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Rash and other symptoms no fever
Hi,
12 days post possible exposure, I presented with a rash on my stomach. It was light pink and all are different shapes and sizes. There is no bump on them, and they are scattered up and down my sides mostly and some in the upper center part of my stomach (probably 30 spots). I have found one on my back and one near my armpit. They don't hurt or itch and have been around for 5 days.
I have also been feeling super fatigued and have a very mild pain in my throat. I have also been experiencing mild head aches. Further, my back has been sore. I have not had a fever since my symptoms started. I got tested, but was only two weeks post exposure. I also tested negative to syphillis and all my bloodwork was normal, except with slightly elevated hematocrit.
I am a woman who had unprotected sex with a man. We had vaginal intercourse 3 times as well as oral sex. He never finished inside of me.
Does this present like seroconversion or does the absence of fever and presentation of rash suggest otherwise?
Please help, I have so much anxiety.
12 days post possible exposure, I presented with a rash on my stomach. It was light pink and all are different shapes and sizes. There is no bump on them, and they are scattered up and down my sides mostly and some in the upper center part of my stomach (probably 30 spots). I have found one on my back and one near my armpit. They don't hurt or itch and have been around for 5 days.
I have also been feeling super fatigued and have a very mild pain in my throat. I have also been experiencing mild head aches. Further, my back has been sore. I have not had a fever since my symptoms started. I got tested, but was only two weeks post exposure. I also tested negative to syphillis and all my bloodwork was normal, except with slightly elevated hematocrit.
I am a woman who had unprotected sex with a man. We had vaginal intercourse 3 times as well as oral sex. He never finished inside of me.
Does this present like seroconversion or does the absence of fever and presentation of rash suggest otherwise?
Please help, I have so much anxiety.
Seroconversion is an old myth. Symptoms prove nothing so no one diagnoses with them.
Unprotected vaginal sex is a risk when you do not know the other person's status, so you should do a 4th generation test at 28 days. There is nothing pointing towards HIV so try to relax until that test which will be definitive.
Unprotected vaginal sex is a risk when you do not know the other person's status, so you should do a 4th generation test at 28 days. There is nothing pointing towards HIV so try to relax until that test which will be definitive.
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