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Worried Sick, Literally. Please Help.
I'm a male, 1 Year and 11 months ago, i had sex with a CSW, unprotected oral and vaginal sex, 5-10 minutes, no longer, no sores, no cuts, no std's, nothing. Asked her if she had anything, she said no, she said she had a "sanity card" certifyng that she was clean. Never had any ARS symptoms at all, none. Then i had sex with a girl i work with like 2 months later, a lot of times, again, no symptoms at all, no ARS, nothing. Then i met my current GF. I've been having unprotected sex with her since the day we started dating.
On February 15 we had sex and ejaculated inside her, then, then i remembered about the CSW episode. 8 weeks after that she had a viral tonsilitis, red, no white stuff, lasted 2 days without medication. 2 weeks after that, at week 10 past exposure, a swollen lymph node appeared on her neck, ibuprofen a couple of days and it was gone, only one, no bilateral, really painful. Then, at 13 week past exposure she got a lymph node enlarged on her inner thight, it was so painful she couln't even walk straight, doctor saw nothing wrong and prescribed ketoprofen and it went away in like 3 days, again, no bilateral, really painful, then at week 15 - 16, strep throat, lasted 4 days with antibiotics, no feaver, no rash, no malaise, no more lymph nodes, none stayed.
So here are the questions:
1.-) Is It likely that her symptos are due to ARS? I know that ARS ocurrs almost always 2-4 weeks after infection, give or take a week, and the most common symptom is the fever, could this be it anyway?
2) Aren't ARS symptoms supposed to come together within 3 days and go away together? Also, isn't their duration too short?
3) I live in a country with an HIV population of 0.2% out of 18 million, of that 0.2 percent, 3840 are woman, and 90% of them are housewives and 10% are sex workers. I had just that single risky exposure. I'm gonna get tested soon, should i expect a negative?
I have psoriasis out of my stress due to this matter, stress eating, sleep paralisis, and a twitch in my eye, please, please help!
On February 15 we had sex and ejaculated inside her, then, then i remembered about the CSW episode. 8 weeks after that she had a viral tonsilitis, red, no white stuff, lasted 2 days without medication. 2 weeks after that, at week 10 past exposure, a swollen lymph node appeared on her neck, ibuprofen a couple of days and it was gone, only one, no bilateral, really painful. Then, at 13 week past exposure she got a lymph node enlarged on her inner thight, it was so painful she couln't even walk straight, doctor saw nothing wrong and prescribed ketoprofen and it went away in like 3 days, again, no bilateral, really painful, then at week 15 - 16, strep throat, lasted 4 days with antibiotics, no feaver, no rash, no malaise, no more lymph nodes, none stayed.
So here are the questions:
1.-) Is It likely that her symptos are due to ARS? I know that ARS ocurrs almost always 2-4 weeks after infection, give or take a week, and the most common symptom is the fever, could this be it anyway?
2) Aren't ARS symptoms supposed to come together within 3 days and go away together? Also, isn't their duration too short?
3) I live in a country with an HIV population of 0.2% out of 18 million, of that 0.2 percent, 3840 are woman, and 90% of them are housewives and 10% are sex workers. I had just that single risky exposure. I'm gonna get tested soon, should i expect a negative?
I have psoriasis out of my stress due to this matter, stress eating, sleep paralisis, and a twitch in my eye, please, please help!
You have been giving accurate, balanced replies to others with their own HIV anxieties, but seem to have trouble applying the same analytic approach to your own situation. And you've asked these same questions before.
Based on all you say, it is extremely unlikely that your partner's symptoms are due to HIV or that you are infected. But the only way to know for certain, and the answer to your worries, is to have an HIV test, as you are planning to do. There is no point in speculating, or asking "what if" questions when a clear answer is so easily available.
This forum cannot help any more until you have been tested. Please don't post any new questions or follow-up comments until then.
Based on all you say, it is extremely unlikely that your partner's symptoms are due to HIV or that you are infected. But the only way to know for certain, and the answer to your worries, is to have an HIV test, as you are planning to do. There is no point in speculating, or asking "what if" questions when a clear answer is so easily available.
This forum cannot help any more until you have been tested. Please don't post any new questions or follow-up comments until then.
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