I began worrying about HIV, although I know that kissing is a non risk activity.
After the first illness was through I went to an infectious disease specialist who saw nothing worrisome in terms of HIV and said my symptomes suggested nothing more than a cold. He ordered a full blood panel (CBC and STD's: HIV Hep A B C, Syph, etc.). It all came back normal and negative for the STD's. This was 14 days post the event with the sexual worker. What threw me off a little was that after seeing the results he said I should practice safe sex with my wife (condoms) but allowed me to kiss her. He said my exposure had been low risk. I have had no other exposure in 15 years (tested negative on a yearly basis) and if my exposure (low, but not non-existant according to the specialist) was kissing, how can I be allowed to kiss my wife? Isn't it contradictory?
Needless to say, I have been a nervous reck at times over the last 8 weeks. I have to retest in a couple of weeks.
Any input is highly appreciated. Thanks to all
Four and a half days later I started having yellowish/greenish mucus drainage (both down my nose and my throat as phlegm). This was accompanied by regular sneezing so I thought: "well, I caught a cold from this person". After 2 days (a week after the episode) a fever developed (rising to 101.5 in 2/3 hours). First day of fever, it peaked at 101.6, second day at 101, third and fourth days it hovered around 99.3 all day, peaking at 99.8 towards the evening. The next day, the fever was gone. All throughout there was an immense amount of mucus drainage down my nose (had to blow it constantly) and throat making me cough up green phlegm that fell into my voice box and trachea. There was a lot of sneezing too (in short, a very strong cold with a fever). There was no rash, no lymphadenopathy, no headaches, no muscle or joint pains, no other symptom. I went to see a GP when the fever started and she prescribed antibiotics due to the conjoined symptoms of green/yellow discharge plus a fever. She performed auscultation and said the lungs were fine (just an upper respiratory infection). Almost 3 weeks later I repeated the same symptoms, only this time there was no fever (except for a day and half when sympoms were at their worse and my temperature hovered between 98.8 and 99.5. As of the first fever I began worrying about HIV, although I know that kissing is a non risk activity.
After the first illness was through I went to an infectious disease specialist who saw nothing worrisome in terms of HIV and said my symptomes suggested nothing more than a cold. He ordered a full blood panel (CBC and STD's: HIV Hep A B C, Syph, etc.). It all came back normal and negative for the STD's. This was 14 days post the event with the sexual worker. What threw me off a little was that after seeing the results he said I should practice safe sex with my wife (condoms) but allowed me to kiss her. He said my exposure had been low risk. I have had no other exposure in 15 years (tested negative on a yearly basis) and if my exposure (low, but not non-existant according to the specialist) was kissing, how can I be allowed to kiss my wife? Isn't it contradictory?
Needless to say, I have been a nervous reck at times over the last 8 weeks. I have to retest in a couple of weeks.
Any input is highly appreciated. Thanks to all
I know how it sounds (LOL). It came out that way, I'm sorry. Obviuously, all SW are promiscuous.
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