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Is acne and HIV related?

i ve heard that a bad acne break out is a sign of an HIV infection? Is this true or just BS?
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480448 tn?1426948538
You have started 20 threads in 12 days, with 98% of them being about HIV (even the ones that aren't immediately about HIV end up there).  You have a total of 80 posts in 12 days.  You have already mentioned numerous times that you think you have OCD, what does 20 new threads in 12 days tell you?

Seriously, the writing is on the wall.  If you keep ignoring this and refuse to seek help, you're going to end up in a BAD BAD place.  I've got a lifetime's worth of experience with anxiety, it's nothing to mess with.  Your worries are misplaced.  HIV is not your concern, anixety (and very possibly a very severe case of OCD) IS.  You need to shut your computer down, this is becoming almost addictive behavior.

Get some help, and start helping yourself by moving on.
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I am I am,the doc rescheduled on me again,sorry.But thank you for the info you have given me though,I had a friend going through the exact situation I was in and I relayed it to him and even referred him to some of your posts
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480448 tn?1426948538
I posted that for YOU.  We can't keep answering every anxiety driven question you come up with.  You are obsessed with HIV, you need to seek help, but of course, we've already told you that, too.

Kindly move on.
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Sorry nursegirl but he asked,so I was answering his question, and thank you very much for your input on the whole oral subject,it helped a lot.
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I just had unprotected oral sex from a girl.I ve been tested for every std out there,and how is hepatitis c contracted btw
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Have you had a risk?
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Thank God and I am sorry for how stupid my question seemed,bc i ve bad acne from time to time,I think its stress related.
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No it is not a sign of HIV
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