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When would symptoms require further testing
So I've really tried to get past this HIV scare but I guess I need one more question answered before I move on. My risk was over a year ago. Protected vaginal and then immediately after removing the condom and masturbating with vaginal fluid as lube. I've been told over and over that that isn't a risk. However I was extremely drunk and obviously wouldn't have been all that aware of anything that would have made it potentially more risky. In fact I can't really remember the entire incident and wasn't even concerned at all until I got weird mosquito like bumps and a night of night sweats that I googled my symptoms, found HIV as a possibility and started thinking about the night in question.
Originally I freaked out but then calmed down until my wide came down with text book ars symptoms a week later (everything but the rash) that lasted a week. I then found this website. Even though I wa told that kind of thing wasn't a risk I still decided to come clean to my wife about what I thought I had done and was tested at 60 days post exposure which was negative. I moved on until I started having ear issue that was diagnosed as eustachian tube dysfunction. I again asked dr. H questions about it and he said accept the test results and move on. From that point I decided not to be one of those people who continue on this site and move on.
However my ETD continued and has continued to thus day although much less extreme at this point. My wife however then began to have an unproductive cough which persisted for four months and has reentry turned into a massive allergy/hay fever problem which she never had before. I've read that HIV can cause the immune system to overreact to allergens so this very concerning to me. Also along With the ETD I have had intermittent diahrea for the past 8 months, a mild case of folliculitis on my inner thighs, jock itch (which I've never had) and most recently a pretty bad sinus infection (also a first for me).
So although I supposedly didn't have a risk (and this is the only potential risk btw) should I consider getting retested given the litany of continuing and persistent symptoms? Again the test was negative at 8 1/2 weeks which apparently the docs also feel should give the all clear. Keep in mind that I know that at this point a year later I could simply retest now and get the for sure answer. I just want your opinions before I make the decision before doing so. I hope you can understand my not wanting to if i find that knowledgeable people like All if you here still tell me to move on.
Thanks for helping me and sorry for the long post.
Originally I freaked out but then calmed down until my wide came down with text book ars symptoms a week later (everything but the rash) that lasted a week. I then found this website. Even though I wa told that kind of thing wasn't a risk I still decided to come clean to my wife about what I thought I had done and was tested at 60 days post exposure which was negative. I moved on until I started having ear issue that was diagnosed as eustachian tube dysfunction. I again asked dr. H questions about it and he said accept the test results and move on. From that point I decided not to be one of those people who continue on this site and move on.
However my ETD continued and has continued to thus day although much less extreme at this point. My wife however then began to have an unproductive cough which persisted for four months and has reentry turned into a massive allergy/hay fever problem which she never had before. I've read that HIV can cause the immune system to overreact to allergens so this very concerning to me. Also along With the ETD I have had intermittent diahrea for the past 8 months, a mild case of folliculitis on my inner thighs, jock itch (which I've never had) and most recently a pretty bad sinus infection (also a first for me).
So although I supposedly didn't have a risk (and this is the only potential risk btw) should I consider getting retested given the litany of continuing and persistent symptoms? Again the test was negative at 8 1/2 weeks which apparently the docs also feel should give the all clear. Keep in mind that I know that at this point a year later I could simply retest now and get the for sure answer. I just want your opinions before I make the decision before doing so. I hope you can understand my not wanting to if i find that knowledgeable people like All if you here still tell me to move on.
Thanks for helping me and sorry for the long post.
You were right when you told yourself over and over that it was no risk because it wasn,t and an expert in the field of hiv in Dr HHH has told you the same thing,it,s the fear of putting your wife at risk that is making you question things and think irrationally.Remember you can,t infect your wife with a virus you simply don,t have.Symptoms mean nothing when diagnosing hiv.
Thanks for the response. It's just hard to deny the symptoms. Unlike most posters here I really feel I am trying to convince myself that I'm all good. Most posters test adnosium trying to prove the advice on here being wrong. And while I want more than anything to believe my wife and I are safe the idea that we might not be and I could maybe do something now to at least make it better is killing me. I'm just so horrified that I could potentially put my family at risk of this is eating me alive. Furthermore I think I'm even more afraid that I could get another neg test and still not believe it proving that I'm truly looney tunes. Good choice huh? I've either killed my wife or I'm crazy. Wow I'm seriously messed up.
You should take DrHHH,s advice and move on because you never had a risk,your symptoms are to do with stress anxiety over the situation and nothing else,you also had a test at 2 months that came back negative.Trolling the internet for symptoms and information over and over again is just going to cause confusion and irrational thoughts,let it go and put this incident behind you,your safe.
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