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I am a 24 year old male. 7 weeks ago, I had sex with a sex worker. I had a condom on during the oral and vaginal sex but I didn't have one later on when she gave me handjob. I was a little drunk and I gave her an open mouth kiss which was very stupid of me because a week before the encounter, I just had a lower wisdom tooth extracted. I had been taking Amoxicillin thrice a day until the morning of the encounter (10 days). I also had a deep but non-bleeding cut on the tip of my right index finger and peeling skin behind my fingernails (from a vitamin deficiency perhaps?) which I didn't remember I had when I fingered her vagina.
5 days after the encounter, I woke up with a fever and clusters of white stuff on the inside of my lips that were easily wiped off. When I lied down and closed my eyes, I felt like the room was spinning. I was sweating heavily. The following day, my throat was swollen and I had difficulty swallowing food. I went to a doctor and was prescribed Co-Amoxiclav twice a day for five days. It cured the swollen throat. The clusters of white stuff still show up on some mornings.
In the following 3 weeks after seeing the doctor, I noticed that my bowel was soft. It wasn't irritable though and I only had to go once a day in the morning. I had a fecalysis done but it turned out negative for E. coli and parasites. It isn't soft now after being advised to eat bananas by the doctor.
In the past weeks I would also notice from time to time small clear globules form on the inside of my cheeks which would disappear (perhaps burst?) and leave a cluster of tiny red spots in its place, sometimes forming one big red spot which would last a day or two and then disappear. I gargle with Chlorhexidine and sometimes a solution of apple cider vinegar and salt. My concern that I might have an STD stems primarily from these changes in my mouth. My mouth doesn't look and feel like it used to.
I also seem to be losing weight despite doing very little exercise in the last month. Also, despite a diminished appetite, I still force myself to eat 3 meals a day. I weighed 75kg in mid-October and right now I weigh 71kg.
Am I at risk for HIV?
5 days after the encounter, I woke up with a fever and clusters of white stuff on the inside of my lips that were easily wiped off. When I lied down and closed my eyes, I felt like the room was spinning. I was sweating heavily. The following day, my throat was swollen and I had difficulty swallowing food. I went to a doctor and was prescribed Co-Amoxiclav twice a day for five days. It cured the swollen throat. The clusters of white stuff still show up on some mornings.
In the following 3 weeks after seeing the doctor, I noticed that my bowel was soft. It wasn't irritable though and I only had to go once a day in the morning. I had a fecalysis done but it turned out negative for E. coli and parasites. It isn't soft now after being advised to eat bananas by the doctor.
In the past weeks I would also notice from time to time small clear globules form on the inside of my cheeks which would disappear (perhaps burst?) and leave a cluster of tiny red spots in its place, sometimes forming one big red spot which would last a day or two and then disappear. I gargle with Chlorhexidine and sometimes a solution of apple cider vinegar and salt. My concern that I might have an STD stems primarily from these changes in my mouth. My mouth doesn't look and feel like it used to.
I also seem to be losing weight despite doing very little exercise in the last month. Also, despite a diminished appetite, I still force myself to eat 3 meals a day. I weighed 75kg in mid-October and right now I weigh 71kg.
Am I at risk for HIV?
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