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Unprotected heterosexual vaginal sex
Hi everyone,
First of thank you all for all your contributions.
I am a healthy female in my early 30s. 7 days ago I had two occasions of unprotected vaginal sex where he ejaculated inside me both times. He is in his early 60s upper class white male and I am not sure of his sexual history but does seem promiscuous. I usually suffer from anxiety and depression and have had serious feelings of guilt as I am in a loving relationship and shame since. I also have kids so I am extremely scared that I could have done something to compromise my care care for them. I also recently went of my antidepressants (4 weeks ago) and I self ceased. I have been so worried for last 7 days that I cought HIV. The symptoms I've had overall was on day 3-4 chills and lethargy and muscle pain, day 5 fever of 38 at which I saw my GP and she put me on penicillin and back on antidepressants as she said I was fighting an infection. Other symptoms were mild diarrhoea, white spots on my tongue and no sore throat but tender. Usually if I have a flu and cold I experience some upper respiratory symptom but this time just occasional cough. Day 6- I got tested and bloods taken for all STIs I also developed cold sore, fever went down from 38 to 37ish but still extremely stressed and tired with a headache and some pain under my left armpit. I took myself to the emergency hospital as I felt extremely anxious. Doctor said I need therapy and that I am very low risk for STI. Day 7- today I woke up with somewhat enlarged jaw glands tight but not painful, worried sick as my symptoms could mean it is all related to acute hiv. I have a temperature of 37.5. Still no usual symptoms of flu other than the specified. The male is white living and born in Australia. Please could someone tell me how bad my risk is and if the anxiety is playing big part in those symptoms. Thanks a lot
First of thank you all for all your contributions.
I am a healthy female in my early 30s. 7 days ago I had two occasions of unprotected vaginal sex where he ejaculated inside me both times. He is in his early 60s upper class white male and I am not sure of his sexual history but does seem promiscuous. I usually suffer from anxiety and depression and have had serious feelings of guilt as I am in a loving relationship and shame since. I also have kids so I am extremely scared that I could have done something to compromise my care care for them. I also recently went of my antidepressants (4 weeks ago) and I self ceased. I have been so worried for last 7 days that I cought HIV. The symptoms I've had overall was on day 3-4 chills and lethargy and muscle pain, day 5 fever of 38 at which I saw my GP and she put me on penicillin and back on antidepressants as she said I was fighting an infection. Other symptoms were mild diarrhoea, white spots on my tongue and no sore throat but tender. Usually if I have a flu and cold I experience some upper respiratory symptom but this time just occasional cough. Day 6- I got tested and bloods taken for all STIs I also developed cold sore, fever went down from 38 to 37ish but still extremely stressed and tired with a headache and some pain under my left armpit. I took myself to the emergency hospital as I felt extremely anxious. Doctor said I need therapy and that I am very low risk for STI. Day 7- today I woke up with somewhat enlarged jaw glands tight but not painful, worried sick as my symptoms could mean it is all related to acute hiv. I have a temperature of 37.5. Still no usual symptoms of flu other than the specified. The male is white living and born in Australia. Please could someone tell me how bad my risk is and if the anxiety is playing big part in those symptoms. Thanks a lot
You had a risk. However, your symptoms are not due to hiv as ars symptoms do not appear so early. Go get tested at day28
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Thank you. So a swollen gland at day 7 could have been due to the infection due to the symptoms listed before day 7?
Those aren't HIV symptoms. They would never start that early, and you wouldn't have just one. Trust your doctor and his assessment that you had an infection and the swollen gland is a result.
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