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[hiphopss5]

Hi
I received a blow job from a sex worker with a condom last july, at the time i had small cuts on my penis. afterwards i got very worried about my possible risk of getting hiv from this girl.As far as i could tell the condom did not break and i did not come, it seemed intact when i removed it. I went and got tested at 2 and a half weeks which was neg, at this time i was suffering from nausua and had a feeling of gereral unwell. after i got the results i thought i would get better as i thought that my complants were down to stress,however the sick feeling left after about six weeks and at about 4 weeks after possible exposurer i started to feel pains in my legs and arms which have now developed in to sore knees and wrists and hands and feet. i went and got tested at three months and my result was still neg. I can't seem to move on because the pains will not go away. I guess what my question is do you think i should go for another test or should i seek advice from my doctor to see what could be causing my pains. i also suffer from pains and a burning feeling behind my eyes.Do you think i might have HIV. by the way i never had a fever
Thanks in advance for you advice
ps i live in ireland, i don't know if this make any difference to the testing time.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

I missed the fact that you also were tested at 3 months.  Absolutely you do not have HIV.  Rather than a GUM clinic, see your regular GP or other primary care provider.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Reacting only to the opening line, before I read anything else:  Even unprotected oral sex is virtually zero risk.  With a condom, there isn't any chance whatever of catching HIV.  It doesn't matter what I am going to learn as I read the rest of your question:  Either you don't have HIV or, if you do, you caught it somewhere else.

Now I have read the rest.  Guess what?  No change in my reply above.  On top of the low risk of the event itself, in industrialized countries HIV is rare in heterosexual women who are not commercial sex workers, injection drug users, or immigrants from countries with high rates of heterosexually transmitted HIV (and not all that common even in them).  (I'm not up to date on the situation in Ireland, but I'm pretty sure this generalization applies in your country.)

Finally, your symptoms don't sound at all like HIV.  You should see a health care provider to learn the cause, but I don't speculate on this forum about the innumerable non-HIV possibilities in situations like yours.

Depending on where you live, you may have access to a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic.  That would be an excellent source for expert care and reassurance about HIV, including repeat HIV testing, if they agree it is necessary.  However, my view is that you didn't need HIV testing at all and still do not.  But follow your own health care providers' advice about it.

Good luck--  HHH, MD