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Have I been infected?
Around November 17 i have my first encounter with a guy and the condom broke, I was the guy wearing the condom. Well about a week later i started to feel sick i had chest congestion and flu like symptoms like night sweats chest congestion and coughing but no sore throat. I also felt weak and tired. During that week i did baby sit a sick child who came in from Texas, and the flu was spreading heavy around texas arkansas and louisiana and im not sure if thats the cause. During that same time i had diarrhea for like two times i used the bathroom, and every since then my stomach has been feeling funny but i dont really have diarrhea anymore. It doesnt hurt and i dont feel like i have nausea or vomiting it just feels like its growling or something. I contacted a test site in my area and the guy told me i was over reacting because if i was the guy wearing the condom and it broke there a big chance i didnt contract anything, and i might just have bronchitis or something but theres still that chance, and these signs are strong. I've even had a headache for like a week and i rarely get those. Well since then I've developed a small red bump in the same place on the back of each arm, one showed before the other and went down, and another is starting to form in the same place on the other arm, i dont no if its a pressure ulcer from sleep on my arms or is it the rash. Today is January 4th 2014 and that is when i noticed the second bump forming on the other arm, and I have a little minor mucus im still trying to get rid of. I'm not really into guys this was something on my bucket list that might have messed my life up for the remainder, especially with me being in the health field and working around sick people. Does anyone have any advice to make me feel better about this I'm so terrified, scared, and the test side told me it wouldnt help to get tested this early because nothing would probably show up. Im lost and growing grey hairs in my head as i type this. I have a head full of them now. I dont have anyone to talk to about this because they wouldnt understand, and my family would for sure look at me differently. I've messed up badly.
Hey everyone, i took a Oraquick, results came back negative. :) will wait another month or so and take another.
I woke up this morning and had a small white spot on the side of my toungue :( i scaped it, but i dont think ive ever had one there before.
im a littl confused about it, but thanks for everything i need all the information i can gain.
Well when does the ARS symptoms start? I thought it was within the first two week am i wrong?
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