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Urticaria and gastroenteritis 50 days after exposure could be ARS?
Hi. Good morning!
Would some doctor please help me with this situation I'm going through? On November 4 I had a risky intercourse (receptive anal intercourse, the condom broke). 50 days later, on December 24, I had hives and angioedema (lips and eyes). I went to see my dermatologist. She diagnosed me with urticaria. She gave me betamethasone and loratadine. The same day, both the hives and the angioedema went away and did not come back. A few days later, on December 29, I had a high fever (102°F / 39°C) and diarrhea. I went to the emergency room, they made an ecography on my belly and a complete blood count. The doctor said the CBC was totally fine, but the ecography revealed gastroenteritis. She gave me paracetamol, ciprofloxacin and bismuth pectin. The fever promptly went away and did not came back, I still have diarrhea but much milder (I'm writing this a day later). I was wondering if this could be acute retroviral syndrome. I don't have any other symptom like sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, ulcers in the mouth or genitals, weight loss etc. I've been tested to hiv prior to this exposure and the result was negative. Please help me. I am very anxious and preoccupied.
Would some doctor please help me with this situation I'm going through? On November 4 I had a risky intercourse (receptive anal intercourse, the condom broke). 50 days later, on December 24, I had hives and angioedema (lips and eyes). I went to see my dermatologist. She diagnosed me with urticaria. She gave me betamethasone and loratadine. The same day, both the hives and the angioedema went away and did not come back. A few days later, on December 29, I had a high fever (102°F / 39°C) and diarrhea. I went to the emergency room, they made an ecography on my belly and a complete blood count. The doctor said the CBC was totally fine, but the ecography revealed gastroenteritis. She gave me paracetamol, ciprofloxacin and bismuth pectin. The fever promptly went away and did not came back, I still have diarrhea but much milder (I'm writing this a day later). I was wondering if this could be acute retroviral syndrome. I don't have any other symptom like sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, night sweats, ulcers in the mouth or genitals, weight loss etc. I've been tested to hiv prior to this exposure and the result was negative. Please help me. I am very anxious and preoccupied.
The only way to know if you have HIV is to do a duo test now. HIV doctors can't diagnose from symptoms since they can be from many diseases, so no one else can diagnose from them either.
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