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Doxycycline side effect or ARS?
Hi everyone,
I had a low risk exposure 17 days ago (insertive oral sex, masturbation with possible vaginal fluids) and was diagnosed with NGU soon after (balanitis and urethritis). Of course I was very afraid to have contracted HIV, but the doctors and HIV help center here told me that my fears are unfounded, arguing that the risk was too small.
On day 7 after exposure I got doxycycline to take 200mg per day (which is quite much) for 14 days (which is quite long). The urethral smear, then, resulted negative for Chlamydia and Gono. Nevertheless, I was advised to complete my course.
Shortly after my first doses of doxy I started to have itching around pressure areas or areas exposed to sweat (axilla, feet, back after sleep, etc.). Yesterday I had a very local red rash on my skin with some flaking that disappeared overnight. So the itching comes and goes in various parts of my body. Also, my tongue started to burn a bit.
It is day 17 now and I woke up this morning terrified to see my tongue and gums being covered by a whitish plaque. I trued to follow up with doxycycline side effects on the net, but for oral symptoms the information is patchy at best. I may have one small lymph swelling on my left neck (I believe), no fever, no sweats, no chills. Could this nevertheless be a symptom of ARS? Time-wise, it is possible, isn't it? Or is it just a side effect of over 10 days of taking doxycycline?
Please help!
I had a low risk exposure 17 days ago (insertive oral sex, masturbation with possible vaginal fluids) and was diagnosed with NGU soon after (balanitis and urethritis). Of course I was very afraid to have contracted HIV, but the doctors and HIV help center here told me that my fears are unfounded, arguing that the risk was too small.
On day 7 after exposure I got doxycycline to take 200mg per day (which is quite much) for 14 days (which is quite long). The urethral smear, then, resulted negative for Chlamydia and Gono. Nevertheless, I was advised to complete my course.
Shortly after my first doses of doxy I started to have itching around pressure areas or areas exposed to sweat (axilla, feet, back after sleep, etc.). Yesterday I had a very local red rash on my skin with some flaking that disappeared overnight. So the itching comes and goes in various parts of my body. Also, my tongue started to burn a bit.
It is day 17 now and I woke up this morning terrified to see my tongue and gums being covered by a whitish plaque. I trued to follow up with doxycycline side effects on the net, but for oral symptoms the information is patchy at best. I may have one small lymph swelling on my left neck (I believe), no fever, no sweats, no chills. Could this nevertheless be a symptom of ARS? Time-wise, it is possible, isn't it? Or is it just a side effect of over 10 days of taking doxycycline?
Please help!
It really doesn't matter why: nobody has ever been infected that way and you won't be the first. Don't overthink this in terms of transmission mechanisms.
Great, now I feel cold and have chills. No fever and sweats, though. These are not reported reactions of doxy.
However, I am also very tired / feel fatigued. This is a common side effect of doxy over time. Also, my tongue is getting worse.
By the way: why can the virus not infect outside the body, when the vaginal fluids were only exposed to air a few seconds before they touched the penis? Is the virus so fragile? Because other viruses, like herpes, certainly can.
Thankful for any input.
However, I am also very tired / feel fatigued. This is a common side effect of doxy over time. Also, my tongue is getting worse.
By the way: why can the virus not infect outside the body, when the vaginal fluids were only exposed to air a few seconds before they touched the penis? Is the virus so fragile? Because other viruses, like herpes, certainly can.
Thankful for any input.
HIV is not transmitted through oral sex or hand-genital contact. The virus does not survive outside the body.
Hiv transmission occurs inside the body not outside thats why it was a no risk situation,also to add to that hiv is unable to reproduce outside its living host,it becomes inactive and therefore unable to infect.I never considered it an offensive statement.We are here to help you not put you down.In sync with Doxy.All the best.
While she sucked me, she was naked. She fingered herself, so she had vaginal fluids on her hand. Then she put her hand on my penis to wank it. Vaginal fluids contain HIV. So how do you found the no-risk perception? (this is just an inquiry made from distress, please do not consider offensive)
Oh, I forgot to say, the plaque is painful, so my tongue hurts at its tip and my gums tickle. So there is definitely something there. Also, I have noticed, for the past four days my esophagus seems a bit sore ("burning" air when exhaling) and I have slight breathing problems. In sync with ARS or Doxy?
You had a NO risk exposure for hiv infection from the situations you describe,and those symptoms you are experiencing are not ars symptoms.ARS symptoms don,t appear from a no risk exposure.
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