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Concerned, possible transmission?
I was at my local pub a about 10 weeks ago and my mate and I got into a little fight with another customer at the bar, the night ended with this unknown customer spitting bloody spit into my right eye. I thought nothing of it and just wiped my eye off and left, however 2 weeks later i developed a 4 day fever, fatigue, and sore throat, and cough. At around 7 weeks I found canker a group of large canker sores in the back of my throat, accompanied by swollen lymph nodes in my neck and under my jaw. (confirmed by local doc) Tested around 7 and a half weeks, came back neg. Starting my 11th week still have dryish cough (8 weeks), and cankersores/swollen lymph nodes in neck (3 weeks). Could these be possible ARS symptoms? Was I at risk in the first place? Is my 7 week test reliable? Please help i have become very worried as i have never had canker sores of swollen lypmh nodes last this long.
I am sorry to bring this up again, and i realize how many people do it, but i would just like a confirmation. two nights ago, and last night i developed another canker sore on the inside of my cheek, while the ones on my throat have not yet healed (in 3 weeks). I have read that this is a reason to go see the doctor. Is this developement at almost 11 weeks completely unrelated to ARS? I would just like to know before talking to the doctor about HIV.
Could you possibly address my question?
(it seems that there are blood vessels in the eye ball, and the eye itself is a mucous membrane. I really hate to expose every possibility but i'd rather it be like this then waiting on test results in 2 weeks. There is no possiblity that the blood seeped into one of the membranes in my eye? And ergo all my symptoms are un related to HIV/ARS?)
(it seems that there are blood vessels in the eye ball, and the eye itself is a mucous membrane. I really hate to expose every possibility but i'd rather it be like this then waiting on test results in 2 weeks. There is no possiblity that the blood seeped into one of the membranes in my eye? And ergo all my symptoms are un related to HIV/ARS?)
You guys seem to be the main posters on the forum and I assume the most well informed. Could you possibly evaluate the information i have received?
You're right, however it seems that there are blood vessels in the eye ball, and the eye itself is a mucous membrane. I really hate to expose every possibility but i'd rather it be like this then waiting on test results in 2 weeks. There is no possiblity that the blood seeped into one of the membranes in my eye? And ergo all my symptoms are un related to HIV/ARS?
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What joggen said. Look buddy, the internet is a wide pool of resource.However, there are also good amount of BS posted all around. You will also come across websites that claims to have found the cure for HIV. It is a choice that you would have to make whether you want to accept the right advice provided to you or go along with the c rap all around. Logically, blood in the eye is not even a right mechanism of HIV transmission, there are no open membranes for the infected blood to come in contact with.
Mike
Mike
Hey mate, thanks for the quick reply. Your reply is encouraging, but i've done some googling and found that there have been a few cases of transmission via blood in the eye. The primary one being from a blood drop in eye. I find it hard to believe there is no risk, and trust me i would wholly like to. Can you elaborate on it a little? It would make me feel much better knowing there was no risk as i am currently waiting till 12 weeks to test again.
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