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Was I seroconverting?
I was in a relationship for 6 years. I found out he cheated and I broke up with him. I met someone else and we became sexually involved. During sex I noticed him reach for another condom and the one he had on was on the side. This was on 06/08. On 06/20 I reconciled with my ex and we had unprotected sex. 07/07 I went to this perfume shop and sprayed about 10 differ perfumes on my arms and neck. 07/08 I noticed a rash on my inner thigh later I noticed this red sand paper like rash on my arms and palms too. I went to the clinic and they have me a cream for contact dermatitis. I also explained to her that I had been bitten a couple days before that on the back of my leg. I used the cream sparingly never washing it off my hands after applying it. Later that night I didn't feel like myself. My left knee cap bothered me and my right thigh muscle felt pulled. When I woke up the next day my body was so sore I could barely move. I needed help getting off the couch and sitting down. EVERY muscle in my body hurt. My second visit to the ER I had a slight fever that was 98.4-101. The Dr. Told me my body was fighting an infection I was tested for strep that came back negative again, although I had a sore throat that had been on and off for a couple of weeks. I was told it was post nasal drip. Anyway the Dr. prescribed me amoxicilian. After two days I wasn't feeling better. I went to my Dr. at this point I had slight thrush from the amoxicilian, my thighs,calves and ankles were red and slightly swollen. (I'm dark skinned.) He prescribed me something for my thrush, and amoxiclav and I started using the cream. After a couple of hrs. of taking amoxiclav I felt a difference in my body aches. The next morning my body aches was about 90% gone. My skin was flaking where I'd applied the cream so I stopped using it because the rash was gone. A couple days later my palms and fingertips started peeling. I went back to the Dr. And he said it was dry skin. I didn't agree. He ordered an allergy test. The peeling lasted about 1 1/2 weeks. My allergy test showed I had a lot of allergies my highest allergies were mites, milk, wheat, shrimp, egg whites etc. I had eaten egg whites that whole week...lol, and maybe I had gotten bitten by a mite anyway after my hands stopped peeling my feet started peeling. My Dr. Thinks this is all from a bite. I'm not sure but I am really nervous! ! I took an hiv test on 7/12 and it was negative but from what I read that means nothing. I've had the flu before but this was a different feeling because I didn't feel "sick" I just had these symptoms. Would antibiotics treat ars symptoms? Or is it likely the symptoms were clearing up? At the ER my wbc count was elevated. When I went to my Dr. My cbc and blood smear results were normal. If it was hiv would my blood count be normal? Would the cream have treated the hiv rash?
Best Answer
If you had unprotected penetrative sex, you can test 3 months post exposure to obtain a conclusive negative test result.
My 3 months is next week. I plan to test again.
Having your partner tested won't tell you anything about YOUR status.
Unlikely that you contracted the virus, have your partners tested.
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