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Exposure after condom break
Hello,
I've been very anxious the past few months. November 20th I had a one night stand with a woman. I wore a condom the whole time when exposed to the vagina. She wanted anal, so I inserted, and it obviously broke with lack of lubrication. I realized it at the time and made 3 thrusts after leaving me exposed for about 6 seconds. I had feces all over my penis. I washed it off in the shower. She seemed not to care one bit which scares me even though we were both super drunk.
I got tested a few days after and it came back negative. I started to do a lot of research about symptoms and what to expect which has been my demise. 3 weeks later(right in the wheel house) I came down with a cold that came on strong with sneezing, runny nose, eyes watering and a headache. 4 days after is what really scared me when I lost my appetite for 2 days. Didn't want to eat a thing which is really weird because I love to eat!!! I felt it in my body there was something definitely wrong. When I finally did get my appetite back after 2 days I had diarrhea one time in the mourning. I saw a doctor and he said he can't tell me if I had HIV or not but my symptoms might be caused by stress. He gave me antibiotics for my sinus problems.
This whole time I have been seeing this other girl and have been very cautious when we are intimate. I've wore a condom every time. Only concerns is she has gave me oral with no condom on, and I think I may have put the condom on the wrong side. The condom touched my penis head and I flipped it around thus possibly putting pre cum on the tip of the condom.
This last week she got pretty sick. She had a runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, and her whole body was achy and had pain in her joints. She took off 3 days of work. A week later and she still has sneezing and runny nose but without body aches.
I haven't caught her cold which is weird after a week of exposure. I know ars symptoms are not contagious so my questions are:
1) After brief condom breakage in insertion anal, how risky is that? I've read anal secretions carry a higher viral load than any other in the body. Are fluids hard to get up the urethra after 3 thrusts?
2) Do mine or my girls symptoms sound like ars? I know you can't judge symptoms or lack there of, but do they sometimes come on with just a few showing symptoms? Just body aches and runny nose?
3) I've read ars symptoms have nothing to do with runny nose and sneezing? Some people say they are a symptom of ars. We both had no fever and sore throat. Is that a good sign?
I'm very scared right now that not only I may be infected, but I may be responsible for someone else getting infected.
Any advise would be deeply appreciated.
I've been very anxious the past few months. November 20th I had a one night stand with a woman. I wore a condom the whole time when exposed to the vagina. She wanted anal, so I inserted, and it obviously broke with lack of lubrication. I realized it at the time and made 3 thrusts after leaving me exposed for about 6 seconds. I had feces all over my penis. I washed it off in the shower. She seemed not to care one bit which scares me even though we were both super drunk.
I got tested a few days after and it came back negative. I started to do a lot of research about symptoms and what to expect which has been my demise. 3 weeks later(right in the wheel house) I came down with a cold that came on strong with sneezing, runny nose, eyes watering and a headache. 4 days after is what really scared me when I lost my appetite for 2 days. Didn't want to eat a thing which is really weird because I love to eat!!! I felt it in my body there was something definitely wrong. When I finally did get my appetite back after 2 days I had diarrhea one time in the mourning. I saw a doctor and he said he can't tell me if I had HIV or not but my symptoms might be caused by stress. He gave me antibiotics for my sinus problems.
This whole time I have been seeing this other girl and have been very cautious when we are intimate. I've wore a condom every time. Only concerns is she has gave me oral with no condom on, and I think I may have put the condom on the wrong side. The condom touched my penis head and I flipped it around thus possibly putting pre cum on the tip of the condom.
This last week she got pretty sick. She had a runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, and her whole body was achy and had pain in her joints. She took off 3 days of work. A week later and she still has sneezing and runny nose but without body aches.
I haven't caught her cold which is weird after a week of exposure. I know ars symptoms are not contagious so my questions are:
1) After brief condom breakage in insertion anal, how risky is that? I've read anal secretions carry a higher viral load than any other in the body. Are fluids hard to get up the urethra after 3 thrusts?
2) Do mine or my girls symptoms sound like ars? I know you can't judge symptoms or lack there of, but do they sometimes come on with just a few showing symptoms? Just body aches and runny nose?
3) I've read ars symptoms have nothing to do with runny nose and sneezing? Some people say they are a symptom of ars. We both had no fever and sore throat. Is that a good sign?
I'm very scared right now that not only I may be infected, but I may be responsible for someone else getting infected.
Any advise would be deeply appreciated.
Symptoms or lack there of, will never tell you anything about your status. The only way to know your status is by testing. You can obtain your conclusive test result 3 months post exposure.
I really hope I didn't infect this girl I'm with. She came home today feeling out of it and tired after being sick for a week. She said she doesn't know why she's out of energy.Still has a runny nose and is sneezing. I know that symptoms don't mean anything, but this just seems to weird.
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