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Pl. help Doctor...I am worried
I'm a healthy straight male in a committed relationship (married, partner's clean). Due to STUPID thinking, I was involved sexual activity outside of the marriage (I am very shameful and will never do this again). This involved just vaginal sex with a condom and it did not rupture or burst. No oral or anything else.
I had hyperacidity after 5 and a half weeks(38 days) of potential exposure. I also had a mild throat infection and little cough after 6 weeks (42 days) which got cured after a dose of antibiotics (Cefodroxil). Then I got a Urinary Tract Infection (Cystitis) in the 7th week of potential exposure (after 45 days). But with a dose of Satrogil-O (Satranidazole and Ofloxacin), the same got cured and the infection was clear in the urine test that followed. The CBC done was absolutely normal. I have little painless cracks on my tongue which the doctor says is due to Vitamin deficiency.
However, it is now 10 weeks of potential exposure. I have experienced no Flu, Fever etc., No swollen glands in groin/neck/armpits,No weight loss ,No abnormal sweating, No change in sleep pattern - No loss of energy or feeling of tiredness - No body rashes - No ulcers in mouth but little cracks on my tongue- No loss of appetite till now.
- Does antibiotics slow down the appearance of symptoms as I had Cefodroxyl (full dose for the Cough that I had and then Satranidazole and Ofloxacin for the Urinary Tract Infection?
- Also, Is it psychological or maybe due to anxiety that I feel that something is getting strethced in my groin and armpits, although there is no apparent painful swelling?
Pl. suggest, are these idicators of HIV or it just coincidence that I have had all this?
I had hyperacidity after 5 and a half weeks(38 days) of potential exposure. I also had a mild throat infection and little cough after 6 weeks (42 days) which got cured after a dose of antibiotics (Cefodroxil). Then I got a Urinary Tract Infection (Cystitis) in the 7th week of potential exposure (after 45 days). But with a dose of Satrogil-O (Satranidazole and Ofloxacin), the same got cured and the infection was clear in the urine test that followed. The CBC done was absolutely normal. I have little painless cracks on my tongue which the doctor says is due to Vitamin deficiency.
However, it is now 10 weeks of potential exposure. I have experienced no Flu, Fever etc., No swollen glands in groin/neck/armpits,No weight loss ,No abnormal sweating, No change in sleep pattern - No loss of energy or feeling of tiredness - No body rashes - No ulcers in mouth but little cracks on my tongue- No loss of appetite till now.
- Does antibiotics slow down the appearance of symptoms as I had Cefodroxyl (full dose for the Cough that I had and then Satranidazole and Ofloxacin for the Urinary Tract Infection?
- Also, Is it psychological or maybe due to anxiety that I feel that something is getting strethced in my groin and armpits, although there is no apparent painful swelling?
Pl. suggest, are these idicators of HIV or it just coincidence that I have had all this?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Such symptoms almost certainly are not due to HIV. Re-read my orginal reply. You could not have caught HIV during the exposure you described above. Presumably you have had an HIV test by now, with a negative result. If you were tested 6 or more weeks after the exposure, you can believe the result. If not, get tested now for reassurance.
Feel free to come back to the forum to report your HIV test result, but not until then.
Feel free to come back to the forum to report your HIV test result, but not until then.
Thank you Sir for relieving some of my anxiety. I am 36 and from India. I am scared to death.
Today, after nearly 12 weeks after potential exposure, I have experienced a slight fever, i.e., 99.4 degree F. Also, for the ]ast two days, I am experiencing strange things happening. I have experienced that I have a dry mouth and tongue which gives a feeling that I there is an element of roughness of my tongue. I have been using Chlorhexidine Gluconate gel and mouthwash for the prickled tongue which has been there for a month.
Although there is no body ache, No swollen glands in groin/neck/armpits,No weight loss ,No abnormal sweating, No change in sleep pattern - No loss of energy or feeling of tiredness - No body rashes -
Are these by any chance symptoms of HIV. Or is it manifstation of some other problem?
Please help Doctor...
Today, after nearly 12 weeks after potential exposure, I have experienced a slight fever, i.e., 99.4 degree F. Also, for the ]ast two days, I am experiencing strange things happening. I have experienced that I have a dry mouth and tongue which gives a feeling that I there is an element of roughness of my tongue. I have been using Chlorhexidine Gluconate gel and mouthwash for the prickled tongue which has been there for a month.
Although there is no body ache, No swollen glands in groin/neck/armpits,No weight loss ,No abnormal sweating, No change in sleep pattern - No loss of energy or feeling of tiredness - No body rashes -
Are these by any chance symptoms of HIV. Or is it manifstation of some other problem?
Please help Doctor...
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Nobody said rs1972 "requires HIV testing". My advice is clear that HIV testing should be done if he needs the negative test result for reassurance. No testing is recommended on the basis of risk assessment or medical considerations. Dr. Hook and I have mande this distinction about HIV testing -- psychological/reassurance needs versus risk assessment or symptoms -- innumerable times on this forum, so this is nothing new.
Doc? he said he had Protected vaginal sex, no other risk such as oral or anything. After reading your forums I thought this was safe sex. Does this require HIV testing ? Now I am confused.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
You don't say where you are, but for most persons in industrialized countries, the probability of acquiring HIV from a single hetersexual exposure is extremely low; the low chance your partner had HIV plus the low chance of transmission, even if she did, amounts very low risk. No medicines and no illnesses delay HIV antibody development or chance the reliability of HIV testing; the antibiotics you took will make no difference. Symptoms mean nothing in judging whether or not someone has HIV, and in any case yours don't suggest HIV.
True urinary tract infections are very rare in younger men. You don't say your age, but if under 35, I would be concerned that your apparent UTI might have been nongonococcal urethritis or gonorrhea acquired during the sexual exposure you describe. (NGU is commonly misdiagnosed as UTI.) If so, this might reflect slighly higher HIV risk -- but still very low.
For reassurance, have an HIV test. You can expect the result to be negative.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
True urinary tract infections are very rare in younger men. You don't say your age, but if under 35, I would be concerned that your apparent UTI might have been nongonococcal urethritis or gonorrhea acquired during the sexual exposure you describe. (NGU is commonly misdiagnosed as UTI.) If so, this might reflect slighly higher HIV risk -- but still very low.
For reassurance, have an HIV test. You can expect the result to be negative.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
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