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What are the chances?
Alrighty. I am 19 years old. I had unprotected vaginal sex 3 times in May of this year (2009) with the same individual. I also performed unprotected oral sex one time on the same individual.
This occurred in a rural area with a very low number of reported HIV cases. I do not know if he has HIV or not. He told me that he was tested at some point before me, but not directly before me. I became ill after performing oral on him, we had not had sex yet. I developed a severe sore throat. My lymph nodes swelled up on the left side of my neck. Turns out, he gave me chlamydia and trich. After being treated with Zithromax for Chlamydia and Metranidazol for Trich, the swelling in my nodes went down and I felt better.
Shortly after that, I was reinfected with chlamydia and my nodes in my left neck have been swollen ever since. My groin nodes feel tender, not necessarily swollen, and the same for my armpits. I just got tested again for chlamydia last week due to not having money and I expect the result to be positive. I also got an HIV test last week and will not have the results for another week.
About two days ago, I noticed that my left tonsil is swollen. I can't see any white patches on it.
So I have some swollen and/or tender lymph nodes and one swollen tonsil. I have had no other HIV symptoms, and believe me, I have read about them all several times. I cannot quit researching HIV online and I am going crazy. Please tell me I am low risk?
This occurred in a rural area with a very low number of reported HIV cases. I do not know if he has HIV or not. He told me that he was tested at some point before me, but not directly before me. I became ill after performing oral on him, we had not had sex yet. I developed a severe sore throat. My lymph nodes swelled up on the left side of my neck. Turns out, he gave me chlamydia and trich. After being treated with Zithromax for Chlamydia and Metranidazol for Trich, the swelling in my nodes went down and I felt better.
Shortly after that, I was reinfected with chlamydia and my nodes in my left neck have been swollen ever since. My groin nodes feel tender, not necessarily swollen, and the same for my armpits. I just got tested again for chlamydia last week due to not having money and I expect the result to be positive. I also got an HIV test last week and will not have the results for another week.
About two days ago, I noticed that my left tonsil is swollen. I can't see any white patches on it.
So I have some swollen and/or tender lymph nodes and one swollen tonsil. I have had no other HIV symptoms, and believe me, I have read about them all several times. I cannot quit researching HIV online and I am going crazy. Please tell me I am low risk?
I could not wait any longer for my results. I went to get a rapid test done this morning, 6 months after possible exposure, and it was NEGATIVE! WOOOOO!!! Great feeling.
thank you lizzie, I will post my 6-month post exposure results when I get them later this week
symptoms dont diagnose hiv. only a test 3 months post exposure will tell you whether or not you have hiv.
I did some date-checking with old e-mails and a calendar. I did get a severe sore throat in May (the month of possible exposure) but it was only a week after the first unprotected episode. I was evaluated by a doctor who told me it was just allergies. I did not have a fever.
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